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* TheAtoner: Absalom towards the end of his life.
** Also Msimangu. He entered the priesthood because of guilt over the kind of man he was in his youth.
** Also Msimangu. He entered the priesthood because of guilt over the kind of man he was in his youth.
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* AloofOlderBrother: Or rather, aloof younger brother John Kumalo, who wants nothing to do with Stephen or the Church since becoming a locally important political activist.
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* CosmicPlaything: Kumalo suffers every possible minor mishap and every major personal tragedy during the time he's in Johannesburg.
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* MeaningfulName: Absalom Kumalo, who rebels against his father's Godly ways much as Absalom rebelled against his father Solomon.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The city of Johanesberg's Johannesburg's evil nature is first revealed when a young man tries to take advantage of Stephen being a NaiveNewcomer by offering to take his money to buy him a ticket at the "bus ticket office" so he can save his place in line, and then runs off with it.
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* NoNameGiven: {{Averted}}. Both Stephen and the girl Absalom got pregnant end up
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: William and Pafuri, the other two boys involved with the break in. They get off scot free, because there is not enough evidence to prove they were there at the murder. But Absalom unfortunately is [[DeathRow not so lucky.]]However, ]] However, they are mentioned as being in prison for another crime.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: William and Pafuri, the other two boys involved with the break in. They get off scot free, because there is not enough evidence to prove they were there at the murder. But Absalom unfortunately is [[DeathRow not so lucky.]]]]]]However, they are mentioned as being in prison for another crime.]]
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* AnAesop: Don't rely solely on prayer for help in life. Physcially take action sometimes.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Both Kumalo and Jarvis have lost their young adult sons, but Jarvis has [[HeelFaceTurn a change in of heart]] and helps Kumalo's starving and miserable tribe recover and prosper again, and Kumalo now has a grandson and a daughter in law to live with him.]]
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The second part of the book focuses on James Jarvis, who had only been very briefly mentioned before.
* CainAndAbel: Stephen and John, though John isn't so much as villainous as he is cowardly and selfish.
* TheCityVsTheCountry: Kumalo's home of Ndotsheni, versus the big mining city of Johannesburg. They are shown to both be pretty terrible, but Ndotsheni at least is a WorldHalfFull where things are starting to get better by the end.
* CountryMouse: Kumalo, who is both confused and frightened by Johannesburg.
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* NoNameGiven: Both Stephen and the girl Absalom got pregnant end up getting names revealed.
* PreacherMan: Kumalo and Msimangu, as well as several others who help them on their quest.
* SendInTheSearchTeam: Kumalo ''is'' the search team, gone to look for Gertrude and Absalom.
* PreacherMan: Kumalo and Msimangu, as well as several others who help them on their quest.
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''Cry, the Beloved Country'' is a 1948 novel by Alan Paton. Called "the most important novel in South Africa's history," it tells the tale of Father Stephen Kumalo, a poor African priest who leaves his small village to venture into the big city of Johannesburg, where his estranged sister Gertrude and son Absalom moved years before.
It has been made into film several times, most recently in 1995 with James Earl Jones and Richard Harris. In 1949, Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson adapted it into the musical ''Lost in the Stars''.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity
* ForgivenessRequiresDeath
* FilmOfTheBook
* ThereShouldBeALaw: People discuss the various social problems, particularly native crime, and discuss laws about what to do.
* VerbalTic: Umfundisi
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It has been made into film several times, most recently in 1995 with James Earl Jones and Richard Harris. In 1949, Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson adapted it into the musical ''Lost in the Stars''.
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!!This book provides examples of:
* FaceDeathWithDignity
* ForgivenessRequiresDeath
* FilmOfTheBook
* ThereShouldBeALaw: People discuss the various social problems, particularly native crime, and discuss laws about what to do.
* VerbalTic: Umfundisi
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