Eyes Opening

As one reads Cry, The Beloved Country, their eyes open towards different perspectives of society.  The author presents from the viewpoint of someone who is part of the lowest social class, Kumalo, and from someone who is a part of higher social class, Jarvis.  When he presents these two characters, they appear as two men who are very similar in character but different with what their world has to offer them.  In the latter of the novel, the two men realize they're similarities by saying that their deepest sorrow is the same and they interact which is a step towards equality.  By the end of the novel, not only has the story offered the reader someone else's story, but it encourages the reader to be open minded as well.
Further explanation: The author encourages people to be open not by demanding or stating that being open minded is great, but by allowing readers to relate, sympathize, and follow two people who have been open minded wig positive outcomes: Jarvis and Kumalo.

Full Circle

The novel  Cry, The Beloved Country begins and ends from Kumalo's perspective in the mountain with the beautiful scenery.  Not only does the novel begin and end with the mountain, Jarvis's story starts and ends in the mountains too.  Since the story starts and ends at the same place, it's easier to realize the the advancement in the writing and the readers.  The writing advances through what it focuses on.  In the beginning of the novel, there is a major focus on the land and its beauty.  Then, the story focuses on the chaos of the city.  By the end of the story, it balances the chaos of change like in the city and the peace like the beauty in the land.  As the story progresses, not only does the story advance but he readers do as well because the story guides the reader through another person's journey of balancing they're idea of peace and chaos.