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Cry, the Beloved Country Imagery - School Essays

Cry, the Beloved Country Imagery

Literary Analysis Ch. 29

In Alan Paton's "Cry, the Beloved Country," Paton creates a submissive tone through the imagery of the pitiful future that is ahead of the character Kumalo. Paton uses polysendeton by using the word “and” to make the passage flow smoothly. He then uses syntax by saying “And he would stay in a place where they would put him, in the great prison in Pretoria, in the barred and solitary cell; mercy failing, would stay there till he was hanged. Towards the end of the passage the tone changes dramatically to a sorrowful tone as the author said “Aye, but the murderer afraid of death had once been a child afraid of the night.” Paton starts this passage off vivid, ...

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being put in the prison of Pretoria. On a connotative level he’s describing the feelings of Kumalo and how Kumalo believed that his son used to be an innocent young ...

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Added: 5/1/2011 08:51:00 PM
Submitted By: zadran
Category: English
Type: Free Paper
Words: 253
Pages: 1

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