Suggestions for Introduction/ conclusion:

-  Undoubtedly much of the power of the novel, “Cry the Beloved Country”, comes from its depiction of the particular social conditions in its contemporary South Africa. Racial discrimination and social breakdown are two major problems that afflicted the country for years.

- Paton’s novel is primarily concerned with the tragedy that has

afflicted South Africa: the exploitation of blacks by whites and

the consequent loss of an entire way of life.

- The purpose of “Cry, the Beloved Country “ is to awaken the

population of South Africa to the racism that is slowly

disintegrating the society and its people. Alan Paton designs his

work to express his views on the injustices and racial hatred

that plague South Africa, in an attempt to bring about change

and understanding. 

- The characters that he incorporates within his story help to

establish a sense of the conditions and hardships that the

country is experiencing, and the presence of fear through the

whole of the populace.

     

- In “Cry, the Beloved Country”, the cries of South Africa are

delivered to the readers, the cries of the black people that are

the foundation of South Africa, the blacks that were the heart of

what South Africa was all about. These cries were due to the

oppression that was not deserved, oppression based on

difference in color, not more!