The land represents the Kumalo Family

The land in Cry, The Beloved Country represents the Kumalo family. The Kumalo family used to be united as one and once everyone started to grow and become older the family started to split up and divide just like the land does. "You have said it, he said. It is said now. This money which was saved for that purpose will never be used for it". Kumalo is talking about his son Absalom and the money they were saving for him to send him to St. Chad's when he was younger. Now that Absalom grew up and left to Johannesburg they know that he won't come back. Just like the land, it started out united, but as time began to go on the land became divided just like the Kumalo family.

Ashoka

One idea is to bring modern medicine to Africa instead of using herbal treatments.


Martha Fikre Adenew: Her idea is to keep more babies alive by recruiting, training, and supporting community volunteers to provide education.


Maria Laura Casalegno: Her idea is to train and educate emergency physicians, doctors, and nurses etc. For emergency situations in Mexico.

Nameless character form Cry, the Beloved Country

Alan Paton introduces a few characters in the book Cry, the Beloved Country. Most of them have names, but some go nameless. I believe that Paton does this for a reason; he is trying to make a point to his readers. One of the characters that go nameless is the young white man at the court hearing that helps Kumalo out of the building. White and black people were supposed to exit from different sides of each other, but this man ignored the rules and helped Kumalo in his time of need. You would think that he would have given the man a name because of what he did. Paton doesn't use a name because one man doesn't make a difference in the world. He did something great, but no one else followed or even paid attention to what he did. He is trying to stress that the world can't change so quickly and how people view the world.

Book 2 of Cry, The Beloved Country

I believe the author decided to split it up into two different books is to set the distinction between the two different perspectives. The reason for the two different perspectives is so the readers can see what was really going on during that time during the time. If you only have one perspective you can only see how one person feels and what their situation is. By splitting it up into two books it emphasizes each of the different views and what is going on in their lives. The two people the narrator talks about are very different, but their paths cross at some point. They each have different impacts on the story and each other in their situations. 

Oppression

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Cry, The Beloved Country; Phrase, concept image

A phrase that constantly repeats throughout the book is " no one comes back from Johannesburg". By having this reoccur at different points in the book it sparks the readers interest. Johannesburg seems  like it could be a place of hope or a place of despair. By Alan Paton bringing in the phrase "no one comes back from Johannesburg", instills wonder and curiosity for the reader, and to keep them reading to find out what it truly means. One concept that Alan Paton works into the story is when Stephen is on his way to Johannesburg and he is repeatedly asking if what they're passing by is Johannesburg. Stephen has never been to Johannesburg and is very unfamiliar with his surroundings while he is traveling there. I believe the author puts this concept into the novel so we get the idea of how much Stephen is out of his element. Alan Paton uses a lot of imagery throughout his novel and he has the image of the poverty in the book a lot. He describes what they are wearing to get a feel for how poor they are. Clothing is an indicator of how much and how little someone can afford, and their financial situation. Alan Paton describes their poverty and struggle through their clothes because the readers can get an idea of how poor they are, and how much they struggle.