The Good Earth Quotes

In “The Good Earth” by Pearl S. Buck, it talks about the ups and downs of different scenarios that occur in a farmer, Wang Lung’s life. The New York Times with a quote,”A comment upon the meaning and tragedy of life as it is lived in any age in any quarter of the globe.” it relates to the book because, besides the main character of the book, there were also ups and downs for everyone around him, in a different country, different state, and people of different ages. During this time around the 1930’s, many families like Wang Lung , went through often droughts, famine, and financial problems. Especially for farmers like Wang Lung who worked the field of the fevering sun, but still gets paid a low salary, is unable to support their family and …show more content…
They were not the only one because the whole village were facing it, including Wang Lung’s own uncle, some even have it worst. Unlike Wang Lung, Wang Lung’s uncle and his uncle's’ wife would always spend what they have,not conserving their salvary. This ended up with many deaths in the uncle’s family and the fate of the dead children was to be consumed as food by their own parents. In defiance of the crops not willing to grow in the tough weather, Wang Lung’s love for his land grew every single land. Even when going through famine, Wang Lung was unable to sell his land, his love has caused many trouble for him and his family. Many villagers had thought that since Wang Lung was still able to keep the land, that he must be living a swell life but, when really he was only living through eating gruel. The turnout to this misunderstanding was that the villagers barged into his house, almost stealing the little he had left. This incident has drove Wang Lung to an awful fate, leaving only two decisions, sell the land or move to the south, the answer is