Frankly, I am having a little trouble deciding at the moment how Paton wanted to show the treatment of women. During the conversation about the letter and money, Stephen seems a little commanding of his wife using comments such as "count it" "Bring me the St. Chad's money"
Yet at the same time he seems to care about his wife. When she says that he was hurting her (emotionally) he stopped and claimed that hurting her was not something he would do. To be honest, I am going to have to read a little bit further before I am willing to make a statement. At the moment, I am guessing that women are not treated very kindly in Cry, The Beloved Country. Stephen may only be kind to his wife because of his position as Reverend. But that is just my guess at this time.
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