When the reader first meets James Jarvis, he knows little of his son’s life. He doesn’t know his son “was on a kind of a mission”(p.140), and this is why when MR. Harrison, Arthur Jarvis’s father In-law says, “we’re scared stiff at the moment in Johannesburg.”(P 140) James is surprised and says, “of crime?”(p. 140). Talking to Harrison taught James about the crime in the city, and the next morning he learns about his son. One of the first things that James learns of his son, and his views, he learns in Arthur’s room. In reading his writings, James finds that A

The African boys club. Jarvis is not just giving gifts in memory of his son, or just to give, but giving those who need help ways to help themselves. When Jarvis gave the money to the club, he didn’t just decide to give it to them, but knew that if he gave it, the club would use it to improve the country’s condition. In all of his donations, James decides to do something about Kumalo’s village, which is falling apart. He provides milk for the village kids, who only have warm water to drink, and then he builds a church. The reason he decides to build a church is that when he is in Ndotsheni it begins to rain, and he and Stephen Take shelter in the church, which leaks and is in need of repair. The rain in Ndotsheni is a bit of foreshadowing of hope for the village, and maybe hopefully of what is to come.

Cry, The Beloved Country is a book meant to teach the ways racial views can affect people in different ways. The representation shows how the problems of South Africa educated James Jarvis, and turned him into a compassionate, and understanding man. If Arthur Jarvis had neve

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