Wang Lung's Life In The Good Earth

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In The Good Earth one man, Wang Lung, goes through many highs and lows through his life, but here are three that are very important to the story. The first one is a low point in Wang Lung’s life. While living in China as a poor farmer is hard enough, it’s even harder when you’re a poor farmer, you have a family to raise, you have to work 24/7, and all of the sudden a drought comes and a famine(or a food shortage) breaks out. Right before the famine broke out, Wang Lung had just bought more land and was planning to have a peaceful rest of his life with his three children and his wife. But, After one big storm, it rained no more. Because of this he had no water to keep his land alive, and without the land he couldn’t produce any food for his

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