The Reality Of Racism- As Exhibited In Cry, The Beloved...

The Reality of Racism- Displayed In Cry, the Beloved Country nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Cry, the Beloved Country is not another novel of common strife between man and his fellow. It is an entirely higher sense of what quot;brother against brotherquot; is. Seemingly harmless characters like Stephen Kumalo and James Jarvis reveal the bigger picture of racism around the entire country. The effect of extreme poverty, the responsibility of the whites, made this story possible. The solution to the problem is portrayed through Absalom, his crime, and Arthur Jarvis. quot;Bexxuse the white man has power, we too want power, he said. But when a black man gets power, when he gets money, he is a great man if he is not corrupted [Paton†¦show more content†¦The root of this problem was the white man. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;xxxxxxxxx, David nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Page 2 Paton expresses them through James Jarvis. This was the white man in the flesh. He adhered to the common stereotypes of blacks, which were rampant. Although His residence was close to a black village, He chose to have nothing to do with them. Even in the courtroom after his sons death, he remains indifferent to this obviously pitiful race. Arthurs death was like a wake-up xxll from heaven. Paton purposely created this situation of the demise of a universally beloved man to tell the white people that if they do not lend a hand in stopping the black degradation, they might have to learn the hard way. Had this not have happened, Jarvis would have ended his life ignorant about the black plight. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Stephen Kumalo was quiet and unassuming, timid in the face of white men. He lacked that inner strength to