Cry, the Beloved Country | James Jarvis
James Jarvis is a white landowner and father of Arthur, Absalom Kumalo's victim. Jarvis's estate is adjacent to the village where Stephen Kumalo lives. The death of his only son hits him hard but does not fill him with vengeance. Instead, he goes to his son's house and reads through his son's papers. There he reflects and accepts his son's thoughts about living as equals among the native peoples. It is not that previously he was a bad man, a miser, or a racist— only that he had been passive and did not do anything to help solve the problems of South Africa. That all changes as he...
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