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Cry, the Beloved Country

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

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Essay Topics

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Compare and contrast the settings of Johannesburg and Ndotsheni. What keeps former residents of Ndotsheni in Johannesburg? What pushes people out of Ndotsheni? How does a comparison of these two settings highlight the functioning of colonialism in the text?

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What are the roles of women within the novel? How do they figure into the novel’s themes and the history of colonialism?

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Alan Paton includes several biblical allusions in the novel, such as the names Stephen, John, Absalom, and Theophilus. What is the literary significance of these allusions?

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