In the Beginning of the book, it's starts off with Wang Lung’s marriage day. Wang Lung is married to O-Lan . In the first year of their marriage, they have their first son and he brings a good year of crops. The next year O-Lan has once again another boy which again brings the family a prosperous year of harvest. In this section of the novel Wang Lung and his family are delighted with their life like the majority of us in the world. The majority of the people in the world today are satisfied with their life, …show more content…
A famine goes through the whole northern section of China because of the shortage of water during that year. Wang Lung and his family try to wait out the famine, but are forced to move south to try to survive.In the south Wang Lung tries to survive with the many challenges in the south. Some of the challenges that Wang Lung faces are finding food or trying to work to find money. Wang Lung and his family become extremely desperate for food that Wang Lung’s second son would steal meat from a butcher so that the family may eat. Soon after Wang Lung’s second son stole meat Wang Lung changes from a hard working person to looting the rich’s houses.In this part of the book Wang Lung and his family run into a bump in the road likes in our lives. In our lives, we suffer from financial issues or even forced to move to a different