It's a coincidence that two totally different books with a large amount of different viewpoints tackle similar issues that show examples of prejudice and segregation, injustice and intense need for power in society. The book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, was made twelve years later after the book Cry the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton, but they still have similar problems. In To Kill a Mocking Bird, two young children, Jean Louis Finch and Jem Finch, are exposed to prejudice and segregation for the first time in their lives. They are insulted and ridiculed because their father, Atticus Finch, defends a colored man in court. In Cry the Beloved Country, an adult man named Stephen Kumalo is also exposed to prejudice and segregation when he takes a trip to Johannesburg, South Africa, to find and support his ailing sister, Gertrude Kumalo. The books both display the prejudice and segregation towards black people in society, but present it from different perspectives of a man of color (Negro) and a white man. In To Kill a Mocking Bird, Harper Lee shows prejudice from the perspective of young white children and from the perspective of an adult white man. In Cry the Beloved Country, Alan Paton shows it from the perspective of an old colored man. Although they are presented from different perspectives, they still have similar issues that each character is exposed to. Especially issues regarding prejudice and segregation in society. Harper Lee shows you the divide in society because of prejudice and segregation towards blacks, but Alan Paton also shows that even blacks exhibit prejudice towards whites. “Why you bring white chillun into a nigger church” (Lee 119). Most people would think that only white people separate black...... middle of paper ... fractures in society. They show how people have ruined the reputation of black people and the injustice they inflict on them. “It's typical for a nigger to cut and run. Typical of the mentality of a nigger who has no plan, no thought for the future” (Lee 265). Society has tainted the innocence of black people. Both books give you an idea of ​​what apartheid is and how it hurt people. In every community there is a full effect and the lives of the people around them. Maybe sooner or later society will eliminate the concept of prejudice and segregation. Everything will finally be fair and no one will be deceived. The greed for power will dissipate and love will eventually take over. But both books show that if you don't try to heal the fractures in society, the problems will persist forever. They show that it is possible to repair society, but we must eliminate the greed and discrimination that society suffers from...