Imagine this: a city with dusty streets full of racially mixed people all hustling to reach their destination. Buildings tower over the road, each large and intimidating. Then the setting changes in an instant, revealing a landscape that seems to belong to a tapestry. The dusty streets disappear, giving way to a single, long, dry road. Black traders and farmers use this route from time to time. Fields that should be thriving with vegetation were vacant, with dust swirling in the wind. In the distance, we see small houses and imposing mountains. Perhaps one might ask, “What do these two places have to do with each other?” » In Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton, they are essential to the plot of the story. In this novel, these two places differ greatly and yet are similar in their situations. They also represent different types of morale, which is why their contrast brings this story together. The first place described is called Johannesburg, a place that can easily be summarized as urban chaos. It is a place that has fundamentally moved away from old traditions and structures...