10. The novel, Cry the Beloved Country Is heavily focused on faith. In the novel, there are two types of characters, those who ignore faith and those who embrace it. In both instances faith does not impede or injure any of the characters in the story. Faith is what brought Kumalo into Johannesburg and helped him throughout his long journey. “I have a place for you to sleep, my friend, in the house of an old woman, a Mrs. Lithebe, who is a good member of our church. She is an Msutu, but she speaks Zulu well. She will think it an honour to have a priest in the house” (Paton 51). Mrs. Lithebe is a Msutu, while Kumalo is a Zulu, but because she is a good member of the church, she lets Kumalo stay the night. This shows that faith seems to be a
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I believe that Paton’s view of the world is that change can bring positive outcomes. Alan Paton gained greater insight from travels to England and, later, when he travelled to Scandinavian countries, and from greater exposure to the realities of life in South Africa. Paton was always devoted to aiding those who needed help and in his views, seeing all men as free. Paton was later becoming the headmaster of Dlepkloof, a prison for African men. However, he brought about many changes into the inmates lives. Paton helped change many of the inmates by providing kind actions and teachings. He expresses the view that human beings are capable of transformation by helping those that many see down upon. His views were to stop all the hate and discrimination that were present at that time and strived to accomplish this goal by founding a liberal party to fight against inhuman racial injustice and became this party’s president. I believe that from the story we the reader are left with a message for mankind. “God save Africa. But he would not see that salvation. It lay afar off, because men were afraid of it” (Paton 310). In this quote the reader gets the message that people are afraid of change and would rather accept what they know now, rather than finding a new solution. Paton then goes on to explain, “I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they turn loving they will find we are turned to hating” (Paton 311). Paton helps us understand that with once we all love it will eventually turn into hate. Furthermore, these visions were what Paton thought and show his views of what could
I believe that Paton’s view of the world is that change can bring positive outcomes. Alan Paton gained greater insight from travels to England and, later, when he travelled to Scandinavian countries, and from greater exposure to the realities of life in South Africa. Paton was always devoted to aiding those who needed help and in his views, seeing all men as free. Paton was later becoming the headmaster of Dlepkloof, a prison for African men. However, he brought about many changes into the inmates lives. Paton helped change many of the inmates by providing kind actions and teachings. He expresses the view that human beings are capable of transformation by helping those that many see down upon. His views were to stop all the hate and discrimination that were present at that time and strived to accomplish this goal by founding a liberal party to fight against inhuman racial injustice and became this party’s president. I believe that from the story we the reader are left with a message for mankind. “God save Africa. But he would not see that salvation. It lay afar off, because men were afraid of it” (Paton 310). In this quote the reader gets the message that people are afraid of change and would rather accept what they know now, rather than finding a new solution. Paton then goes on to explain, “I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they turn loving they will find we are turned to hating” (Paton 311). Paton helps us understand that with once we all love it will eventually turn into hate. Furthermore, these visions were what Paton thought and show his views of what could