Cliffs Notes on Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country

“Cry, the Beloved Country” is a beautifully told and profoundlycompassionate story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his sonAbsalom, set in the troubled and changing South Africa of the 1940s. This concise supplement to Paton’s “Cry, The Beloved Country” helpsstudents understand the overall structure of the work, actions andmotivations of the characters and the social and cultural perspective ofthe author.