The correct answer is D) it suggests the renewal of hope and the promise for a better future for South Africa.
The rebuilding of the church in Ndotsheni at the end of the novel affect the meaning in the text in that it suggests the renewal of hope and the promise for a better future for South Africa.
Alan Paton wrote the novel “Cry, the Beloved Country” in 1948. The novel refers to the life of Zulu Reverend Stephen Kumalo in the Ndotsheni Village in South Africa, who has to make a trip to the city of Johannesburg to find his son. During the trip, he faces all the realities that affect the people of South Africa. The rebulding of the church in Ndotsheni at the end of the novel affect the meaning in the text in that it suggests the renewal of hope and the promise for a better future for South Africa.