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Essay Archive - Cry, the Beloved Country: Stimulating a Change
Cry, the Beloved Country: Stimulating a Change
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. Presenting the characters as havin....
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