Cry the Beloved Country

The novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, written by Alan Paton, and the short story “By the
waters of Babylon”, written by Steven Vincent Benet, have many similarities and
differences. The literacy elements in both stories that are similar are Characters, Conflict,
and Theme. The literacy elements in both stories that are different are setting and plot.
Thought both stories are different I learned that everything is an adventure you should
learn from.

The literacy elements that are similar in both stories is characters, conflict, and
theme. The characters in the stories are both priests. In the...