Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country displays the results of residing in Johannesburg; though it is a city divided by race, its occupants lead parallel lives (Cry, the Beloved Nation 33-312). The lives of the two primary characters, Stephen Kumalo and James Jarvis, are first portrayed independently, providing each a quality of distinctness and self-reliance […]
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Chapter Twenty-Five: James and Margaret Jarvis check out Barbara Smith, one of Margaret’s nieces, on a day on which court is not in session. Margaret and Barbara talk about Ixopo. While Jarvis reads, there is a knock on the door, and he finds Stephen Kumalo there. Kumalo is shocked to see Jarvis, and muffles the […]
Chapter Thirteen: Kumalo and Msimangu make the silent journey to Ezenzeleni, and on the journey Msimangu tells him that he comprehends his silence. Kumalo understands that Msimangu was right: there is
Chapter Seven: Gertrude assists Mrs. Lithebe around the house as Stephen has fun with the little kid. Msimangu takes Kumalo to see his brother, John, who has grown fat and sits “with his hands o
Reserve I: Chapter One: The first chapter of Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Nation begins with a description of a road that runs from the town Ixopo into the hill and then results in Carisbrooke and to the valleys of Africa. The turf is rich and matted, a holy ground that must be kept and […]
Stephen Kumalo, the pastor at the village of Ndotsheni in the Ixopo area of South Africa, receives a letter from the Reverend Theophilus Msimangu that demands that he go to Johannesburg to save his si
Mother-daughter relationships The maternal bonds in between Sethe and her children inhibit her own individuation and avoid the advancement of her self. Sethe develops a dangerous maternal enthusiasm t
The book is the story of Sethe and her youngest child Denver after their escape from slavery. Their home in Cincinnati is haunted by a revenant, whom they think to be the ghost of Sethe’s oldest daughter. Since of the haunting– which often includes things being thrown around the space– Sethe’s youngest child Denver is […]