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The Good Earth The Good Earth depicts a famer’s journey to prosper from his land while undergoing many struggles and hardships. Farmer Wang Lung lives in a civilized village where he and the villagers work and live off the land, but when a famine strikes, this forces Wang and his family to move towards the city in search of food and money. In the busy city, that is very chaotic due to a revolution, Wang and his family must rely on begging and stealing instead of relying on the Earth. Throughout the hardships and struggles Wang realizes the privilege of having land that allows him and others thrive off of the Earth. Taking place in China, Wang is a poor farmer and he and his father take great pride of living off their small amount of land. Wang marries a young woman, O-Lan, who is a slave to the Great House that is owned by the most powerful family in the entire village. Wang is excited to have O-Lan as his wife and is very anxious to have his first son. Eventually, Wang and his wife have two boys and one girl. Also anxious to provide for his family, due to the famine Wang is forced to move his family towards the big city where they plan to return home once they make their earnings. In the city, the family lives off of begging and stealing just to survive. Wang finds a job that pays very little and must provide for his kids, wife, and his father. With a revolution occurring in the city, a mansion is looted by the city’s citizens and the O-Lan is caught in the rush. O-Lan finds precious gems in the mansion and is almost put to death when a soldier from the government catches her. Luckily she is let go and gives the precious gems to Wang who is excited to move back to the village. With the return of Wang and his family, Wang attempts to end the famine and expands the land he owns. Wang’s fortune is entirely from the precious diamonds and gems in which he gives two pearls to O-lan. His mischievous uncle is always insisting new ideas and strongly influencing Wang

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