Corruption is probably the most prominent theme in Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country, as well as in today’s world. In this story, the author pictures many different characters in order to illustrate this widespread corruption of society. John Kumalo, Absalom, and Gertrude are a few of the characters he uses to help carry out this theme. Johannesburg, itself, is the sum of all that is wrong in cities today. There is corruption …showed first 75 words of 621 total…

…showed last 75 words of 621 total…is everywhere, from the small village to the large town. This reflects corruption today, in the White House, in our schools, and in our courts. We must not let this continue. We need to do something to save the beauty of our civilization. In Cry, the Beloved Country the beginnings of this are shown. A white man is helping a black community; in turn these people will not turn to crime in order to survive.