Cry, The Beloved Country
In the book Cry, The Beloved Country three main characters are touched by something beyond themselves. This touch gives them each a deeper love for the people and a vision to heal the land. Msimangu was touched through living many years within the poverty stricken city of Johannesburg. He responded by finding hope in the few white men who were trying to help the black people. He helped to heal the land by keeping a message of Love toward the white man alive. Stephen Kumalo was touched by the city which robbed him of his son and destroyed his tribe. He responded with a renewed hope for the restoration of his tribe. He began healing the land by helping to raise the children of his tribe with a love for their people and homeland. Arthur Jarvis, as a white man, was touched by the poverty and crime of the city which took his son’s life. He responded with sympathy toward the African tribes and donated his money to help restore its land. Msimangu had the perspective of a black clergyman living in the midst of the poverty stricken city of Johannesburg. He was touched by the horrible brokenness of his people. He had no problem with saying that the white man was the cause of this tragedy which had overtaken the tribes. Yet, he said that
Jarvis healed the land by continuing the mission of his son. He emptied his life savings to help restore the tribe of Kumalo. His fellow white men called him crazy for doing this. Yet Arthur Jarvis was able to see that his son was murdered because of the breakdown of the South African tribes. In the end, he learned the value of his own land from the son whom he never taught it to. Stephen Kumalo was a country pastor who had only heard of the horrors in Johannesburg. This all changed when his own brother, sister and son were drawn into the city and trapped by it. He was touched by the way the city had transformed his loved ones into immoral, fearful and selfish people. The greatest struggle for him was his son. He blamed himself for circumstances his son faced. Kumalo questioned whether he was a good father as he looked upon the person his son had become. His response to this touch was a vision to restore the tribe at the tribal level. His appreciation for the sacredness of his land, the strength of his culture and the unity of his tribe increased as he experienced the horrors of Johannesburg first hand. As he meditated upon the pain he was experiencing, his hopes for the future soared. He knew that he would go home with a deeper understanding of the Ndotsheni. He would come back a humbler man. There is one common thread within all three of these men. It is summed up in this quote by Father Vincent. “My friend, your anxiety turned to fear
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Approximate Word count = 981
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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