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This is the first 1,000 characters of 335 words (1.34 pages) in the essay titled Cry the beloved country1 At the crossroads two separate worlds meet. Each opposing world examines the other. Both worlds use different customs and different languages. One world uses a belief system based on monotheism and exercises a democratic-like government. The other possesses a belief system based on polytheism and operates their government in complete anarchy. Neither worlds can understand or comprehend how the other world functions. In Alan Paton’s Cry The Beloved Country, the natives of South Africa, particularly the Kumalo family, faces a similar problem at the crossroads. The problem is the trapping of people between both worlds. Some people are confined to the old world which consists of rituals, strict tribal adherence to old customs, and reverence for the village chief. Others are ensnared in the world of the white man who disrupts the customs of the old country and brings assimilation to this world. Cry the Beloved Country reveals a process of assimilation which disturbs the quiet lifestyle of the Kumalo family and creates a void that devours them in a shroud of misery. Cry The Beloved Country clearly explains the process of assimilation that divides the Kumalo family. This event that has obviously separated the Kumalo family causes long term effects brought forth by the new world, the world of the white man. One such member is John Kumalowho left for Johannesburg in search of life in the city and begins to deny the validity of tribal life. Gertrude Kumalo, another mem... |
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Keywords: cry the beloved country, polytheism, monotheism, belief system, dissolute life, assimilation, customs, clash of cultures, heinous crime, comprehend, crossroads, quiet lifestyle, glorious wonders, separate worlds, tribal life, world cry, search of life, world functions, village chief, patons