The Good Earth Quotes

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Fear of Property
But all this might have been nothing if Wang Lung were still a poor man or if the water was not spread over his fields. But he had money. There was silver hidden in the walls of his house and there was a sack of silver buried under a tile in the floor of his new house and there was silver wrapped in a cloth in a box in his room where he slept with his wife and silver sewed into the mat under their bed and in his girdle was full of silver and he had no lack of it. So that now, instead of it passing from him like life blood draining from a wound, it lay in his girdle burning his fingers when he felt of it, and eager to be spent on this or that, and he began to be careless of it and to think what he could do to enjoy the days of his manhood. (170)
In the book The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, Wang Lung's love for the land is true and pure, but his love is weakened by his desire, and fear for the lack of wealth and power.
The land has always been there for Wang Lung, since the day he was born. The land is the only thing that Wang Lung loves consistently, and that is because the earth is constant. Unlike food or money, it is something that cannot be taken away from him. However, even though he craves it, sometimes the land is not enough to satisfy him. His mind-set changes. He suddenly understands his happiness does not derive from the process of planting, growing, and harvesting. His love for the land is true …show more content…
He starts off humble and innocent, but becomes narcissistic and careless. As in the book Wang Lung is a simple farmer working the land to support himself and his family. But drastically changes when he obtains wealth and power. He becomes selfish with his money as well as carless with it. Spending is money on this or that proving he has the money to waste. He thought he would enjoy his manhood, until he will realize that his behavior is out of

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