A guide to reading "Cry, the Beloved Country" with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Some foreigners have a wrong view of South Africa,
By Elbé (Stellenbosch, South Africa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country (Barron's Book Notes) (Paperback)
I am studying at the Uviversity of Stellenbosch, SOUTH AFRICA, and are doing Cry the Beloved Country as a literature text. I think it is an excellent book which gives great insight on the situation in South Africa a few years ago. However, when I read the review of Melissa T. from West Bloomfield, MI, I was shocked to see that she actually thought that Stephen Kumalo travelled through "all parts of Africa" to look for his sister and son. He just got on the train at Carisbrooke and went straight to Johannesburg, one of the main cities in South Africa. The description of all the places they passed on their way to Johannesburg might have confused her, but I just wanted to set straight the fact that Africa is a large and diverse country, and not just the size of South Africa.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Cry, The Beloved Country was a very fascinating novel!!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country (Barron's Book Notes) (Paperback)
I liked the book of Cry, The Beloved Country. The begining of the book was a little confusing, but then when I began to understand more of what was going on, I began to like the book. The book demonstrates the racism that existed in South Africa and how different types of people were treated. The book is about a parson from Ndotsheni who went to the city of Johannesburg to find some members of his family, who have moved there. Most of the book explains what happens while the man is in that city, and what happens afterwards when he comes home to his country. This book would seem like an interesting book to someone who likes to read about segregation and family life. This book is an exciting adventure, which includes many interesting suprises and evens. Overall, I learned many facts about South Africa and the life that people have there, while reading Cry, The Beloved Country.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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A very well written book with excellent details,
By A Customer
This review is from: Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country (Barron's Book Notes) (Paperback)
This was a book that I really enjoyed reading. The book was about an Umfundisi, Kumlo, who searches for his son and sister throughout parts of Africa. The book included sad and emotional events that made getting to know the characters easier. This book is very interesting and gives the reader a good mental picture of the suroundings and places that were visited. I loved how The journey consisted of so many different places around Africa, and not just one or two different places. This book involves true events of the past. The Natives are taken advantage, while the European's benfit. Read this book if you enjoy stories of the past interrelated with interesting characters and details.
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South Africa, Arthur Jarvis, James Jarvis, Alan Paton, Stephen Kumalo, Mission House, Father Vincent, John Kumalo, Absalom Kumalo, John Harrison, Shanty Town, High Place, Orange Free State, Matthew Kumalo, New York, Prime Minister, The Critics, World War, Barbara Smith, Johannes Pafuri, Cape Colony, Civil War, Edward Callan, Father Beresford, God Save Africa New!
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Every moviegoer is familiar with the scene. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Arthur Jarvis, James Jarvis, Alan Paton, Stephen Kumalo, Mission House, Father Vincent, John Kumalo, Absalom Kumalo, John Harrison, Shanty Town, High Place, Orange Free State, Matthew Kumalo, New York, Prime Minister, The Critics, World War, Barbara Smith, Johannes Pafuri, Cape Colony, Civil War, Edward Callan, Father Beresford, God Save Africa New!
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- Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club) by Alan Paton on 19 pages
- Alan Paton (Twayne's World Authors Series) by Edward Callan on page 106, page 112, and page 113
- Cry, the Beloved Country: A Novel of South Africa (Twayne's Masterwork Studies) by Edward Callan on page 105, page 107, and page 112
- Too Late The Phalarope by Alan Paton on page 8, and page 106
- Tales from a Troubled Land by Alan Paton on page 8, and page 106
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