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Cry, The beloved country

Cry, The beloved country. Chapter 25 By: Joshua S. Hansen. Summary. Jarvis takes his wife to visit his wife’s niece’s house to help his wife take her mind off of Arthur’s death. Barbara, Margaret’s niece, and Margaret ask Jarvis if he wants to go into town, and he says he will stay home.

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Cry, The beloved country

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  1. Cry, The beloved country Chapter 25 By: Joshua S. Hansen

  2. Summary • Jarvis takes his wife to visit his wife’s niece’s house to help his wife take her mind off of Arthur’s death. • Barbara, Margaret’s niece, and Margaret ask Jarvis if he wants to go into town, and he says he will stay home. • While Jarvis was reading the paper someone knocked on his door, and when he opened it a native priest stood at the foot of the door steps. • Jarvis talks with this man and realizes that this man’s son killed Arthur. • The man then leaves for the train station.

  3. Motifs • Fear and Sickness (mental)- Kumalo comes to apologize to Jarvis and confess that his son took Arthur’s life. (Pg. 177-178) • Sympathy- Jarvis pity’s Kumaloand tries to help him. • Suffering- Kumalo was suffering off the fact that his son killed another person. • Nature- The mines that look like “hills under the sun”. (Pg. 181)

  4. Language • When Jarvis saw the native standing on his doorstep he addresses the man in Zulu. • The priest addresses Jarvis as “Umnumzana”, or sir. • The priest also speaks in a trembling voice that shows he is afraid. • Jarvis speaks English to Smith’s daughter who is also white.

  5. Contrasts • The pros of finding gold vs. the cons- the newspaper talks about the recent discovery of a gold deposit • Dark colors vs. light colors- throughout the whole chapter • The status (social and physical) of the priest vs. the status (social and physical) of Jarvis • The confidence of Jarvis vs. the tentativeness of the priest • The priest vs. himself

  6. Themes • Forgiveness- when Jarvis discovers that the priest’s son murdered Arthur he is not angry with the priest and is kind to him • Father and son relationship- Jarvis meets the father of his son’s murderer • Social status- Kumalomakes himself in a lower position than Jarvis and avoids all eye contact with him

  7. Questions • On page 177 what does Jarvis mean by he is “a man of the soil”? • What would your first impression of the priest be and how would you treat him? • What do you think Jarvis is thinking when he finds out that Arthur was murdered by the priest’s son? • How would you react if you met the father or mother of your child’s murder? • Why does Paton describe the priest the way he does?

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