Cry, the Beloved Country

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Summary: This book rocked my world.
Review: This work of literary genious was written by Alan Paton. Anyone who writes a book like this is "ok" in my book. I learned some wonderful lessons in equality, as well as some lessons about myself. I'm white, so I kind of felt bad. Because white people are evil. Especially in South africa. They just were so racist and selfish that they forced the African Natives to poverty, and a life of crime. This book was a wonderful reading experience, and I hope that it withstands the test of time.

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Summary: Cry the beloved Country is a educational and good book.
Review: Cry the beloved Country is a book about the people in Africa during the 1940's. It shows how whites and blacks reflected each other, and how they were so different while being exactally the same. There was lots of crime and hatred shown between every one in the book. I found it to be a good book, and well worth my time. I found it to be sad, and yet beautiful classic. Although it seemed to drag some what, and be kind of slow; by the time you were done you felt like you were in the middle of the story. And you felt like you knew the people and expeirenced it with them.

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Summary: A Fairly Good Fairy-Tale
Review: Author Alan Paton wrote a pretty good book in my opinion. The story tells of an old Zulu pastor living in the South African village of Ndotsheni. In the story Reverand Kumalo goes to Johannesburg in response to a letter he received from another pastor stationed there. While in Johannesburg, Reverand Kumalo learns that his own son has committed a murder and will be sentenced to death. This in itself is a tragedy to Kumalo, not to mention that his sister and brother are also living poorly in the great city. He goes to Johannesburg and loses one family but regains another in a way he never thought possible. I liked the book because it told a heartwarming tale of the struggle for natives in South Africa and the difficulties they face. My criticisms of the book are that it has a slow opening and many details such as time and setting are not clearly explained or understood.

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Summary: This book was ok, yet I wouldn't recommend it.
Review: Not to say that Cry, The Beloved Country was a bad book, but it wasn't in the top 10 or top 20 of the books I'd like to read. It was different then any other book I ever read. This book delt with a lot of serious issues. And I, like many other high school students, would have rather read something completly out of the ordinary or something not so heavy. But for people who are into that sorta book, then I say that you will love this book! In my opinion the book wasn't good because I wasn't interested. This is one of those book that you have to be into.

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Summary: Kumalo is the suffering hero.
Review: The novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, will stagger almost all who read it. It showed a picture that people not only had ignored, but hadn't even realized was there at all. It brought a spotlight to focus on South Africa that has remained there ever since. The story of one man or of a small group of people has far more effect on people than any number of essays. You, the reader, come to understand and identify with this man and his problems, hopes, and dreams. And once you do, once a large body of people does, then public opinion changes, and then laws can be changed.

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Summary: It was extremely borring but had a good moral
Review: I had to read "Cry the Beloved Country" for my ninth grade english class. The African names made it hard to follow, and also the slow plot, but overall it was alright. I strongly agree that people need to see past the color of your skin and judge you by who you are. None of our wordly problems can be dealt with untill we all accept eachother as equals our planet will just keep deteriorating. The end was a little drastic but alright.

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Summary: Travel To find Family
Review: I think this book was very good. The story had great decription. The bad thing was some of the chapters kept on going with way to much detail. Overall I liked how the Author kept the story within the history of South Africa. The facts were true about what happened with the Apartheid. This made the story neat with all the true facts. I did not like how they made him travel so many places. The story was to long for the dull plot it had.I will give this book a three star because it had some good decription but it was way to long for this dull boring plot.

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Summary: Journey to the forsaken land
Review: I found the book cry the beloved country a moderate to good book. I thought the author got sidetracked a lot while Stephen looked for absolom. the way that alan patton went to all of the different cities while he should have been focusing on the original motive of the search. I think that maybe he should have focused a little more on absoloms death. I also found the book to be a little boring at times. Maybe if the author could have told of physical struggles instead of bus boycotts and bad living conditions. I didn't really find the book very interesting. To be honest it was kind of hard to finish it. Even though I am aware that hardships like this really took place, it did not make a very good book. Overall I was kind of dissapointed because my enjoyment of the book deviated from what other reviews said.

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Summary: Could have been better
Review: Cry, The Beloved Country was a good book but it did not have good morals. It showed that good people can have terrible thing after terrible thing happen to them. It also showed no family values. What kind of person lets his entire family leave their hometown for a bum town that lures you in to the point where you can't leave? The book was also hard to follow, even though there was a glossary in the back of the book. However, this book did powerfully convey tragedy which was a plus. It also was accuratly written toward the issues then going on in South Africa.

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Summary: Very Good Story
Review: I think that the Cry, of the beloved country was a very fun book to read, because it was interesting. The book had a very good begining and i liked how Stephen Kumalo told you where he was going to and how he was going to get there. Overall it was a very good book to read. The movie was pretty good to cause it made a lot of sense about where he was going and it described the countrys like how Ndotsheni was Hilly and green grass and beautiful.