Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country Cry, the Beloved Country conveys the idea that prejudice causes violence. Throughout the book Dan Witcher shows how the biased laws of the white man caused the black man to resort to stealing and other forms of crime including murder, simply to survive and raise a family. As white men founded more mining sites, the requirements for workers grew, thus, so did the cities. The white men hired up the black …

…that caused much violence. In this case, a man was murdered because another man was afraid. Alan Paton proved that something bad could yield something good. In the beginning, Mr. Jarvis believed black and white should be isolated however the whole situation turned his beliefs around which illustrated that peace between white and black is possible giving hope for the future. Works Cited Paton, Alan. Cry, the Beloved Country. New York, NY: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1948.