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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Cry, The Beloved Country
Alan Paton does a very well job at describing the land and how it changed over time; his decription is very vivid and explains so much. You can see that the author is not supportive of segregation and he saw much of this in the country he grew up in, Africa.
On the first page it says, “Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guard’s men, care for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.” This senentence means that no matter what color man you are, you should take care of your land because that is were you live, that is were you are supposed to feel safe, and that is were you take care of your familys. If you destroy the land than you are destroying your homes and your lives.
When the Europeans arrived and took over the Africans land, forcing them to be slaves and move from there homes. I don't think the Europeans realized how much this effected the Africans and how they had lived their whole lives there and their fathers and grandfathers had also grown and lived there. This upset the Africans they had very strong connections to the land and also religious connections. The segregation hurt the people, because all men are supposed to be created equally but even though it was the Africans home, however the Europeans acted as if they were the ones who were supposed to be there, and not the Africans.
All of the segregation lead the African people to commit crimes and lots of violence. There people had no were else to turn, and this made the Europeans think that they were just all bad people and that they were worthless. They wouldn't let the Africans go to school, only the white children got to have a good education.
The message of this book is that the Africans are being treated unfair on their own land, and this has lead to awful ways and the Europeans think they are just bad people when they aren't, they are just being treated unfairly and this is the only way they can show them.
On the first page it says, “Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guard’s men, care for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.” This senentence means that no matter what color man you are, you should take care of your land because that is were you live, that is were you are supposed to feel safe, and that is were you take care of your familys. If you destroy the land than you are destroying your homes and your lives.
When the Europeans arrived and took over the Africans land, forcing them to be slaves and move from there homes. I don't think the Europeans realized how much this effected the Africans and how they had lived their whole lives there and their fathers and grandfathers had also grown and lived there. This upset the Africans they had very strong connections to the land and also religious connections. The segregation hurt the people, because all men are supposed to be created equally but even though it was the Africans home, however the Europeans acted as if they were the ones who were supposed to be there, and not the Africans.
All of the segregation lead the African people to commit crimes and lots of violence. There people had no were else to turn, and this made the Europeans think that they were just all bad people and that they were worthless. They wouldn't let the Africans go to school, only the white children got to have a good education.
The message of this book is that the Africans are being treated unfair on their own land, and this has lead to awful ways and the Europeans think they are just bad people when they aren't, they are just being treated unfairly and this is the only way they can show them.
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