Land parallel

One major way that the setting parallels Kumalo and his family is the destruction of both. On the very first page we learned about the beautiful, thriving setting only to see it later destroyed. This is pretty much what happened to Kumalo's family which was "destroyed" when Gertrude became a liquor making prostitute in Johannesburg, Kumalo's brother basically renounces his faith and his son is executed for the murder of Arthur Jarvis