Part one of term paper
Pearl Buck’s novel, The Good Earth, takes place in the early twentieth century in China just before the Revolution. Buck lived in China months after she was born until she was 17 and returned to America for college. She soon returned to China to marry John Buck, an American agricultural specialist who taught American farming methods to th ...

Part two of term paper
... a fictional experience of a 40 year span of Wang Lung’s life as he gains sudden wealth and changes his lifestyle. Wang Lung’s story unfolds after his marriage to O-lan as they raise their family on the land. The earth pulled Wang Lung through many hardships such as famine, floods, drought, and robbers. In the beginning, Wang Lung was successful in gaining just enough surplus to become a stable farmer. During this first year, they had a son and a “handful a of silver dollars over and ...