8. MAKE A REAL-WORLD CONNECTION
Choose ONE of the questions listed below to answer. Each question deals with one of the themes from Cry, The Beloved Country. Make sure your response is detailed and in complete sentences.
a. Does racism or prejudice impact modern day society? Explain your answer and provide details to support your answer.
b. Does hypocrisy or bias in the church impact modern day society? Explain your answer and provide details to support your answer.
c. With all the freedoms we enjoy in our modern day society, is it possible to still feel trapped? Have you ever seen someone trapped by their environment or experienced being trapped in your environment? Describe what you witnessed and how it affected you?
d. Do imbalances in power and equality impact our modern day society? Explain your answer and provide details to support your answer.

Read the excerpt from act 3 of a doll’s house. mrs. linde: you seemed to me to imply that with me you might have been quite another man. krogstad: i am certain of it. mrs. linde: is it too late now? krogstad: christine, are you saying this deliberately? yes, i am sure you are. i see it in your face. have you really the courage, then—? mrs. linde: i want to be a mother to someone, and your children need a mother. we two need each other. nils, i have faith in your real character—i can dare anything together with you. krogstad [grasps her hands]. , , christine! now i shall find a way to clear myself in the eyes of the world. ah, but i forgot— how does the conflict in this passage develop a theme? mrs. linde creates a conflict by promising something she cannot give to krogstad, which develops the theme that empty promises can destroy relationships. krogstad continues the conflict by choosing clearing his name over having a life with mrs. linde, which develops the theme that you must often choose yourself over others. krogstad creates a conflict by deceiving mrs. linde about his intentions, which develops the theme that, in love, actions speak louder than words. mrs. linde resolves the conflict by committing to a new life with krogstad, which develops the theme that new beginnings are always possible.