Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. This paper is a reflective essay on Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. This paper looks at the plight of the heartbroken fathers in this novel and how through pain and heartache, they eventually came to fight a battle through life together. This paper will illustrate this point through character analysis. The book "Cry, the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton is a book about agitation and turmoil of both whites and blacks over the white segregation policy called apartheid. The book describes how understanding between whites and blacks can end mutual fear and aggression, and bring reform and hope to a small community of Ndotcheni as well as to South Africa as a whole. The language of the book from the very beginning reveals its biblical nature. Pages: 5 Bibliography: 3 source(s) listed Filename: 205 Cry Alan Paton.doc Price: 44.75