How do historical realities influence Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country

•the threat of starvation that Ndotsheni experiences in Cry, the Beloved Country reflects the reality of the famine that brought South Africa to the brink of civil war in the 1940s

•Foreign activists and crusaders came to South Africa to fight for justice in the 1940s, and this is reflected in the novel through the figure of Msimangu, who was not born in South Africa

•Absalom's fate reveals how racist police officers twisted fair and impartial laws in order to promote injustice and discriminatory practices during the apartheid era

•Crime was common in Johannesburg in the 1940s, and this is reflected in the novel when Kumalo is robbed when he first arrives in the city

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Keon Arnold

3 April, 23:00

How do historical realities influence Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country

•the threat of starvation that Ndotsheni experiences in Cry, the Beloved Country reflects the reality of the famine that brought South Africa to the brink of civil war in the 1940s

•Foreign activists and crusaders came to South Africa to fight for justice in the 1940s, and this is reflected in the novel through the figure of Msimangu, who was not born in South Africa

•Absalom's fate reveals how racist police officers twisted fair and impartial laws in order to promote injustice and discriminatory practices during the apartheid era

•Crime was common in Johannesburg in the 1940s, and this is reflected in the novel when Kumalo is robbed when he first arrives in the city

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Jaiden Hanson · Answer 1

Answer: Crime was common in Johannesburg in the 1940s, and this is reflected in the novel when Kumalo is robbed when he first arrives in the city

Explanation:

The story of Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) takes place in middle 1940's, at the beginning of Apartheid, a system in South Africa characterized by extreme racial discrimination against black people. Back then, black people lived in fear, and it was a difficult time to live in Johannesburg. The crime rate was also high, which is seen when Kumalo is robbed at the beginning of the novel, when he arrives to the city.