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Lucille Smuts. Best Books Study Work Guide: Cry, the Beloved Country
Foreword
Section A: Making meaning of the novel as a whole. 1. Pre-reading activities. 1.1 Taking your first glance at the novel
1.2 Taking a closer look at the Author’s Notes before reading the novel
1.3 The purpose and format of the novel
2. Reading for plot and main ideas
2.1 Use plot to make sense of what happens in the story
2.2 Five plot elements
2.3 Reading for plot and main ideas in the story of the novel
3. Post-reading activities
3.1 Thinking about theme
3.2 Tracing themes in the novel
3.3 Motifs supporting the themes
3.4 Setting
3.5 Characterisation
3.6 Conflict
3.7 Imagery
3.8 Style
4. Summary
Section B: Delving deeper into the meaning of the message. 1. Introduction
2. A closer reading of chapters and key passages. 2.1 Book 1, Chapters 1 and 2
2.2 Book 1, Chapters 3, 4 and 5
2.3 Book 1, Chapters 6 and 7
2.4 Book 1, Chapters 8, 9 and 10
2.5 Book 1, Chapters 11, 12 and 13
2.6 Book 1, Chapter 14
2.7 Book 1, Chapters 15, 16 and 17
2.8 Book 2, Chapter 1
2.9 Book 2, Chapters 2, 3 and 4
2.10 Book 2, Chapter 5
2.11 Book 2, Chapters 6–10
2.12 Book 2, Chapter 11
2.13 Book 2, Chapter 12
2.14 Book 3, Chapter 1
2.15 Book 3, Chapter 2
2.16 Book 3, Chapter 3
2.17 Book 3, Chapter 4
2.18 Book 3, Chapter 5
2.19 Book 3, Chapter 6
2.20 Book 3, Chapter 7
Section C: Writing about the meaning of the novel. 1. Introduction
2. Prepare to write meaningful answers
3. Write meaningful answers
4. Practise writing answers to examination questions
Book One
Book Two
Book Three
Section D: Exploring enrichment activities. 1. Introduction
2. My communication checklist
3. Dip into the enrichment pool
4. Activities
Glossary of literary terms
List of acknowledgements and references
Annexure A: Detailed plot summary linked to main ideas
Annexure B: Tracing motifs in the novel
Annexure C: Explanation and examples of contextual questions
Memorandum
Answers to examination questions
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Best Books Study Work Guide: Cry, the Beloved Country
for Grade 12 First Additional Language
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James Jarvis’ emotional journey: James Jarvis’ ability to feel compassion for the suffering of black people grows. His emotional journey of suffering after his son’s death leads to a desire to understand his son’s thinking. He discovers his son’s commitment to social justice. Intellectually and emotionally, he travels with his son while he reads his manuscripts and looks at his books and paintings in his study. His son’s “Private Essay on the Evolution of a South African” (p. 150 in your school edition) describes Arthur Jarvis’ own journey from ignorance about the suffering caused by social injustice in South Africa to his commitment to social and political justice.
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