committed by a native, it is thought, by the whites, that now native crime will increase. "we’re scared stiff at the moment in Johannesburg. Of crime? Yes, of native crime"(Paton 173). This creates an even thicker "force field" of prejudice against the natives. At his son’s funeral James is confronted eye to eye with his "enemy". "The black people- yes, the black people also- it was the first time he had ever shaken hands with black people"(Paton 182). Yet another ironic moment, black people come to pay their respects to Arthur, whom they know fought for their equality, and James is forced to realize this fact., that black people are also mourning the loss of great man. Now Jarvis’ new public feeling start to emerge. What really changes his private feelings toward natives is when he finds an unfinished paper started by his son titled, "The Truth About Native Crime." Our natives today produce criminals and prostitutes and drunkards, not because it is their nature to do so, but because their simple system of order and tradition and convention has been destroyed. It was destroyed by the impact of our own civilization. Our civili-zation has therefore an inescapable duty to set up another system of order and tradition and convention (Paton 179).His son, after his death, has brought up new ideas that James had never thought about before. These ideas cause James’ private feelings to changeSomehow, through his pain, Steven does not give up hope in the idea of abolishing apartheid, this is what grants Kumalo his new understanding of the racial problem. "For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich"(Paton 140). This quote is perhaps the most meaningful in Kumalo’s development of new feelings, it explains that if he is not afraid and keeps struggling to rebuild the broken tribe, and mourns the horrible lose of his son he can gain a new understanding of the apartheid that he did not have in the beginning...
