Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton, is set in the tense and fragile society of South Africa. ... Without control, the country is kept in a constant of fear and violence. ... The author uses a unique style in order to draw out the themes of degradation and restoration. ... The people cry out for safety and protection but there is no way to provide enough protection for everyone. ... Cry, The Beloved Country tells of the struggle of society to unite in South Africa. ...

• Word Count: 1586
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Alan Paton, the author of the eye-opening book, Cry the Beloved Country boldly states his belief through an innovative, heart-wrenching story of a native pastor who unites with an affluent white South African, the father of the man whom his very son murdered. ... In Cry the Beloved Country, Paton dives right in to the poignant past. ... (Paton 17) The land has become arid and uncultivable and symbolizes the paramount theme through the novel of South Africa's actual concern of racial injustice which is the cause of the decadent society. ... In his latter famous novel, Cry the Beloved ...

• Word Count: 1443
• Approx Pages: 6

Although this idea might be less obvious to some, the idea of Western cultural superiority seems to be the underlying theme of the novel. ... Perhaps one of the most blatant similarities in content is between The Poisonwood Bible and Cry, The Beloved Country. ... Cry, The Beloved Country, was a novel by Alan Paton that portrayed the real life hardships of the South African natives while trying to overcome Western dominance. ... Like in Cry The Beloved Country, the people of Congo must either fight off or learn to live with a culture that they feel has impeded on the very fiber of their existen...

• Word Count: 1417
• Approx Pages: 6

In the book Cry, The Beloved Country, there are many ideas and themes that develop over the course of the novel. ... This is one of the first instances in which these themes appear. ... Stephen Kumalo returns to a town dying of drought, but elated to see that their beloved umfundisi has returned. ... Unfortunately, the book ends on one of its most prominent themes as well. ... The book Cry, The Beloved Country is rife with themes about humanity and morality. ...

• Word Count: 1176
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

"No second Johannesburg is needed upon the earth. One is enough." Chapter 23, page 205 of Cry, the Beloved Country. This line is spoken by the narrator. It pertains to the idea of the province Odendaalsrust growing larger because of the discovery of gold. At this point in the novel, the author Ala...

• Word Count: 373
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights is known as a great love story because it is the central theme: the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff. This love is the reason for the tragic development of the story; all the other themes like hate, revenge and death (among others) derive from this love between the two main characters. ... Some elements would place this kind of love within romantic tradition, like the intense involvement with nature, some mystical references, the wish of death from the lovers, and the most important: the longing for a soul unity with the beloved. ......

• Word Count: 2324
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Francesco Petrarch was one of the major forerunners for the development of humanism throughout the countries. ... And in ascribing so much merit to your beloved, in absolving her, you are condemning yourself. ... Other parts of the text offer the same theme, namely, a transition from the goals and productivity of autonomous life. ... This writing is a cry to help society improve upon itself, allowing radical thought to bring new ideas that institute the desired freedom of human expression, while simultaneously improving internal social conditions and relations to other societies. ...

• Word Count: 2313
• Approx Pages: 9

Mary Shelley began to write Frankenstein in the summer of 1816 and was heavily influenced by the social changes that were making their way across Europe. Shelley was obviously influenced by the idea of Romanticism and the importance of imagination and creativity and people such as her father William...

• Word Count: 2951
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Nonviolence was the path to a "Beloved Community-, the actualization of the "Kingdom of God-, a society "in which men and women live as children of God should live a kingdom controlled by the law of love-. ... As he traveled around the country on speaking engagements, he met other leaders who added their wisdom and experience. ...

• Word Count: 3558
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

They decide to dress up as a country brother and sister to make their travel safer. ... In the scene Rosalind, dressed as the boy Ganymede, Celia, dressed as the country girl, Aliena, and Touchstone reach the Forest of Arden. ...

• Word Count: 3271
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

The move from industrial England to rural America was for the family a journey to the green, natural world that would become a central theme in many of Burnett's later works, including The Secret Garden. ... By 1898, Burnett and Swann divorced by mutual consent, and she leased a country house in England where she immersed herself in her passion for gardening. ...

• Word Count: 5922
• Approx Pages: 24
• Grade Level: High School

" Some people think musicians should stick with the music. I cringe when I see a celebrity with a cause-and I am one,"" Bono once said. (Harvey 12) Bono has evolved from the music industry into a high profile celebrity. He was propelled to a high status during the 80's with his music and distinct sounding voice. Music has been known to make personal connections with people even emotionally. ...

• Word Count: 4529
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

It is thought that Shakespeare wrote this play to be performed first at the country house of a young nobleman, as part of his wedding festivities. ... Rather than marry a man she despises (Demetrius), Hermia elopes with her beloved Lysander, setting off into the Athenian woods, en route to Lysander's aunt's house where they can marry secretly. ... He falls in love with Helena instantly, and abandons Hermia without a second thought - treating his former beloved quite cruelly when she asks why he's done so, and even offering to fight a duel with Demetrius when they both end up ...

• Word Count: 10864
• Approx Pages: 43
• Grade Level: High School