cry the beloved country

The land parallels the Kumalo's lives because it's getting older and worn down so it kind of represents their tribe that is broken and how they used to be this strong family but now Stephen and his wife are getting older and their son has all his problems and could possibly be executed so like everything is breaking down and there's not really a lot of hope left, He says that "They were feeding an old man milk and pretending that he would one day grow into a boy" which is like saying that obviously their tribe is old and they can't just pretend that it's all new. and the fact that they don't have any milk in their town like that everything is so dry and barren it could be like a symbol for hope and how their hope has run dry. So then when the boy brings the milk to them maybe that will start like a spark of hope that they haven't had in awhile.

Ashoka

One fellow is named Rosanne Haggerty and she is part of a pitch for something called "supportive housing" in major cities which is basically like a cheap place where homeless people can live that has certain benefits for them.

Another person is Lynn Price and she helped set up a service that reunites siblings that were seperated when put into foster care and she's trying to change the way that foster kids are supported by their foster parents.

Another one is Marc Freedman he created something called Life Options which is a service thing that helps people who are retired stay involved in and be useful members of their community still

CTBC "nameless characteres"

One character that alan paton does not name is the little boy, Gertrude's son. One reason that he may not have named the boy is because he is just a young child and he doesn't speak ever so maybe his name isn't really important because he doesn't have his own ideas or opinion really. I also think it might represent innocence, the fact that he doesn't have a name because everything to him is new and he hasn't made his mark or has regrets yet like he has sort of a clean slate, so i think it's a symbol of his innocence that he doesn't have a name and so it's sort of like representing all little kids before they become someone.

Cry Journal 5

Cry, the beloved country is set into different books for the obvious reason that it switches to the narrator focusing on a different character. I think that the author chose to do this because he wants the reader to feel what it was like in South Africa during this time and it wouldn't be fair to just choose one type of person's perspective. In order to get a real look at this you have to see from different sides. If you only talk about one time of person everything is shaded a certain way and there really isn't much room for discussion, disagreement or controversy. But since South Africa's government was controversial and people did disagree, the book has to show all of those sides in order to model that.

Opression Links

Cambodia Genocide: http://www.articlesbase.com/news-and-society-articles/cambodia-genocide-what-happened-then-1949984.html
Native American Oppression: http://www.cyberlearning-world.com/nhhs/project/totears.htm

Cry Journal 3

One image that repeats is one of roads and traveling. A lot of times in the book he makes references to travel, like there's a lot of busses and walking and talk about cities and roads and description of setting. I feel like they always talk about the roads. I think that the author may have chosen that because the road is like a symbol for a journey and new places and the book is all about change so it's kind of like the journey of the country.

One phrase that's repeated is at the end of chapter 7 when they are talking to Kumalo's brother. He is talking about Johannesburg and he keeps saying "something new is happening here" and again he says "something is happening here". They keep repeating this phrase that new things are happening in Johannesburg. I think the effect this has on the novel is that it kind of builds up apprehension and intensity. Like something new, something exciting is coming and you can sort of feel the excitement start to build.

One line that is repeated is towards the end of chapter nine where they're talking about Shanty Town. And there is a sick child and he writes "The child coughs badly." and he says it again just a couple sentences later. And I think he did this because when you think about a cough it kind of keeps coming and coming and if you're listening to a person cough it's repetetive. So saying more than once kind of imitates the way a cough is.