Category: Book Cry The Beloved Country

“Cry, the Beloved Country” written by Alan Paton tells a story about the effects of colonialism on the setting of South Africa and how it has changed people’s lifestyles. The land of South Africa, the protagonist of the story where all the perceptions center, is portrayed as a vivid, colorful country. However, as the colonists…

Cry, the Beloved Country: Theme Analysis Social Breakdown and Racial Injustice The society depicted in Cry, the Beloved Country, is an unjust one, divided on racial lines. The white people, made up of Afrikaner and English-speakers, have taken the most profitable farmland from the blacks. Blacks are therefore forced to leave their tribal… 904 words…