The Good Earth: Success In Wang Lung's Life
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Wang Lung, the main character in the book The Good Earth, had a
very successful life. As exclaimed by him near the end, the land was the
rise of the family of Wang, and without the land, the family would fall.
He led an excellent life, however, there were a few things that undermined
the whole ex ....
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.... rich.
This was the return of his uncle. Wang Lung's uncle and his uncle's son
caused him much grief by constantly pestering him for money, yet there was
nothing that he could do because is would be considered disrespectful for
one to be anything but considerate to an older generation. This was an
unfortunate occurrence, but Wang Lung was able to hook his uncle on opium,
thus making him a passive nuisance which could then be relatively easily
ignored.
A third thing to go wrong was when h ....
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