“Kumalo looked at him under the light of the lamp. I believe, he said, but I have learned that it is a secret. Pain and suffering they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret. But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.” (Pg. 261, Cry, the Beloved Country)
In this quote, it talks about pain, suffering, kindness, and love, and how they are all a “secret”. The interesting thing is that when these are put together, kindness and love pay for the pain and suffering. The kindness and love help someone get through the pain and suffering that they are experiencing. In the novel, Absalom Kumalo gets into trouble with hanging with the wrong friends. Regardless of if the reader thinks that Absalom is guilty or not, you can only imagine how hard it is for him to go through this with everyone against him. When his dad finds him, his dad shows kindness and love towards him. When Absalom is to be hung, his father comforts his fears of being hung. Absalom is still scared but that fear is calmed when his dad shows that kindness and love toward him. This shows the unifying power of love within the novel and how the relationship between father and son is unified through kindness and love.
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