What is the author's style in Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton?

The language of the narrator is full of rhetorical devices – repetition of the descriptive passages that open books one and two, impassioned arguments for change using a Greek choral structure of commenting on the action, and direct address to the reader. The author is trying to make the novel feel personal; he is putting a human face on the South African blacks most South African whites fear or ignore or oppress, and he is openly asking them to acknowledge the great injustices of the nation and to work towards righting these wrongs before the situation turns violent. The formality in the language and rhetoric makes chunks of the novel seem like a speech – readers could imagine the words spoken out loud for an audience.