The Good Earth

1.4 Why does Wang lung not want to sell the land? Describe the pattern of his life.

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I take it that this is near the end of the book. Wang Lung regretted moving away from the land. The land had once grounded him and others around him. Working and owning land brought purpose. Wang Lung, although an old man now, wanted to hold on to what the land represented.