... , 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. Likewise, a once imprisoned politician, Nelson Mandela used his intrepid speeches to blatantly express the turmoil of his country and to ... women live here and mothers and young children; all the young men and the girls have gone." (Paton 17) The land has become arid and uncultivable and symbolizes the paramount theme through the novel of So...

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