Cry the Beloved Country :: Cry the Beloved Country Essays

bitch the Beloved Country   Cry the beloved country, by Alan Paton, is a mass which tells the story of how jam Jarvis, a wealthy estate proclaimer who, because of his own busy life, had to learn of the social degradation in south Africa with the death of his only son. If Arthur Jarvis had never been killed, James Jarvis would never have been enlightened by his sons writings, and Stephen Kumalo.   When we first meet mob jarvis, he knows little of his sons life. He doesnt know his son was on a kind of a military commission(p. 140), And this is why when harrison says,...were scared stiff at the moment in johannesburg.( p. 140) James is sort of surprised and says,of crime?(p. 140). Talking to harrison taught stephen about the crime in the city, and the next morning he learns about his son. One of the first things that james learns of his son, and his views, he learns in arthurs room. In reading his writings, james finds that arthur would have risked anything to military service other people, and ended up doing barely that. James finds that his son was nearly researched on the problems of their society, and was interested in helping the development of the social body structure in south africa. From the pictures of jesus and lincoln on his wall, james spy the admiration arthur had for these devil men. These were men of action, who showed love for their friends, and at the same time, their enemies. These two men suffered and died for their beliefs, as did arthur in a way, this is showing arthurs father what a great man his son was by comparison, and similarity to others. This revelation shows arthurs disturbance for humanity.   After the discovery of his sons views through all of his writings, james begins to realize the problem, and starts to depend of the problems of others before his own. In this aspect, james begins to remind the reader of oscar shindler. This is so because shindler was champion who at one time hated jews, but as he beg an to understand them, he thuoght of their troubles and how his wealth could save them. Much like shindler, jarvis helps the minority. spare-time activity his sons death and the acquaintance of stephen, james donates 1000 pounds to the african boys club. Jarvis is not just swelled gifts in memory of his son, or just to give, but giving those who need help ways to help themselves.