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Questions on Jarvis, the trial, homecoming, rebuilding, and Paton's craft in Books Two and Three.
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25 questions
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Book Two restarts the story from James Jarvis's side after Arthur's murder. What does this shift in perspective do?
Jarvis first knows Arthur mostly as a son, then reads his papers in Johannesburg. What new view does he gain?
Which experience links Stephen Kumalo in Book One with James Jarvis in Book Two?
Why is Arthur Jarvis central even though he is dead before Book Two's main action?
The novel places Jarvis's High Place above Ndotsheni, near Kumalo's parish. What does that geography emphasize?
How does Jarvis's grandson affect the perspective of Book Three when he talks with Kumalo?
Book Two lets readers see Arthur through letters, speeches, and memories instead of direct scenes. What is the effect?
Absalom says he fired the gun in fear; Matthew Kumalo and Johannes Pafuri deny being there. What does the court decide?
What most directly makes Absalom's confession unable to save him at sentencing?
What is Father Vincent's main role for Absalom before the sentence is carried out?
Why is John Kumalo's conduct around the trial morally troubling?
After Absalom is sentenced, what outcome does Kumalo wait for but not receive?
What happens to Absalom's wife after the trial and sentencing?
Jarvis reads Arthur's unfinished work and later sends milk for Ndotsheni's children. What connects these actions?
Kumalo returns to Ndotsheni with Absalom's wife and Gertrude's child. What does this homecoming show?
When Kumalo tells Jarvis that Absalom is his son, why is the scene important?
Why does the bishop's idea of moving Kumalo away from Ndotsheni lose force?
What change does Napoleon Letsitsi bring to Ndotsheni?
Jarvis's gift toward a new church in Ndotsheni most clearly shows what change in him?
The dry, eroded valley appears throughout Book Three. As a symbol, what does it suggest?
The milk sent for the children of Ndotsheni functions as more than a plot detail. What does it symbolize?
Why is the planned dam important as a motif of rebuilding?
The novel's elevated prose often echoes biblical language, especially in Kumalo's suffering and vigil. What effect does this have?
Kumalo waits on the mountain at dawn on the morning Absalom is to die. What does the closing image do?
How do Books Two and Three make the novel a social protest novel rather than only a family tragedy?
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