Wang Lung

Do you think Wang Lung deserves his good fortune in The Good Earth by Pearl Buck? Wang Lung is a hard working farmer who uses his $$$ smart to create a fortune. He, however, has some flaws, which will be talked about later. Clearly Wang Lung deserves his good fortune because of his cleverness and perseverance. Wang Lung’s cleverness is constantly shown throughout the story, even the very beginning. The book states, “Instead he saved it and sold it when the snow came on the ground at the New Year when people in the towns will pay well for any price (41 Buck).” He was clever with his harvests, so he bought low and sold high, gaining more and more $$$. This helped him with his fortune. Another show of his cleverness was his buying from The Great House of Hwang. The book quotes,”Let it be bought. After all, rice land is good, and it is near the moat and we can get water every year (53 Buck).” This was a very good investment. It was a safe bet that it would produce good rice and water for their crops, and since the Great House was going bankrupt, it was at a very low price. This is what started their fortune. All of…

Wang Lung and his family go on a journey through satisfying times and awful times. The novel The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck is an excellent example of how life is full of surprises. In people’s life, they go through many obstacles to achieve where they want to go. Wang Lund, the main character that has to survive in the world as an underprivileged farmer in China who rises to become a wealthy landowner. In the novel Wang Lung is married to O-Lan a kitchen slave of the House of Hwang. O-Lan…

street. Water sloshes and plunges to the cool ground from water carriers stumbling in and out of the town’s gates. Outside of the village walls, is a simple house made of earth. Here Wang Lung sits in the cold iron cauldron for a bath. In contrast to the village, the countryside is tranquil and quiet. Dried crops crackle in the wind, and Lung hands his father some hot tea. Lung is a simple farmer, so tea is not to be wasted on any normal day, but this is no normal day. This is the day that Lung…

Wang Lung and his family go on a journey through satisfying times and awful times. The novel The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck is an excellent example of how life is full of surprises. In our lifetime, we go through many obstacles to scheve with we want. Wang Lund, the main character that has to survive in the world as a underprivileged farmer in China. Wang Lund is married to O-Lan a kitchen servant from the House of Hwang. O-Lan helps Wang Lung though his journey to the end of the road. Wang…

quarter of the globe.” In Pearl S. Buck’s novel, The Good Earth, Wang Lung is the main character who lives in China as a poor farmer, and struggles to survive, but soon thrives with the help of his wife O-lan. Wang Lung encounters many difficult situations, but finds many ways to overcome them. The New York Times’ statement describes that The Good Earth presents examples of life experiences that people from around the world can connect with. Wang Lung is poor and has minimum resources…

Ching predicts that there will a flood that year, and when he told that to Wang Lung, Wang Lung started to speak ill about the gods. This continuously occurred and Ching did not say a word, so when the flood came Ching would have blamed it on Wang Lung for talking ill about the gods. Also when Ching asks Wang Lung to stop talking ill about the god, and that they will punish him one day for what he was saying, Wang LUng did not care. This not only shows that he's a rich arrogant man who does not…

Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, Wang Lung, along with his family, goes through life in 1930s China, experiencing tribulation and prosperity. The Good Earth sends a universal message about a life full of struggle, in hopes to thrive and be successful. The book, wasting no time with frivolous love stories or fairytale endings, focuses mainly on the hardships of Wang Lung. A poor farmer, he depends heavily on his land. A drought and famine comes, leaving him but no choice to move to the south for his…

Persuasive Piece In “The Good Earth,” the idea that obligation and duty to one’s family are very important is shown throughout the text. At the beginning of the story, Wang Lung presents his grandfather’s current physical state. His grandfather is very old and dependent upon others, and as his son, Wang Lung’s duty is to care for the old man throughout his old age until he dies. Wang Lung takes care of him throughout the rest of the story until he dies. “He had to lit the fire, boiled water,…

Wang Lung’s Suffering Life in China is not as luxurious as it may seem. In Pearl S. Buck’s novel, The Good Earth, Wang Lung is a poor farmer who lives with only his father. He faces many difficult challenges and obstacles each day that he must overcome. The New York Times described the novel as, “A comment upon the meaning and tragedy of life as it is lived in any age in any corner of the globe.” Across the globe everyone faces devastation and the meaning in our lives each day. Wang Lung is…

The statement, “A comment upong the meaning and tragedy of life as it is lived in any age in any quarter of the globe.” said by The New York Times on Pearl S. Buck’s novel, The Good Earth, means that people, all around the world, go through the same or similar experiences as Wang Lung. In this novel, Wang Lung oes thorugh many struggles and success in his life. There are many reasons to why people, from the past and even to the future, livess are similar to Wang Lung’s life. First, the…