Why is a minute piece of land so incredibly spectacular to this petite man in China In the book The Good Earth a man based his life upon a diminutive piece of this gigantic earth Wang Lungs land showed his treasure it meant the world to him Wang Lung believed that the land was superior for him but it actually caused a good deal of destruction to him To those at the great house it means nothing this handful of earth but to me it means how much Buck 57 Wang Lungs heart explodes with pride because
The Good Earth The Good Earth is a book by Pearl S Buck that was published in 1931 The Good Earth is a story that explains about the struggles that a farmer and his family had to live Wang Lung a young farmer Lung is a hard worker man and at the same time ambitious O lan a poor girl that was slave in the old mistress house she was a not the good looking O lan had a square honest face a short broad nose with large black nostrils and her mouth was wide as a gash in her face Her eyes were small an
When the story begins Wang Lung is a young farmer eking out a precarious living from his small amount of land He is a hardworking dutiful man who looks after his old father Because Wang Lung is poor he can only acquire a former slave as a wife When he goes to the great House of Hwang to claim his bride he is terrified A humble man from the fields he knows nothing of city life He is accustomed to frugal habits and is shocked at how much everything costs After he acquires a wife Wang Lung begins