People in this world are very similar to each other but they also have their differences. Many people are of the same ethnicity or culture; they practice the same religion, and even have the same pastimes and enjoy the same activities. Although we are all alike in many ways, no matter how alike you are there will always be differences. In the book Cry the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton, Stephen Kumalo and James Jarvis are two different people and although they live in the same village they come from two extremely different worlds, and end up meeting in the middle. Stephen Kumalo and James Jarvis are two different people. Kumalo is a poor black preacher from the valley of the South African village of Ndotsheni. While looking for his sister in Johannesburg, Kumalo discovered that his son, Absalom had killed a man, that man was Jarvis' son, Arthur.
Kiswahili: Alan Paton
Eaglebrook School Archives, 1990s
James Fenimore CooperLater on in the book James Jarvis looses his wife to an illness. Kumalo is a very trusting man, very concerned about the welfare of his family. He is not quick to receive a handout. Kumalo is a very trusting man, very concerned about the welfare of his family. He is not quick to receive a handout. Kumalo trusts the Lord with everything he does, he is a loving and God- fearing man, "Although his money was little he brought her a red dress and a white thing that they called a turban for her head. Also a shirt, a pair of short trousers, and a jersey for the boy and a couple of stout handkerchiefs for his mother to use on his nose" (64). Kumalo is very gullible and is quick to trust, he is also not very smart with the people he relies on, "The man looked a...