Life is a road and everyone in the world is walking on their own path and each path is full of holes, dead ends, and uneven steps that affects everyone in all sorts of ways. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck is a story that depicts the life of a poor farmer who goes up against the struggles of life. The protagonist of the story, Wang Lung, is a Chinese farmer living in rural China during the 1930s. Throughout the story, Wang Lung and his family are brought to the brink of death, to having years of prosperity, and then to infighting, but even with these disasters Wang Lung perseveres down the road of life. The Good Earth is a depictions of life’s ups and downs that everyone in all parts of the world can relate to. According to The New York Times, The Good
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In the city Wang Lung feels as if he were a foreigner even though he is surrounded by people who are in the same predicament as himself. According to Pearl S. Buck Wang Lung is a beggar that can only feed off the scraps of the rich, “ He lived in the rich city as alien as a rat in a rich man’s house…” Similarly, the widespread movement of people going South is very alike to the Syrian refugee crisis going on now in Europe. Many Syrians families including children have walked for miles in order to apply for amnesty in Europe ,but many European countries like Hungary aren’t very welcome to the refugees very much like how Wang Lung feels out of place in the city. Both Wang Lung and the Syrians left their homes in search of a better life from the tragedies that forced them to leave their roots. Also the flooding of Syrian refugees into Europe is similar to how the Southern cities had an influx of poor beggars due to the drought in the North. The tragedies of life can set into motion many major events that can cause multiple problems and affect many
In the city Wang Lung feels as if he were a foreigner even though he is surrounded by people who are in the same predicament as himself. According to Pearl S. Buck Wang Lung is a beggar that can only feed off the scraps of the rich, “ He lived in the rich city as alien as a rat in a rich man’s house…” Similarly, the widespread movement of people going South is very alike to the Syrian refugee crisis going on now in Europe. Many Syrians families including children have walked for miles in order to apply for amnesty in Europe ,but many European countries like Hungary aren’t very welcome to the refugees very much like how Wang Lung feels out of place in the city. Both Wang Lung and the Syrians left their homes in search of a better life from the tragedies that forced them to leave their roots. Also the flooding of Syrian refugees into Europe is similar to how the Southern cities had an influx of poor beggars due to the drought in the North. The tragedies of life can set into motion many major events that can cause multiple problems and affect many