Part one of term paper
Leader of a disintegrating tribe and head of a shrinking family, Reverend Stephen Kumalo finds himself in quite a compromising position at the start of Alan Paton’s novel Cry, the Beloved Country. As easy as it would be to accept the loss of the young tribespeople, with inclusion of Kumalo’s own brother, sister, and son, Kumalo faces a t ...

Part two of term paper
... receives word that his beloved sister, Gertrude, has fallen ill, Kumalo’s false hopes that his family might someday return are evident. Although it has been proven that “when people go to Johannesburg, they do not come back” (Paton 4), he is still reluctant to dip into the money he and his wife were saving to send their son, Absalom, to St. Chad’s for further education, much less take it all for his trip. A sensible man, Kumalo realizes that it is necessary to take all of this money and s ...