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Alan PatonBy: The Armed Arabs


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Facts about hiswritings

Cry, the Beloved Countrywas Patonsfirst novel

It was originally published in 1948.

It was a great success everywhere,except in South Africa where is was

banned, because of its politicallycontroversal material.

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Why did he write Cry,The Beloved Country

One reason he did NOT write the book isbecause of Apartheid, since it

was not law until later thesame year of itsoriginal publication.

He wrote the book in a similarstyle to the King James

Version of the Bible.

The main reason he wrote thisbook was to spread Christianity.

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Where was AlanPaton from

Alan wasborn in

PietermaritzburgNatalProvince, in

South Africa.

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Where does this noveltake place?

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Cry, The Beloved Countrytakesplace in South Africa.

The beginning of the book starts outin the small town of Ixopo. Soon

into the book the main charactergoes on a journey down to

Johannesburg, which is wheremost of the story takes place.

It is the largest city in South Africa. Though during the Apartheid

era it was split into 11local authorities. 7were Whitedomain and 4 were Black
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Apartheid

Apartheid-a system of legal racialsegregation enforced by the NationalParty in South Africa.

The apartheid was just recentlyremoved from South Africa in 1994after a series ofnegotiations took place.

It caused civil unrest as well as riots.

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Apartheid Video

This is a video power point that givesmany examples of apartheid.

Many of the photos show apartheid inSouth America but a few show itelsewhere.

You can see the different types ofsegregation.

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Did his life influencethe book?

Yes, he lived in a place where Apartheidwas very common, and this subject isdiscussed very much in Cry, TheBeloved Country.

One part of Apartheid that really shinesthrough in the book is the physical aswell as the emotional structures of theirsociety.

He attempts to give an unbiased view onapartheid. He tells how the Whites areaffected by native crime. While the

Blacks suffer from severe social


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the book?

Continued He also talks about the land itself. HowSouth Africa is facing problems withthe degrading of the land that isreserved for the natives only. There

is often native crime because of this.

Something else Alan wanted totouch on in his book is the fear

in the people.Some of his charactersare just so scared andthey have great fear, because

they dont feel safe.

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Politics

South Africa has a Bicameral Parliament.They then have two separate houses.

The upper house with 90 members and the

lower house with no more than 400members.

The members of the lower house are electedbased upon population basis.

These elections are held every 5 years.

South Africa has nine provinces. Eachreceives ten members to represent theirprovince in the upper house parliament

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Bicameral Parliament

Upper House-National Council ofProvinces-NCOP-Cape Town

Lower House-National Assembly-CapeTown

The National Party was the governing

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Edward Callan

He was a life long friend of Alan Paton.

Wrote extensively on his work (loved

his poetry) and has written manyreflections on Cry, The BelovedCountry

He is now an English professorat Western MichiganUniversity.

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Why might culture and timeperiod be important to understand

before reading a novel?

Novels often include the real culture of thecertain era.

By researching the place and time thebook takes place, you are learning aboutthe book itself.

Knowing the culture you can get anessence of if it was a good or bad time,a lot of wealthy people, or how the

population was doing.

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Why might an authors backgroundand life experience influence the

content of a novel ?

When authors write books to it is oftenthat they lived it or it is somethingthey hold close to their heart.

It is much easier to write a novel aboutthings you know about.

Also when an author writes a bookthey put their own feelings into it,and often their opinion. You can onlydo so if you truly know what you aretalking about.


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period that a novel was written, as well as, theauthors background and life experience, help in

your understanding of a novel ? Researching an author before you read

their book will overall help you

understand the book completely andthoroughly.

You can find out whether they livedthrough an experience that relates to themain character in the book.

Or had a tragedy in their life that causedthem to write maybe a rather tragic

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