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1、The Good EarthAbstract: The good earth is the work of Pearl Sydenstricker Buck who is an American writer and she stayed at China several years.And the story happened in Qing dynasty of China. To understand the story,we review the history of that pried.After the overthrow of the Ching Dynasty of the
2、Manchus in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen and other dedicated intellectuals who envisioned a united and democratic nation, developments did not go quite as well as the leaders had hoped.By the late 1920s,China was torn by civil strife from Canton to Peking, from the India border to the Amur River on the border
3、 of Russia. The lot of the Chinese peasant was not very good. Most of them were tenant farmers, working the land for the rich landowners, who may have owned thousands of acres (as does Wang Lung at the end of The Good Earth).But here and there were small, independent farmers working their own plots,
4、 as does Wang Lung at the beginning of the novel. These small farmers were constantly at the prey of marauding bandits such as Wang Lungs uncle and the red beards. They were also at the mercy of the grain merchants since they could not read or write; hence, the importance for Wang Lung to have his o
5、ldest son learn to read and write. Essentially, however, most of the farmers were left alone, for even the war lords had to eat. The farmer was thus protected to some extent by the same needs which plagued him and his family. -from google The main person in the story are O-lan and Wang Lung.O-lan is
6、 a servant girl in a big family.The story begins with Wang Lung,a poor peasant,married O-lan from the house of Hwang.The couple worked hard, and they get some wealth.Then they had a son born and began to buy land .Then it has a terrible drought,they begin to escape to a big southern city.There O-lan
7、 became the pillar of the family and obtained some jewelry by accident,so they have to return to their own land. After they got back,they buy more and more land,and the climate is good for the crop,they have a very good harvest,and eventually bought the house of Hwang.After they get rich, Wang Lung
8、is not satisfied with the looking of O-lan.He started to squander,bought a prostitute home as his concubine,and maltreated O-lan.At last O-lan died with illness and sadness before Wang Lung realize how important her role in the family.Wang Lung finally returned to his earthen house,and rediscovered
9、joy and satisfaction by laboring on his own soil. O-lan gets through four pregnancies for their familys survival. Then she gets very thin. She is often half-starved, she has done so much for the family. But when they get rich,Wang Lung dont like her any more,and dont care her.The story compare the p
10、oor Wang Lung and the rich one tell us many principle.And the story represented ancient agricultural Chinese society.It tell many typical phenomenon.Key words: good earth ,ChinaIntroduction:1、 About the author: Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 March 6, 1973) also known by her Chinese name Sai
11、 Zhenzhu (Chinese: 賽珍珠; pinyin: Si Zhnzh), was an American writer who spent most of her time until 1934 in China. Her novel The Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the U.S. in 1931 and 1932, and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, she became the first American woman to be awarded th
12、e Nobel Prize in Literature, for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces. She was born in the United States during her parents year of home leave from China. She was taken to China when she was three months old. As a precocious child, she a
13、sked many questions and read everything that came within her reach.Pearl was encouraged by her mother to write every week, and later decided to become a novelist. She grew up with Chinese customs and traditions, even having a Chinese governess. Later she said that as a child, she simultaneously belo
14、nged to two worlds-an American missionary world and a Chinese world. This explains her wish as a novelist to encourage intercultural understanding among different peoples. During the time Pearl was growing up in China, the country was restless and violent, and hatred against foreigners culminated in
15、 the Boxer Uprising of 1900. During the fearful time, Pearl and the rest of her family, except for her father, went to live in Shanghai. During adolescence, Pearl was sent to a nearby missions school for girls. Pearl wanted to attend college in the United States, and attended Randolph-Macon Womans C
16、ollege in Virginia, a Christian institution. Finding encouragement and academic stimulation at Randolph-Macon, Pearl adapted well to her collegiate life, but continually felt like an outsider because she embraced a culture that Americans found alien. She studied Philosophy, and teacher assisted Psyc
17、hology for a year after graduating.2、About the story: The novel begins on the day of Wang Lungs marriage. The woman he will be getting as his wife has been a slave since being a young girl at the great House of Hwang. Wang Lung, a humble, poor peasant farmer, goes to the great house to get his woman
18、. O-lan is plain looking, dull, and slow, but she is hard working, thrifty, and resourceful. One day, she tells Wang Lung that she is with child, and later gives birth to a boy by herself. Winter comes, and Wang Lung is ready because of the good harvest he has had. There is a surplus of silver that
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