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, where they were forced into immoral and illegal activities. The second portion of the book shows how some white men were affected by their own doings. The third and final portion of the book shows how the deaths of two young men bring about a reconciliation between a black man and a white man, providing hope that some day the two races will live together in peace and harmony. As, white founded mining companies started to spring up so did cities, bringing many new jobs with them. As more mines were developed, more miners were needed, so affluent white men started recruiting poor black men from small villages. The poor black men were allured by the thought of being paid well and living happy lives, but they were wrong. They were only paid three shillings a day and lived in houses that were complete dumps. Many miners thought that if they found more gold they would be rewarded, but they were wrong. Countless miners had families who depended on them, and three shillings a day wa!s not enough for food, shelter, and clothing. Almost all of these miners did not want to meet with adversity, so they resorted to other ways of getting food and clothing. A lot of these miners resorted to stealing and even murder to get morsels of food and
A few days before Steven had prayed for rain because South Africa was having a horrible drought, as he had been leaving for the mountain a torrential rain flooded the land symbolizing hope that someday the two races will coincide with each other peacefully. When on trial, Absal!om tells the whole truth in hope of lenience and pleads for a acquittal, but is punished with the most severe castigation, death. Jarvis did not always get along with his, maverick, son because his son believed that all blacks were innocent because the white race had caused blacks to resort to violence. Arthur Jarvis the man who had been killed by Absalom had lived in an adjacent farm when the two men were younger. Jarvis, who gives Steven money to build a new church for his village. After a few months Steven became worried because he had heard no word from his son. The younger generation showed the path to the future. Although blacks were suffering more than whites, nonetheless whites where suffering too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. The third portion of the book shows that the death of ones loved one can make a person do anything, even come to a reconciliation with a completely different race which white people had previously abased. When he goes to Johannesburg to find his sister and son, he is abject to find that his sister, who had become very frail, was forced to become a prostitute to support her child and his son had murdered a white man who ironically was abetting the black people. Jarvis, whose son, Arthur Jarvis, was killed by Steven Kumalo's son Absalom.
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