Study Guide

Cry, the Beloved Country Chapter 4

By Alan Paton

Chapter 4

When Kumalo confronts Johannesburg's tall buildings, heavy traffic, and crowds of people, he gets too nervous to leave the station.
A young man asks if Kumalo needs help, and guides him to a line for the bus. Then he offers to go and buy Kumalo's bus ticket for him.
Yeah, we're so sure this guy has Kumalo's best interests in mind.
Not so hip to how the big city really works, Kumalo gives the guy some money, and the young man disappears into the crowd.
Poor Kumalo waits and waits in the bus line, but the young man never comes back. Yep, we saw that one coming.
Then Kumalo approaches another older man, who breaks it to Kumalo that the young man cheated him.
Luckily, this older guy knows the Reverend Theophilus Msimangu (the person who Kumalo is trying to meet).
So he helps Kumalo to find Msimangu's church, where Msimangu welcomes him warmly. Things are looking up.

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