Cry, The Beloved Country, From

Part I of Essay
Many books in conversion from paper to film get changed or even lose important details. Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Patron is one such book that has gone through this process. The differences ranged from characterization and setting to the plot and the overall meaning ....

Part II of Essay
.... a funeral. The setting was also significantly different in the movie. Though there was not a lot of description of the setting in the book the setting in the movie made a difference. Ndotshenti in the book was described as a drought stricken environment where it was hard to survive in. The book made it look like a beautiful valley with rolling green grass everywhere that to me almost looked like a paradise. Johannesburg gets very little description in the book but is implied through Kumalo's eyes to be an amoral and corrupt city. In the ....