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Review the plot, characters, themes, and craft of Paton's novel.
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What event first pulls Stephen Kumalo away from Ndotsheni and toward Johannesburg?
Four events from the novel: milk sent to Ndotsheni, Absalom's trial, Msimangu's letter, Arthur Jarvis's murder. Which happens second in the story?
Who provides the main Johannesburg home where Kumalo, Gertrude, and later Absalom's girlfriend stay?
Before his arrest, where had Absalom been given help toward a steadier life?
What crime binds the Kumalo and Jarvis families together?
At the trial, what does Absalom admit about Arthur Jarvis's death?
Why are Matthew Kumalo and Johannes Pafuri not convicted with Absalom?
What sentence does the judge give Absalom?
What happens to Gertrude just before Kumalo's group leaves Johannesburg?
Where is Kumalo in the novel's final scene as dawn approaches?
What most drives Kumalo through Johannesburg's streets, missions, and offices?
Why does Msimangu keep guiding Kumalo even when the search becomes painful?
What does John Kumalo value more than his brother's humble faith?
Why does John Kumalo's lawyer separate Matthew's defense from Absalom's confession?
What motive does Absalom give for shooting Arthur Jarvis?
Why does Absalom's pregnant girlfriend agree to marry him and go with Kumalo?
How does James Jarvis change after reading Arthur's writings?
Which service does Father Vincent provide after Absalom is imprisoned?
Why does Mrs. Lithebe warn the women in her house about careless behavior?
The valley is worn out, and many young people have gone to the city. What theme does that connection build?
When characters say the tribe is broken, what does the phrase point to?
What does the Shanty Town episode most clearly show about Johannesburg?
What does the Alexandra bus boycott show?
How does the novel use Johannesburg's mines and wealth?
In court, Absalom confesses while Matthew and Johannes deny being there. What contrast does the trial create?
What social hope is represented by Arthur Jarvis's essays and work?
The milk Jarvis sends to Ndotsheni's children changes sympathy into what?
What does Letsitsi's work in Ndotsheni suggest about renewal?
Msimangu fears whites may turn to loving only after Black South Africans have turned to hating. What theme is he naming?
Jarvis's promise of a new church after the storm most strongly suggests what?
"There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills." How does this opening description work?
"Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear." What does the sentence do?
"The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that they are not mended again." What idea does this express?
What biblical allusion is carried by Absalom's name?
In chapters that repeat phrases about fear in the land, which craft technique is most visible?
Why can Cry, the Beloved Country be called a social protest novel?
What is the central irony of Arthur Jarvis's murder?
How do Stephen Kumalo and John Kumalo function as foils?
What is the effect of alternating attention between Stephen Kumalo and James Jarvis?
The final dawn on the mountain leaves the reader with what unresolved tension?
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