Wang Lung
Wang LungMany times those who benefit from their hard work fail to include those who have
contributed to it. Often these contributors are left out when the rewards are reaped. Such is the case in The Good Earth, written by Pearl S. Buck in 1923. The man named Wang Lung received many dividends for his dedication to the land and to his family, and, in many ways, he was deserving of it. Throughout his life, Wang Lung worked hard for the wealth and social status that became of him, but he was not capable of earning it alone, and therefore he did not earn it all himself.
In the earlier years of his life, Wang Lung was humble man. He had little and he needed little. His house was small and it was made of \"great squares of earth dug from their [Wang Lung and his father\'s] own fields, and thatched with straw from their own wheat.\" Then O-lan arrived from the great house. She took much of the responsibility that Wang had once had, which gave him more time to work his land and eventually buy more land. When difficult times fell upon the Wang Lung family and their land, they traveled south to the city. Although the \"great fat fellow\", out of fear, gave Wang Lung the gold, which he used to return to his land, it was O-lan\'s ingenuity in searching out the jewels that made Wang Lung a wealthy man. With these jewels, Wang Lung bought much
land from the...
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