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by Pearl S. Buck

The Good Earth was published in 1931. It was an immediate hit and has remained Buck's most well-known text. The novel has been translated into more than thirty different languages. Buck won the Pulitzer Prize for this work in 1932. The Good Earth was based on a short story the author had published…

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When wang lung becames swept up with the mob and enters the rich mans house, is the gold he receives there a curse or a blessing? do you fell any pity for the rich mam? what do you think the author intended you to feel?
Posted by joe s #252163
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 21, 2012 8:51 PM
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The abundance of food in the city contrasts with the character impoverished lives. discuss the emotionally complex relationship wang lung developes with the city?overished lives. Discuss the emotionally complex
Posted by joe s #252163
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 21, 2012 8:49 PM
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what is 2x2?
Posted by joe s #252163
Last updated by: joe s #252163 on May 21, 2012 8:47 PM
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The poor laborers in the city lack knoledge even of what they look like, a fact illustrated by the man who mocks himself i the mirror. how does a new self-awareness come to manifest itself?
Posted by joe s #252163
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 21, 2012 8:47 PM
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my name
Posted by froylan r #178119
Last updated by: joe s #252163 on May 21, 2012 8:44 PM
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as the family works and begs in the city, what do they think of the foreigners they encournter? what purpose does the author serve in including these description?
Posted by joe s #252163
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 21, 2012 8:20 PM
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wang lung considers the birth of his daughter to be a bad omen. how does he come to regard the girl, who grows up to be a fool?
Posted by joe s #252163
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 21, 2012 8:16 PM
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the novel begins with wang lungs expectation of rain, the daily boiling water for his father , and his bathing for his wedding. what might this water imagery foreshadowing?
Posted by joe s #252163
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 21, 2012 7:59 PM
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"And so this parcel of land became to wang Lung a sign and a symbol." what does the author mean by this?
Posted by joe s #252163
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 21, 2012 7:50 PM
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why does wang lung feel compelled to purchase the rice field from the house oh hwang? why doe he at first regret it?
Posted by joe s #252163
Last updated by: Aslan on May 21, 2012 7:42 PM
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how many siblings did Wang Lung have??
Posted by diya m #223555
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Jan 08, 2012 10:03 AM
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when does The Good Earth take place??
Posted by jane d #43857
Last updated by: diya m #223555 on Jan 08, 2012 2:00 AM
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Quizzes
Posted by sharon h #102247
Last updated by: Aslan on Jan 01, 2012 1:16 PM
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support the following statement: Wang Lung and his family have left their old life close to the land, and wang lung's oldest son doesn't seem to grasp the meaning of his father's view of their dependence on the land?
Posted by sewa p #177983
Last updated by: Aslan on Jan 01, 2012 1:09 PM
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Two families' tragedy
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Who moved first to the House of Hwang?
Posted by katie c #218335
Last updated by: Aslan on Dec 06, 2011 5:35 PM
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Why is it Ironic that Wang Lung is disappointed that O-Lan's feet are not bound?
Posted by vichrak s #213021
Last updated by: Aslan on Nov 14, 2011 12:56 PM
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Why does Wang Lung endure his uncle's demand?
Posted by vichrak s #213021
Last updated by: Aslan on Nov 14, 2011 12:46 PM
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Why does "the Good Earth" reveal about the status of women in traditional Chinese culture?
Posted by vichrak s #213021
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Nov 14, 2011 11:02 AM
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what 2 times has cuckoo appeared in this novel?
Posted by anna s #195009
Last updated by: Aslan on Nov 04, 2011 5:41 PM
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what is o-lan's dream
Posted by tyler s #210983
Last updated by: Aslan on Nov 04, 2011 3:22 PM
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Compare and contrast the female characters in the good earth o-LAN lotus cuckoo pear blossom the uncles wife and the twosons wives.
Posted by aaron s #196115
Last updated by: aaron s #196115 on Aug 18, 2011 4:47 PM
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What did Wang say would bring about the end
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Last updated by: tracey c #171707 on Jul 11, 2011 5:36 PM
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why wasn't there a harvest one year? where did the eldest son want to live ?
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Last updated by: tracey c #171707 on Apr 25, 2011 10:04 AM
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How does O-lan feel about her son?
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Last updated by: tracey c #171707 on Apr 12, 2011 12:38 PM
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