Cry, the Beloved Country Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapters 20-22 Summary

Chapters 20-22 Summary

Chapter 20 takes place at the home of Arthur Jarvis. James has gone there alone to see the house. Sitting in his son's study, he is surrounded by books, many of them about Abraham Lincoln. A picture of Lincoln is on the wall. On his son's desk is a letter of thanks from the Claremont African Boys' Club, which Arthur had helped start and given support. Jarvis reads one of his son's essays that is on his desk, which is about the exploitation of native workers in the mining industry. He gets up and takes a book about Lincoln from the shelf and reads the Gettysberg Address. Then he quietly walks downstairs and goes to the hallway where his son was killed, and where blood still stains the floor. The image of his young son fills his thoughts. Half dazed, he walks out of the house past the policeman guarding...
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