Cry, The Beloved Country Chapter Log By: Tristan Duncan Chapter

Cry, The Beloved Country Chapter Log By: Tristan Duncan Chapter 1 Characters: old men, old women, mothers, and children. Detailed summary of events: In South Africa there is a beautiful valley with green rolling hills. Birds sing. It is a beautiful valley with Kloof. Vocabulary log: Kloof (noun)- a steep-sided, wooded ravine or valley. Shod- past and past principle of shoe. Chapter 2 Characters: Umfundisi/ Rev. Stephen Kumalo, Mother, Small Child, Absalom, Aunt Gertrude, Theophilus Msimangu, Brother John. Detailed summary of events: Reverend Kumalo receives a letter delivered by a small child and is hesitant to read it because it could have information pertaining to his and his wife’s missing son Absalom. Absalom went to Johannesburg to learn and he never returned, Brother John went to Johannesburg to be a carpenter and Aunt Gertrude also went to Johannesburg and none of them ever returned, Reverend Kumalo has to go to Sophiasburg to help take care of Aunt Gertrude. Vocabulary log: Chapter 3 Character: Umfundisi/ Rev. Stephen Kumalo Detailed summary of events: Reverend Kumalo gets on the train headed for Johannesburg to help his sick sister Gertrude. Vocabulary log: Chapter 4 Characters: Reverend Stephen Kumalo Detailed summary of events: Reverend Kumalo takes the train to Johannesburg. Reverend Kumalo first sees the mines of South Africa, he is in awe. He arrives in Johannesburg and is cheated out of a Pound by a young man that he believed to be nice. The Reverend finally makes it to the Mission House. Vocabulary log: Chapter 5 Characters: Reverend Msimangu, Reverend Kumalo, and Mrs. Lithebe Detailed summary of events: Reverend Kumalo makes it to the Mission House and receives new of where he will be staying. Reverend Kumalo receives new about Aunt Gertrude and her new ways. Reverend Kumalo sees for the first time how it is in big cities. Vocabulary log: Chapter 6

Character: Detailed summary of events: Reverend Kumalo goes to see Aunt Gertrude. He sees how people live in the slums. Reverend Kumalo tells Gertrude he is ashamed of her and what she has been doing with her life. Gertrude asks Reverend Kumalo to forgive her. He does and they pray together. Vocabulary log: Chapter 7 Characters: Reverend Kumalo, Reverend Msimangu, John, and Absalom Detailed summary of events: Reverend Kumalo goes to his brother John’s shop to see him. Reverend Kumalo asks John about his son Absalom. John recalls that Absalom and John’s son are working together in a textile factory Alexandra. Reverend Kumalo decides he need to go to Alexandra to see Absalom at the textile factory. Vocabulary log: Chapter 8 Characters: Reverend Kumalo, Reverend Msimangu, Absalom, Mrs. Mkizie, and Hlabeni Detailed summary of events: Reverend Kumalo and Reverend Msimangu start to make the eleven mile walk to Alexandra from Johannesburg. The Reverends receive a ride from a white man that stops to help them. Alexandra is a bad area. Vocabulary log: Chapter 9 Characters: Dubula Detailed summary of events: The Shanty-Town is described in detail. Vocabulary log: Chapter 10 Characters: Gertrude, Gertrude’s Son, Mrs. Lithebe, Mrs. Hlatshwayo, and Absalom. Detailed summary of events: While Reverend Kumalo and Reverend Msimangu are waiting to go to the Shanty-Town Gertrude and Mrs. Lithebe become friends. Reverend Msimangu asks Mrs. Hlatshwayo, a nurse about where Absalom could be. Vocabulary log: Chapter 11 Characters: Father Vincent and Arthur Jarvis Detailed summary of events: Reverend Kumalo and Reverend Msimangu take a few day to go visit a colony for the blind called Ezenzeleni. Reverend Kumalo learns of the murder of Arthur Jarvis, an engineer and rights activist for the South African natives. Reverend Kumalo knew Jarvis as a boy. Vocabulary log:

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