Harold C. Gardiner‚ S.J. wrote a very interesting article entitled‚ "Critical Commentary." He wrote his essay in the year 1948. Throughout his work‚ his main idea is to praise the book‚ "Cry‚ the Beloved Country"‚ written by Alan Paton. Gardiner is very satisfied with the book’s subject matter of tension between Negroes and whites. For the first part of Gardiner’s article he focuses on summarizing the novel. He explains that the book takes place in Southern Africa and he tells the reader
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In Cry‚ the Beloved Country by Alan Paton‚ he shows us a final moment when Kumalo goes to the top of a mountain overlooking East Griqualand. He then repents his sins‚ gives thanks for those who helped him‚ conducts a personal communion‚ then mourns the hanging of his son as the sun rises. Contrast and diction used by the author evoke an elegiac sentiment in the reader‚ and‚ moreover‚ creates an auspicious atmosphere. This passage acts as closure for the death of Absalom and‚ accordingly‚ the strife
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e novel‚ Cry‚ the beloved country is written by Alan Paton‚ a great South African writer. The book was published in 1948 and became world wide bestseller. Alan Paton mainly discusses the struggle for Africa and especially the conflicts between the Whites and the Blacks in South Africa. He wants the people to realize that the destruction or breaking apart of a country like South Africa can be mended through hope and this hope can only be reached if people accept and love each other as fellow human
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When we first began reading the book as a class‚ I did not enjoy it. The beginning was a little rough for me to get into because it had a gloomy‚ depressing feeling to it. Plus‚ Paton used many words that derived from Africa making it hard for me to connect and fully understand the story. I would much rather read happy‚ upbeat books that I am able to understand but with time I realized the deep meaning of the book. I began to enjoy
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century‚ historical fiction novel‚ Cry‚ The Beloved Country‚ Alan Paton uses asyndeton to create an overwhelming presence in Johannesburg’s environment‚ modifying human morality and ambition. Paton describes Johannesburg as a place of “great high buildings” and a place of chaos when he says‚ “It is too much to understand” (45). Its overcrowded streets and complicated architecture emphasize the difference between it and Ndotsheni. Paton develops bewilderment by comparing the two very different settings
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In the novel Cry‚ The Beloved Country‚ the author‚ Alan Paton‚ writes about the current struggles within South Africa through the eyes of two opposite characters: James Jarvis and Stephen Kumalo. James Jarvis is a wealthy white man coping with the loss of his son while questioning his attitudes toward the racial injustice of his country. Stephen Kumalo is a native black priest whose life takes a turn when he discovers the vices and twisted realities behind Johannesburg and his home country. Kumalo
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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‚ he realizes "this is a bitter journey"(Paton‚ 55) upon hearing the occupations
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the African Americans in South Africa. Discrimination is a horrible event that has caused pain and suffering to even good people just based on the different ways people do things and the way some look. In the novel Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton‚ Paton talks about two fathers and sons whom are African Americans living in South Africa during the time after WWII. Racial discrimination in the city of Johannesburg at the time was at an all time high‚ “The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Discrimination and inequity in South Africa Cry‚ The Beloved Country‚ written by Alan Paton‚ talks about one black father‚ Stephen Kumalo‚ and one white father‚ James Jarvis. Kumalo’s son Absalom shot Jarvis’s son Arthur using a revolver and Kumalo tries to save his son. The book describes many racial discrimination and economic inequality. The character Msimangu prophesies that white men and black men will come together and work for good of their country. However‚ forty years later‚ his prophecy
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The White Man’s Burden by Rudyard Kipling and Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton are two historical based stories about the colonization of indigenous people and the effects of the white man taking over their land. Although both authors address the same situations‚ each story is based in different times and places. They both convey many similar thoughts such as theme‚and overall message but their tones and symbolisms slightly differ. The theme of ignorance can be seen in both texts‚ however Kipling
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