C, TBC women analysis

Paton characterizes women differently in Cry, the Beloved Country. He does this using different, more feeble or self-conscious adjectives to describe their actions/feelings. One example can be found when he writes, “It was not I who opened it, she said, hurt by his accusation.” Here, Paton shows the reader how submissively the wife responds to her husband. Paton also doesn’t give her a name or title. This shows a sense of inferiority to her husband, making her seem humbled.