The juxtaposition of dissimilar fundamentals in a work of art is essentially the context of contrast. Author Alan Paton wrote the very novel, Cry, The Beloved Country, to present the readers with many of contrasts amidst the people and lands from the beginning of this book down to the very end. These contrasts demonstrate the discrimination and the maltreatment of the natives by the Europeans. One of the many contrasts in this novel is between Arthur Jarvis, a character who represents Alan Paton himself and contra to him is Mr. Harrison. Despite coming from a similar background of born a wealthy white European, Arthur Jarvis, who was an engineer for a mining business does not care about money nor job. What’s significant for him is to do what is righteous and true to himself. His aspiration for the equality for the natives lead him to emerged into writing about “the truth of native crimes” and works hard to accomplish it. However, contrary to Arthur is his…show more content… In Ndotsheni there are two places contrasting with one another, the high place and the lower valley. In the high place of Ndotsheni there are lavish of green grass, broad river bank, hearty cattle, and no erosion of soil. The land are in good condition, hence, the plants and grains are healthy and tall which provide foods and drink for the cattle. A far cry from that is the lower valley where the soil are in poor condition and lack nutrients, and limited water sources. The inadequate of nutrients causes the plant to slowly dies out and grains are not as healthy nor as tall as in the high place. In addition to that, because of the shortage on foods and water origin the cattle are very feeble and scrawny. The plentiful meadow, vast of water sources, and many plump cattle of the high place represent livelihood is undeniably opposed of the lacking sources of fare and drink, and the impoverish of the lower valley which represents