1. CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY CH. 10-19 SPEED-DATING

2. FORESHADOWING HOW SOON IN THE STORY DID YOU REALIZE THAT ABSALOM WOULD BE CAUGHT UP IN THE CRIME OF JARVIS’ DEATH? WHAT EXAMPLES OF FORESHADOWING CAN YOU FIND IN THE LEAD UP TO THIS REVELATION?

3. DIFFERENT JOURNEYS COMPARE KUMALO’S JOURNEY TO JOHANNESBURG WITH JARVIS’. HOW DO THEIR TRAVEL EXPERIENCES DIFFER? HOW ARE THEY SIMILAR? HOW ARE THE CHARACTERS IMPACTED BY THEIR JOURNIES? WHY DOES PATON MAKE THESE COMPARISONS OBVIOUS?

4. SIMILAR SONS WHAT SIMILARITIES CAN YOU DRAW BETWEEN ARTHUR JARVIS AND ABSALOM?

5. JARVIS’ CHOICE JARVIS FELT STRONGLY ABOUT HIS WORK IMPROVING THE LIVES OF NATIVE SOUTH AFRICANS, BUT IT IS ALSO SAFE TO SAY HE CARED VERY MUCH FOR HIS FAMILY. WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF HIS CHOICE TO CONTINUE HIS WORK EVEN THROUGH HE KNEW IT HELD RISKS? SHOULD HE HAVE LEFT THE WORK TO SOMEONE ELSE FOR THE SAKE OF HIS FAMILY? OR WAS HIS SACRIFICE WORTH IT?

6. KUMALO FALTERS ALTHOUGH KUMALO IS A PRIEST AND OFTEN HAS THE HIGHEST INTENTIONS, HE SOMETIMES DOES THINGS WHICH ARE CONTRARY. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN HE VISITS HIS SON'S WIFE-TO-BE, IN HIS EFFORTS TO HURT HER, HE ASKS IF SHE WOULD TAKE HIM IF HE DESIRED HER. WHERE ELSE DO WE SEE KUMALO FALTER? HOW DO YOU RECONCILE THESE TWO SIDES OF KUMALO? HOW DO YOU RELATE TO HIM? DO ANY OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS FALTER? IF SO, WHO? WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES PATON'S CHARACTERS SO REALISTIC?

7. IF ARTHUR COULD TALK… USING WHAT YOU KNOW OF ARTHUR JARVIS SO FAR, HOW WOULD HE WANT ABSALOM TO BE TREATED BY THE COURTS? WHY?

8. SHANTYTOWN REVIEW PASSAGES THAT SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBE SHANTY TOWN. THINK ABOUT EACH OF THE FIVE SENSES, AND LIST WHAT A PERSON MIGHT SEE, HEAR, TOUCH, TASTE, AND SMELL WHEN IN SHANTY TOWN. YOU MAY REVIEW PASSAGES FROM EARLIER CHAPTERS IF THAT IS HELPFUL.

9. ABSALOM’S GIRLFRIEND OF ABSALOM’S GIRLFRIEND, PATON WRITES: “SHE SAID IT TONELESSLY, HOPELESSLY, AS ONE WHO IS USED TO WAITING, TO DESERTION. SHE SAID IT AS ONE WHO EXPECTS NOTHING FROM HER SEVENTY YEARS UPON THE EARTH. NO REBELLION WILL COME OUT OF HER, NO DEMANDS, NO FIERCENESS. NOTHING WILL COME OUT OF HER AT ALL SAVE THE CHILDREN OF MEN WHO WILL USE HER, LEAVE HER, FORGET HER. AND SO SLIGHT WAS HER BODY, AND SO FEW HER YEARS, THAT KUMALO FOR ALL HIS SUFFERING WAS MOVED TO COMPASSION.” HOW IS THIS GIRL CHARACTERIZED? WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HER, AND WHAT DO WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT NATIVE WOMEN AT THIS TIME THROUGH HER? WHAT IS PATON’S PURPOSE IN TAKING THE TIME TO DESCRIBE HER THIS WAY?