People may argue that farmers aren’t capable of becoming wealthy, or that this novel gives readers false hope. Although it is unlikely that poor farmers like Wang Lung will become wealthy, it is possible if people believe that they can achieve it. There was once a quote that can be related to this situation, a professor named Randy Pausch once said, “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” In this situation, the wall can be represented as poverty, and how hard the common people work decided whether they break through the wall into wealth or not. People can decide much of their future based on their actions and their effort while doing
People may argue that farmers aren’t capable of becoming wealthy, or that this novel gives readers false hope. Although it is unlikely that poor farmers like Wang Lung will become wealthy, it is possible if people believe that they can achieve it. There was once a quote that can be related to this situation, a professor named Randy Pausch once said, “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” In this situation, the wall can be represented as poverty, and how hard the common people work decided whether they break through the wall into wealth or not. People can decide much of their future based on their actions and their effort while doing