Violence in: Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton In the novel, Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton, an important scene in the story is one of violence. This scene comes to symbolize both negative and positive things in the story. The symbolization of this ... apartheid has on the people of South Africa, which contributes to the story as a whole. Violence can sometimes play a big part in something positive in a novel as it did in Cry, The Beloved Country....

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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 ... for his people. Msimangu is a great example of one who can see past the pain and suffering of the present and find hope and healing is possible. 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 ... rest of his life to helping th...

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... , people from other places can see the similarity between the respective countries. People then realize that problems have no borders and that no one is exempt from them. In Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton brought out three specific problems that were obvious in South Africa, what he may not have realized was that these problems are prevalent throughout the world. First, the ... ...

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