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Chapter 4 by Adrian Etheridge

Chapter 4 by Adrian Etheridge. Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton. Character. Contrast between Mr. Kumalo: naïve of city life, humbled, scared Mr. Msimangu: welcoming, friendly, knows of city life The young man: stealthy, cheating, epitomizes bad parts of big cities. Setting.

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Chapter 4 by Adrian Etheridge

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  1. Chapter 4by Adrian Etheridge Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton

  2. Character • Contrast between • Mr. Kumalo: naïve of city life, humbled, scared • Mr. Msimangu: welcoming, friendly, knows of city life • The young man: stealthy, cheating, epitomizes bad parts of big cities

  3. Setting • Begins in small Ixopo • Journey by train through rolling hills, long valleys, black slums • Ends in great city of Johannesburg

  4. Motifs • Train • Gold mine • New friends

  5. Themes • Innocence v. Experience • Stoplights, ‘refilling glass of water’, buses • Stolen money • Naivety in small town, after comes to the city can’t go back

  6. Themes • A Journey • Kumalo from small town to great city • Knows no one, begins to find friends, learn way of the city

  7. Discussion • Ever been to a big city? What did you experience? • How can you identify with Mr. Kumalo when he first got on the train? • “There are new names here, hard names for a Zulu who has been schooled in English” Describe what is would be like to be in your own country and not understand the language.

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