the good earthwang lung

Rough Draft: The Good Earth The Good Farmer A simple, hardworking Chinese farmer is all he is. But there is more to this simple farmer, he is not just a common character in this book, but a universal figure, an example of people that have tilled the earth throughout the ages. Wang Lung in Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth is a Chinese farmer and a loving father who is grateful of the things he …

…working. He also accepted everything that he had and did not ask for more. When he got something he never complained that it was too much or too little. Wang Lung is a very admirable character that shows human flaws that all people have. He is a figure in this book that is universal to all common peasants of now and the past. He is a humble person, a good farmer and a good father.