Cry the Beloved Country

Two Peas in a Pod Two men, separated not only by race but also distance, come to share similar experiences in the classic novel “Cry, the Beloved Country”. The scene is South Africa and author Alan Paton depicts a story of its constant internal struggle between the whites and the blacks. Paton brings to light, not the difference between the races, but attempts to show equality among them. “The reader soon realizes it matters not …

…tragedy of Arthur Jarvis that brings James and Stephen together to act similar and see eye to eye. With this lies the hope of the South Africans to see more results similar to Cry, the Beloved Country. “It is the human (and divine) values by which the two men live, the human dignity both portray, the sublimation of human suffering they achieve, which puts the black man and the white man shoulder to shoulder…”(Schmitt 279).