Kumalo suffered much throughout the book. He lost his son, he lost his connection with his brother, and he lost his sister Gertrude. On the other hand, he brought two children back to Ndotsheni with him, along with Absalom's wife who he considers to be his new daughter.
Jarvis also lost his son and wife, but he received next to nothing positive to help ease his suffering. Despite all of these losses Jarvis still has the kind heart to help out the people in Ndotsheni, even though the man that killed his son came from there.
Throughout the book, the land is often personified to the point that I like to think of it as a character. The part of land that I focus on the most is Ndotsheni because Kumalo is always referring back to it. Going even further I see Ndotsheni as a parent figure. Just like Kumalo and Jarvis, the land has lost many of it's people and suffers because those people no longer care for it anymore. "Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men." (2)
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