Dinashi Thewarapperuma

As a student doing English literature ,The author has brought up the themes of inner peace, justice ,proverty giving a tension of sadness to the reader,bringing up the characters racism in Southern africans and a murder handled by a farmer.The author has used literary and linguistic devices such as microcosms, intercalary chapters and dashes instead of quotation marks. "Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much."..is a good evident for my personal perspective. Great job..I love the book. Best wishes Sethumi Thewarapperuma