The pastors wife in Ndotsheni sighs When people go to Johannesburg they do not come back 38 In Alan Patons Cry the Beloved Country the journey from tribal South Africa to Johannesburg symbolizes many things including the breaking apart of not only the Kumalo family but the breaking apart of many tribal families in South Africa fear of the great city fear of the loss of a tribe fear of the great city and of the unknown fear of not having a home and fear of both Absaloms life and Gertrudes moral
Cry The Beloved Country In Alan Patons Cry The Beloved Country the black and white perspectives are not balanced within the society Blacks are allowed to own land in South Africa but not as nice land as whites With the black land becoming corrupt many young blacks move to cities where they are involved in gangs Whites then lose any sympathy towards blacks due to gang crime With the help of motifs and symbols a change is forming in the balanced portrayal of whites and blacks Nature repentance an
Cry the Beloved Country In any journey a person learns and changes Change wether it be good or bad comes in many different forms spiritual mental and physical Every important life journey shares a common pattern The journey begins with a question a challenge to the meaning of ones life a question that cant be answered by the journeyers current life situation Therefore the questioner leaves his comfort zone and journeys into the unknown to seek an answer There in the new world his old beliefs ar
Cry the Beloved Country Book III Essay In the novel Cry the Beloved Country James Jarvis had never concerned himself with the native people of South Africa his entire life That life style changed however when his son Arthur was killed by native Absalom Kumalo James made an attempt to comprehend his sons efforts to bring justice to South Africa and end apartheid He began to understand the problems between blacks and whites which led him to be sympathetic towards Reverend Stephen Kumalo Absaloms