Cry, The Beloved Country Journal 4

I think that Alan Patton uses two books to show the different perspectives that were present in South Africa at the time of the novel.  The first book is from the point of view of a black priest that has lost a son to the crime underworld of Johannesburg.  The second book is from the perspective of a white man who has also lost a son to crime, if in a different way.  Having these stories separated helps the reader compare the different views that are apparent in the story.  It also emphasises how the degrading of native society has affected both the white and black citizens that live in Johannesburg.