Part one of term paper
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 experience, and these are the things that went ...

Part two of term paper
... be looked at in a good way. It gave him a bond with his land that could perhaps not have been accomplished in any other way. Also, when he was in the north, Olan, his wife, got enough jewels to buy more land, which caused the rise of the Wang family. Another major thing to go wrong occurred after he had gotten 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 ...