Cry The Beloved Country Analysis

Constellations and alignments of celestial objects have for centuries been a method of prediction; a method used in variation all over the world. A popular theory, derived from Greek philosophers and astronomers, commonly used in today’s western society, would be the astrology chart otherwise known as Zodiacs. All twelve horoscopes on this chart are represented by an animal whose traits are typically associated with the people born during a certain period of the year; all, but one. Libra, the seventh horoscope, known for their mutuality and love of equality, is not like the other signs in a sense that they are represented by the Scale of Justice. While it is not an animal, it works for them because a Libra epitomizes balance and fairness. If you ask this sign where humanity could use equality the …show more content…
Because of these people who dedicate themselves to the idea of equality for all, we as a community are forced to acknowledge that, yes, we are different, but it is those differences that allow us to advance as a whole. Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country, brings awareness to the racial discrimination that devastates South Africa. In Johannesburg and other cities alike, the African population considerably outnumbers the European community, but even so, it is mainly blacks that suffer from discrimination. The perpetrators of this unjust treatment, in most instances, originate from the white community; they defend their actions against Africans by claiming to uphold the belief “that because [God] created white and black, He [will give] the Divine Approval to any human action that is designed to keep black men from advancement” (Paton 187). In doing so, they not only segregate themselves from African people, but they essentially give leeway to other Europeans who want to use this belief as an excuse for the exploitation and suppression that