The land is the source of Wang Lungs life. He grew up with the land, farmed the land, and lived off of the land. Wang Lung feels that land is the source of his power. To have more land he worked hard and saved up money to buy good land from the house of Hwang. Throughout all the hardships in his life, Wang Lung always returns to his land. Wang Lung starts out as a poor hard working farmer. All his hard work pays off and he becomes one of the wealthiest men in his village. To Wang Lung, "The earth which formed their home fed their bodies and made their gods...bodies of men and women had been buried there, houses has stood there, had fallen, and gone back into the earth...each had his turn at the earth" (pg.22) brought his family prosperity. Wang Lungs land is the only stable factor in his life. With everything coming and going the land was always his.

There are three major women in Wang Lung's life. No one more important than, O-lan. She is "the first woman he [Wa

The third woman in Wang Lungs life is his poor little fool. With his poor little fool Wang Lung finds comfort. She doesn't understand anything but, Wang Lung finds security in her innocence. During the hard time in the south she survived. The way she looked at him pleased Wang Lung. He didn't want to sell her because to the security she brought him. When Wang Lung is old he still has his poor little fool. He worries that when he dies there is no one to watch her and he wants her to die with him. She is always Wang Lung's shoulder to lean on when he has trouble.

Then there is the relationship between rich and poor. The rich and poor live totally different lives. The rich seem to be scared of the poor because they lock themselves behind their palaces inside gated towns. Whenever they see a poor person the rich avoid them. The rich have many servants and slaves. To the poor the rich look fat with oily faces and light skin because they have plenty of food to eat and they don't do any hard labor. On the other hand the poor have dark, rugged, thick skin because of all the long hours they spend laboring under the hot sun. The poor live in farming villages or in the city. Life for them is hard. The more children they have means the more mouths there are to feed. Poor children aren't given any names because it isn't sure if they'll survive childhood. The poor face starvation, harsh winters, and poor farming conditions. Many sell their girl children or ev

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