Stephen Kumalo and James Jarvis:Comparing Their Character DevelopmentThis essay will compare the character development of Stephen Kumalo and James Jarvis in Alan Patons novel‚ Cry‚ The Beloved Country. Even though the two men are of two races‚ they experience a parallel journey. The first three paragraphs will describe Kumalos path of how he tries to find the truth about his son‚ and then the healing process after his sons trial. The fourth and fifth paragraph will depict the path James Jarvis took
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James Jarvis In Alan Paton’s Cry‚ the Beloved Country there is two protagonists‚ Reverend Stephen Kumalo‚ and James Jarvis. Both characters play significant roles to the story but James Jarvis’ situation is noteworthy and inspirational. James is an influential‚ dynamic character because his opinion dramatically changes upon reading his son’s manuscript. A series of events influences James to shift his mindset into the mindset of his son. An analysis on James Jarvis’ changing mindset reveals
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was before. Stephen Kumalo and James Jarvis both undertake many journeys in Cry‚ the Beloved Country by Alan Paton‚ and they develop and change. Kumalo and Jarvis’ journey start from opposite beginnings‚ but brings them to a common understanding. Every journey starts off with a question. It just so happens that Kumalo and Jarvis have similar questions. Who is my son and what is the meaning of his death? How do I understand my country‚ South Africa? Not long after Stephen Kumalo begins his journey
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Comparison of James Jarvis Authors often use symbolism to describe their characters more in depth. An example of symbolism in the novel‚ Cry‚ the Beloved Country‚ is the relation of the character James Jarvis to a broken mirror and a half-filled glass. A broken mirror resembles Jarvis’s journey and how it reflects to that of Kumalo’s‚ and also how his life and ideas were shattered by the death of his son. A glass half-filled could represent many characteristics about Jarvis‚ including his original
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occur as seemingly good results turn into a person’s worst nightmare. Stephen Kumalo‚ the main character in Alan Paton’s Cry‚ the Beloved Country‚ is a tragic hero because of the reversal in Stephen’s fortunes in his search for his son‚ Absalom. Kumalo passes from happiness to misery from the point when he finds Gertrude to Absalom’s hanging. He also has hamartia‚ demonstrated in the sporadic dishonesty or tantrum. Finally‚ Kumalo is not virtuous and just‚ since he tries to get his son a pardon instead
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Stephen Kumalo starts his journey like any other hero‚ with a certain element of fear. When Kumalo embarks on his journey to Johannesburg to search for his sister he is scared. He is scared of a host of things. He is scared for his sister and how much it will cost to cure her. He is scared of the vastness of the great city of Johannesburg "where boys are killed crossing the street" (Paton 42). And deep down inside he is scared of the well-being and whereabouts of his son. At this stage Kumalo " lives
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to get rid of it. Throughout the whole book‚ Stephen Kumalo is seen as someone who is pretty sensitive and fear would only bring him to an even worse condition. What Stephen Kumalo fears the most would be the unknown. He is in a new environment‚ a place where he has no reputation for himself at all. When he first enters Johannesburg he is immediately deceived by someone who said that he would help him but backstabbed him in order to get money. Stephen was shocked and all he could do was panic‚ but
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Jarvis Communication Corporation Background Jarvis Communication is a start-up firm that develops‚ manufactures‚ and markets a miniature telephone. Last year’s sales revenue was $6.5 million‚ resulting in its first profitable year in its first three years of business. The phone is unique because it is only two inches long‚ weighs two ounces‚ and a miniature receiver is worn in the ear. The phone speaker and microphone carry out all the normal functions of a phone (except dialing) without the use
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argues on the topic of abortion. Consequently‚ this theme is new and is not habitual for me. Have never read any papers that are discussing different points of view on abortion before I was really inspired and amazed of the depth and clearness Judith Jarvis Thomson uses in her “A Defense of Abortion”. The point of this essay is to explain and think on the argument she provides in her work. The first thing that I opened reading Thomson’s article was how thought experiments can affect one’s decision
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Teaching and Learning Guide Destroying Avalon This guide includes: Analysis of plot‚ characterization‚ style Full textual notes Comprehension questions List of further resources and links Other activities: student briefs Devised by: Trudi Evans & Kate McCaffrey Study Guide Destroying Avalon Setting and Plot Setting The setting for the story is 2006‚ revealed through the popular culture references to TV shows: The OC‚ Neighbours and Missy
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