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.