Cry, the Beloved Country

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Summary: Very Good!
Review: Cry The Beloved Country was an outstanding book! It showed the importance of family, and how far one will go to save his own family. Stephen Kumalo, the main character in this book, travels to Johanesburg to help his sister Gertrude. He runs into many obstacles along the way. This book is set in South Africa, and many words used in the book are South African. These words may confuse the reader, but still conveys the outstanding work of the writer. I enjoyed this book very much, and recomended to everyone that enjoys reading novels, of love and pain!

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Summary: The most boring book I ever read
Review: Cry, The Beloved Country has to be one of the most confusing and boring books that I've ever read. It made no sense to me and I had no idea when people were having a conversation. The words in this book were way to big for me and I had a lot of trouble understanding them. The African words were very difficult to read and understand and I found myself constantly looking in the back of the book for the meaning of such words. This is one book that I don't think I would recommend to anyone.

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Summary: Slight confusion on Cry, The Beloved Country.
Review: I really enjoyed this story. It had a good description of the places being visited and the people. I thought it displayed a good view of the emotions of the people living in the country. My one complaint was that it was rather confusing. The way the book displayed speaking parts, was very hard to understand. It took a while to find out who was tlaking and how the conversation started. There were parts of the story were it did not explain who was talking at all. And as nice and discriptive it was, it started to get a tad boring. It had a very slow flow to it. The speed of the book was not consistent at all. This book I was assigned to read as a English assignment. And so was this review., Terah S

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Summary: This book was boring but had good morals.
Review: Cry, the beloved country was a book that i was assigned to read in my 9th grade english class. I believe that this book is not very interesting, especially at first, but it teaches good lessons. I agree with the idea that people fear what they do not know, which is one of the main points that Alan Paton tried to get across. Also, sometimes the dialect used in the novel was confusing, but there is a handy glossary in the back(if you're not too lazy to turn to it and look up whatever word you do not understand). Overall this book wasn't too horrible for a class assignment, but if given the choice i would not read it.

Emily Canosa

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Summary: I liked it
Review: I liked this book. I thought that it should how South Africa was exactly in the 1940's. This book was about a Black reveran from a little town going to the big city to find his son and his sister and also see his brother. While tring to find these people with his guide another black reveran he finds trouble with all of them. I would suggest this book to all people to find out how South Africa once was through a mans' veiw. Also read this novel to find out what happens to this man.

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Summary: Cry the beloved country reveiw
Review: In my opinion, this book was not an enjoyable book for any teenager to read. It was more over a book for the older group to endlduge in. I think that the morals of this story were clearly stated but was not a book that was one you can't put down. If i was given the choice of reading this book i probally would try to find a more exciting. I still think that the story was very clearly put but was not too enjoyable.

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Summary: I like the book, but I like more action.
Review: This was a good novel. Usually in school I read the first couple chapters and if I don't like it I stop reading it, but this book I kept on reading and it was a very good book. It was about black and white racism. It is a deeply moveing story of the land and a people riven by racial injustice. Alan paton was one of South Africa's greatest writers. You should read the book Cry, the Beloved Country.

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Summary: CTBC, a tale of South African aparthied
Review: Ross M-B 7 Cry, the Beloved Country, a story of a South African native's jouney to find his sister in the much feared city of Johannesburg.This book shows the the life of South African Aparthied very well. The native is Stephen Kumalo, a priest from a small town in South Africa. He sets out to find his sister because he has been informed by a messanger that she is very sick and needs Stephen to come there right away. Upon finding her, Kumalo realizes his sister Gertrude is not phisicly sick, but is mentally corrupt, dealing with alcohol and protitution. He then realizes that he has yet an other problem, when he finds that his son, who also lives in Johannesburg, has commited a murder of a white man who defends the native's rights, Aurther Jarvis. Kumalo meets with his son, and finds this acusation to be true. His son is later proven guilty of murder and sentenced to death. Kumalo later confronts Aurther's father, James Jarvis. While Kumalo is deathly afraid that James will now hate him, he finds that Mr. Jarvis is in peace with him and does not blame Kumalo for his son's death. This story shows that to anything, good or bad, a new begining will come.

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Summary: My Reveiw Of "Cry the Beloved Country"
Review: In my oppinion, "Cry the Beloved Country" Was a very interesting book. I think it told the history of south africa very well. It was also interesting to see the veiws of more then one side. "Cry the beloved Country" was as page turner!!! There was new adveture each chapter. I think the life of Kumalo his journey and the people he met each had a unique role in this story. The whole book resovles around stevens broken pieces of his life that he is trying to put them back together. This story also teachers many life's lessons. The theme and quotes are all very meaningfull. I Highly recomend this book.

~~~Brianne E.~~~~~

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Summary: It was very heartfelt and dramatic
Review: it was the greatest story of all time. I mean one minute im laughing, the next im crying for the beloved country.This story is about south african country under a white work law is the deeply moving story of Stephen Kumalao and son Absolom, set against the backdrop of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. A classic work of love hope,courage and endurance,born of the diginity of man.