It so happens that in the Bible, God asked his son Jesus to die in order to put an end to people’s suffering. Jesus embraced this request with forgiveness, for the ones who sinned against him, and gratitude, to God for his blessings and the ending suffering. Forgiveness and gratitude can strengthen and heal people from many afflictions or trials presented to them. Similarly, in his 20th century novel, Cry, The Beloved Country, Alan Paton employs the use of anaphora in order to emphasize how through gratitude and forgiveness people can gain strength and be healed of afflictions and have peace. Forgiveness frees people from emotional pain which allows to them to heal. Kumalo finds it difficult to emotionally stabilize, unsure of the motives
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When people have something or someone taken from them they often sulk in their loss. However, Paton shows us that instead they should embrace what they do have and not dwell on what they don’t have. For example, Paton utilize Kumalo’s description of the far away country saying, “And the love of them must have been in his voice, for they listened to every word”(52). Paton teaches when people focus on the beauty of what they have given to them in their life that they will find peace and love in what they have instead of disgust and hate in what they don’t. Paton has the ability to teach by repeating words such as “how” this and “how” that(52). While utilizing the repetition of simple words, Paton teaches how gratefulness in what a person has allows that person to share their peace and love with others around them as well. Through his examples in the novel, Paton teaches that accepting what a person has and not dwelling i, n what they lack, allows that person to truly appreciate and see the peace and beauty of what they have. Furthermore, Paton teaches that dwelling on what one does not have causes them to act in ways they normally would not tend to, Paton teaches this when Stephen speaks with his wife saying, “When people go to Johannesburg, they do not come back. They do not even write back…”(39). Paton repeats the phrase “they do not” to emphasize how Stephen dwells on …show more content…
Without both forgiveness and gratitude in one's life they will never truly find peace in what they have. In the novel, Cry the Beloved Country, Alan Paton uses the sensations of gratitude and forgiveness to teach that these two essential aspects of one’s life brings peace and strength to a person. Through his usage of anaphoras Paton can emphasize the importance of the strengthening of a person through both forgiveness of others and oneself and also the importance of showing gratitude towards everything that a person is
When people have something or someone taken from them they often sulk in their loss. However, Paton shows us that instead they should embrace what they do have and not dwell on what they don’t have. For example, Paton utilize Kumalo’s description of the far away country saying, “And the love of them must have been in his voice, for they listened to every word”(52). Paton teaches when people focus on the beauty of what they have given to them in their life that they will find peace and love in what they have instead of disgust and hate in what they don’t. Paton has the ability to teach by repeating words such as “how” this and “how” that(52). While utilizing the repetition of simple words, Paton teaches how gratefulness in what a person has allows that person to share their peace and love with others around them as well. Through his examples in the novel, Paton teaches that accepting what a person has and not dwelling i, n what they lack, allows that person to truly appreciate and see the peace and beauty of what they have. Furthermore, Paton teaches that dwelling on what one does not have causes them to act in ways they normally would not tend to, Paton teaches this when Stephen speaks with his wife saying, “When people go to Johannesburg, they do not come back. They do not even write back…”(39). Paton repeats the phrase “they do not” to emphasize how Stephen dwells on …show more content…
Without both forgiveness and gratitude in one's life they will never truly find peace in what they have. In the novel, Cry the Beloved Country, Alan Paton uses the sensations of gratitude and forgiveness to teach that these two essential aspects of one’s life brings peace and strength to a person. Through his usage of anaphoras Paton can emphasize the importance of the strengthening of a person through both forgiveness of others and oneself and also the importance of showing gratitude towards everything that a person is