Click here to see pictures of the Drakensberg area in which Cry, The Beloved Country takes place. Be sure to leave a comment with your name to get participation credit.
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Hi-The third link had the best pictures. The second link is broken. It looks like very "used" land, that was once quite fertile, as the first chapter described!
Hey those pictures were really cool! I really like photograpy and it seems like such a different world over there. Really green and lush and tons of hills and mountains. Reminded me of jurassic park. It was interesting that there were giraffe there when i thought that they only lived in the savannah. Totally matched the vivid description of the book. peace out Tory Brown Block 3AB
Wow! Africa looks beautiful! I loved the waterfall pictures. The pictures really matched the first chapter of the book. The people in the pictures towards the end kind of ruined it, though. ;)
The photographs of South Africa are gorgeous, I can hardly fathom experiencing its beauty in person. I only wonder if most of the land is as rural in that part of the world as shown in the begining photos. Here in the U.S. we have breathtaking natural phenomenons too, but we have developed into such an urban country that few think of the rural beauties in our country. Around Index 4/5 there were pictures of a small town and it made me ask myself, has South Africa become so urbanized that its natural beauty is overlooked or is the majority of the land like in the pictures? Most people picture a savannah when they think about Africa, is this because the rolling hills and pointed mountains are less abundant nowadays (or is this just a typical stereotype presented in the media)?
The pictures were helpful. Now I know precisely what the author is describing when I read the first chapter of Cry, the Beloved Country, not that it wasn't clear before. Picture #15 is just how I imagined the setting, yet more magnificent. The land is so pure and the sky so clear just to witness such a wonder would free one from all of reality. Can you imagine the gratitude you would experience standing at the spot where the photograph was taken?
The pictures are SO beautiful! Many photographs that you see of Africa are ones that have never-ending waste lands but here it is so lush and full of life! I think the book describes these hills perfectly on the first page of Chapter 1 "These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it." This magnificent place was just as I pictured and I think a field trip is exactly what we need to really understand what Alan Paton is trying to portray! =)
Thanks to all who commented. I gave you all participation credit, and a little extra to those who really wrote detailed responses. Thanks to Corinn for your detailed response. And nice job to Katie for actually using a quoation from the text!
Wow- Know I really see what Paton meant by "grass-covered and rolling hills." It can be hard to picture until you've actually seen some real pictures of it, or seen it for real. And the towns are so small- (well, the one/s shown in the pictures. These seem to be nicer houses; above the average.
Africa is much greener than I thought! I always used to think of flat savannah like in the Lion King. It's a very nice country though. I wonder what the valley with the bad rocky soil that doesn't keep the people looks like.
Very green, thought Africa would be somewhat barren and not as green. Not what i pictured from the book but close. Can i still get participation for this?
The first time I read Paton's cry the beloved country I was very imperessed with the way he described South Africa, you can almost smell the fresh green grass and hear the birds in the trees. These pictures are beautiful.
28 comments:
Hi-The third link had the best pictures. The second link is broken. It looks like very "used" land, that was once quite fertile, as the first chapter described!
~Kari Jenson, Period 1
Hey those pictures were really cool! I really like photograpy and it seems like such a different world over there. Really green and lush and tons of hills and mountains. Reminded me of jurassic park. It was interesting that there were giraffe there when i thought that they only lived in the savannah. Totally matched the vivid description of the book.
peace out
Tory Brown Block 3AB
Wow.When i think of Africa i really dont think of green grasslands.And even when i dont think of green grasslands.
its really good photography though.
Amy Merchant
Wow! Africa looks beautiful! I loved the waterfall pictures. The pictures really matched the first chapter of the book. The people in the pictures towards the end kind of ruined it, though. ;)
Stephanie Fekete
Period 1AB
Wow! Those were some really beautiful pictures. They exactly match the description in the first chapter!
-Saraga Reddy Period 1AB
Nice pictures, the first chapter describes the landscape of South Africa really well.
~William Leslie
Nice pictures, the first chapter describes the landscape of South Africa really well.
It's a beautiful country, and I think it's so horrible that it's native people weren't even allowed to control their own land.
-Adrienne Leonhardt 3
wow the book really describes the land very accuratley in the first chapter. A lot of our attempted drawings looked like the pictures too.
Olivia Haglund, Period 3
Those pictures looked exactly like I imagined and how the books describes them. It is very beautiful over there with the big hills and green grass.
-Jennifer Bond, Period 1
coool pics.
-Elli Medinger p.3
The landscape is absolutely breathtaking. South Africa is beeautiful!
-Neil Mistry Per.3
COOL PICS
Yo Yo Yo, what up Mr. Wilson?!?
The photographs of South Africa are gorgeous, I can hardly fathom experiencing its beauty in person. I only wonder if most of the land is as rural in that part of the world as shown in the begining photos. Here in the U.S. we have breathtaking natural phenomenons too, but we have developed into such an urban country that few think of the rural beauties in our country. Around Index 4/5 there were pictures of a small town and it made me ask myself, has South Africa become so urbanized that its natural beauty is overlooked or is the majority of the land like in the pictures? Most people picture a savannah when they think about Africa, is this because the rolling hills and pointed mountains are less abundant nowadays (or is this just a typical stereotype presented in the media)?
The pictures were helpful. Now I know precisely what the author is describing when I read the first chapter of Cry, the Beloved Country, not that it wasn't clear before. Picture #15 is just how I imagined the setting, yet more magnificent. The land is so pure and the sky so clear just to witness such a wonder would free one from all of reality. Can you imagine the gratitude you would experience standing at the spot where the photograph was taken?
.:Corinn Waltrip:.
.:Period 1:.
The pictures are really beautiful. I wish I could go there myself and experience it firsthand.
~Paje Morrowm 3AB~
Oops! I didn't mean to spell my last name wrong
~Paje M-O-R-R-O-W~
3AB
There we go
Hey Mr. Wilson!
The pictures are SO beautiful! Many photographs that you see of Africa are ones that have never-ending waste lands but here it is so lush and full of life! I think the book describes these hills perfectly on the first page of Chapter 1 "These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it." This magnificent place was just as I pictured and I think a field trip is exactly what we need to really understand what Alan Paton is trying to portray! =)
Katie Schoblaske 1AB
not like i pictured them from the book but they are pretty cool
Luke murphy block4ab
Neat pics!! Very different from what you would normally think of Africa... just like the description in Chapter 1
Sorry I forgot to leave my name... haha the above comment is mine
Lindsay Forsyth
Block 1
Thanks to all who commented. I gave you all participation credit, and a little extra to those who really wrote detailed responses. Thanks to Corinn for your detailed response. And nice job to Katie for actually using a quoation from the text!
Well i think that my sketch looks a little better then these pictures... But that just my opinion...Just kinding
-Travis Spanu
Wow- Know I really see what Paton meant by "grass-covered and rolling hills." It can be hard to picture until you've actually seen some real pictures of it, or seen it for real.
And the towns are so small- (well, the one/s shown in the pictures.
These seem to be nicer houses; above the average.
Umm...sorry-Forgot to say:
Emily C., Period 1 (AB)
Africa is much greener than I thought! I always used to think of flat savannah like in the Lion King. It's a very nice country though. I wonder what the valley with the bad rocky soil that doesn't keep the people looks like.
Sarah West Per. 1
Very green, thought Africa would be somewhat barren and not as green. Not what i pictured from the book but close.
Can i still get participation for this?
Stephen Kim
3AB
The first time I read Paton's cry the beloved country I was very imperessed with the way he described South Africa, you can almost smell the fresh green grass and hear the birds in the trees. These pictures are beautiful.
Alexa Kanbergs
p.3
Nice...green is good, very good.
Lauren Neel block 4AB
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