Fear in my life, and in the book Cry, the Beloved Country are things that can be closely related. to start out, the many fears in the book consist of many components, which include fear of failure, and fear of injustice, which are things I can relate to in my life.
The fear of injustice can be seen in all places throughout book II, in the way Stephen fears injustice on the mercy of his son in the murder case that he is on trial for. Stephen also fears for the people of his valley, as thing deteriorate in the long drought, while things seem to prosper in the cities of his country.
The fear of failure, the failure to restore life in the valley, failure to save the people in his village from impending doom, all bear down on Stephen, who fears that no one in his village is willing to do something about the condition that it has sunk into, and that it will not follow in the prosperity of the surrounding cities, like Johannesburg. he fears that not all will go well for the people living there, and that they will only become more enslaved by the white supremacy that looms over all in his class of citizens.
My cause of fear stems from a lack of self control, and the havoc for which is causes in my life, and the roadblocks it has put in front of me, the failure of failing, and not completing what needs to be done in order to become a working member of society, much like Stephen feels about his people. he and I share the same fear, and the cause seems to stem from the same place: lack of initiative to compel enough change to make a difference for the better, and to progress, instead of stagnating in a motionless squander of human resources.
In conclusion, I would say that I think Stephen and I share a lot of fears in common, and the causes are fundamentally the same. I think the message this book sends from this is that conquering this fear is not only mandatory, but in order to keep ourselves from regressing to the level where progress no longer occurs, fundamental to moving forward in life.