cry, i'm dead
, where they were forced into immoral and illegal activities. The second portion of the book shows how some white men were affected by their own doings. The third and final portion of the book shows how the deaths of two young men bring about a reconciliation between a black man and a white man, providing hope that some day the two races will live together in peace and harmony. As, white founded mining companies started to spring up so did cities, bringing many new jobs with them. As more mines were developed, more miners were needed, so affluent white men started recruiting poor black men from small villages. The poor black men were allured by the thought of being paid well and living happy lives, but they were wrong. They were only paid three shillings a day and lived in houses that were complete dumps. Many miners thought that if they found more gold they would be rewarded, but they were wrong. Countless miners had families who depended on them, and three shillings a day wa!s not enough for food, shelter, and clothing. Almost all of these miners did not want to meet with adversity, so they resorted to other ways of getting food and clothing. A lot of these miners resorted to stealing and even murder to get morsels of food and
a few shillings from white people. In effect, white men had brought this violence on themselves. In the story Steven Kumalo, a black reverend, sends his son, Absalom, to Johannesburg to find his sister who's husband had gone looking for work in the mines. After a few months Steven became worried because he had heard no word from his son. When he goes to Johannesburg to find his sister and son, he is abject to find that his sister, who had become very frail, was forced to become a prostitute to support her child and his son had murdered a white man who ironically was abetting the black people. Arthur Jarvis the man who had been killed by Absalom had lived in an adjacent farm when the two men were younger. When on trial, Absal! ks. He believed that a white person should treat a black person well, but that blacks and whites should stay isolated from each other. The idea of how a black man could kill somebody who was on their side was abstruse to Jarvis. The third portion of the book shows that the death of ones loved one can make a person do anything, even come to a reconciliation with a completely different race which white people had previously abased. Both Steven's son Absalom, who was killed by b
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