7/6/2023 0 Comments The good earth book buyIn the early parts of the book, Wang Lung is quiet he is content to eat no more than some garlic wrapped around some unleavened bread, but by the end of the book, when he has established his family as one of the great families, he prefers more "dainty foods" and is able to pick and choose among his foods. Thus our knowledge of him comes from the author's journalistic style. Even in the fields, he is a very silent person, and we seldom get to know little of what he is thinking inwardly. He is presented as a simple peasant farmer, one who is so frightened in front of the Ancient Mistress of the House of Hwang that he cannot speak. We also discover that his house and his gods are both made from the good earth. When we first meet him, preparing for his wedding day, he takes his bath water and returns it to the good earth. From the first time that we encounter Wang Lung until our final view of him, his main concern is the "good earth" and the sustenance that it gives.
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