Themes for "Cry, The Beloved Country"

Fear-
"No nothing, only more fear and more pain." (121)
"I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find we are turned to hating." (Msimangu)
>Appears everywhere from the English men to the Afrikaners
>Everyone has a fear that they state
>One big ordeal in the WHOLE novel; as the fear changes in the different parts.

Struggle-
"The soil can't keep them anymore." (34)
>Mainly shows problems in keeping people in places.
>People are having a hard time breaking free of their "lives" whether is the bad life or a good life.

Hope-
"You are an angel from God. He sat down again and said to the young demonstrator, Where did the white man find you?"
>Good things bring hope for the future.
>There is hope in every place; no matter what happened to it before.

Tradition-
"It was the way it was done in olden days, said the Bishop. In the olden days when men had faith. But I should not say that after what I have heard today."
>Old ways meet new, and some stay but most go

Charity-
"Did you not hear him say he would take the case Pro Deo? Ah yes, you have not heard of that before. It is Latin and it means for God. So it will cost you nothing, or at least very little."
>People are naturally good in nature; and there are a lot of charitable acts in this book.
>All charitable acts were done willingly! There weren't any catches!

Sadness is better than fear-
"Sorrow is better than fear said Father Vincent doggedly, fear is a journey, a terrible, journey, but sorrow is at least an arriving."
>The quote explains it well.

Power in English-
"They have heard the great bull voice, they have been lifted up, and let fall again, but by a man who can lift up again after he has let fall."
>This is in shown in two ways through "The great bull voice" Kumalo. 1. He speaks in english whenever he wants to be really heard, and wants to display some of his power. 2. Anyone who speaks in English is high in society so its like a necessity to be in the "top".

Redemption-
"There is no lie in it, for I said to myself, I shall not lie any more, all the rest of my days, nor do anything more that is evil."
>Despite what people do, this book shows how some people seek redemption, and they do try for it. Absalom seeks redemption for his acts, and Umfundisi's sister seeks redemption for her bad acts.