The Good Earth Essay The remark that The New York Times says about Pearl S. Buck's novel The Good Earth holds quite a bit of truth in today's world. There comment implies mainly one thing. All tragedies and grievances of life can be experienced in any time or place. In one way or another whether the middle ages or ancient egypt. The Good Earth answers and explains these points through the story of a poor farmer named Wang Lung who loves land like a mother loves her baby. He encounters many troubles in his life to his ultimate destination….land. “There is a way when the rich are too rich.”(pg.127) This quote from the book is essentially paraphrasing “money is the root of all evil” The Good Earth makes a fine example out of the quote by including lords. These men were born rich and are slothful, corrupt, greedy, and lustful. The quote is still relevant in many other societies with corrupt politicians ruining everything and wasteful corporate powers. “Wang lung lived in the foundations of poverty upon which it was laid.”(pg. 120)
This is said when wang lung and his family were in the grand southern city. It shows that that the city when established was dirt poor…...literally. It then grew into something greater but, the people who were poor remained. Poor people always existed in the city from the start. For example …show more content…
This is true because land was the single, sole, and prime reason that wang lung rose to where he was. Wang Lung sees the importance of his land but, his sons who endured less hardships than him don’t sympathize like wang lung does . This leads them to sell the land, because they handled more money then wang lung ever did. In today's world, land is what lets us survive. We get food and resources from it, pretty much everything. Wang lung knows that and selling land to him is like selling your house for a weed
This is said when wang lung and his family were in the grand southern city. It shows that that the city when established was dirt poor…...literally. It then grew into something greater but, the people who were poor remained. Poor people always existed in the city from the start. For example …show more content…
This is true because land was the single, sole, and prime reason that wang lung rose to where he was. Wang Lung sees the importance of his land but, his sons who endured less hardships than him don’t sympathize like wang lung does . This leads them to sell the land, because they handled more money then wang lung ever did. In today's world, land is what lets us survive. We get food and resources from it, pretty much everything. Wang lung knows that and selling land to him is like selling your house for a weed