cry the beloved country

Paton’s novel, Cry, The Beloved Country was written in 1946. The novel has many correlation’s with the Bible. Paton obviously knew the Bible very well. We see parallelism between the novel and the Bible through the theme of faithfulness in God. We also see similarities between characters of the novel to Biblical characters.

The first sign we find in the novel that connects it to the Bible is in Kumalo’s son’s name. His son’s name is Absalom. Absalom is the name of King David’s son. Absalom, son of David, rebelled against his father by killing his brother Amnon (2 Samuel 13:30). Absalom fled away from his father’s land (2 Samuel 13:37). David mourned for his son. 2 Samuel 13:39 says, “And the heart of the king went out, yearning for Absalom.” David is like Kumalo. His son has also left. Absalom Kumalo had left Ndotsheni and gone to Johannesburg. Kumalo has not heard from his son. Kumalo worries about his son and wishes to see him again. Absalom was Kumalo’s only son (Paton 8).

King David’s and Kumalo’s sons had both been invo

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Approximate Word count = 734
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)