... the first chapter to paint a picture of what had happened by explaining the path to Ixopo, which crosses over a plain engulfed by crimson hills was once fertile and verdant. Now though, "Old men and old 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 ... . His heart sincerely hurt for South Africa, but the pain was good in the sense that is provoked him to use his talents to inform the world of the dreadful results of his country and the...

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