The Good Earth
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The
Good
Earth
Pearl
S.
Buck
Chapter 1
1.
Wang Lung’s marriage preparations reflect his social standing.
What do you think about social classes? ...
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The
Good
Earth
Pearl
S.
Buck
Chapter 1
1.
Wang Lung’s marriage preparations reflect his social standing.
What do you think about social classes?
Should people spend outside their means for special occasions?
2.
Why does Wang Lung struggle so much with the thought of having a plain wife? Unbound feet? Do
you think his father’s reasoning’s about an ugly slave are wise? How important is an attractive spouse
to you? Are you “holy” enough to date an ugly man or woman?
3.
Wang Lung and his father do not degrade themselves by speaking to or addressing O‐lan directly.
Is
this still true today? They also complain about spending and the food – why? Are those good enough
reasons?
4.
List the things that Wang Lung is impressed with in his new wife.
5.
How is sex perceived in this first chapter?
6.
What do you think about set gender roles in the home? Should the wife work the kitchen? Should the
man support his family financially? Have roles shifted today? If so, why?
Chapter 2
1.
Why is it important to Wang Lung that his wife like him? Why is he ashamed to feel what he does? Is
that gender specific? Is it cultural?
2.
How much value do you place on common sense and hard work? Is it important to you that your
spouse have both?
3.
Respond to the first paragraph on page 81 about the earth.
Chapter 3
1.
Make a prediction of O‐lan’s time at the “great house”
2.
What privileges do you think should be given the firstborn?
3.
Wang Lung gives O‐lan one more piece of silver than she asks for.
Why the generosity? And why is
giving this money painless for the first time?
4.
Is O‐lan a remarkable woman in her simplicity and quietness as she gives birth? Or is she emotionally
and painfully stunted?
5.
List the customs that are shared with the birth of a son.
Chapter 4
1.
What is the importance of O‐lan’s milk? From a medical point, how important is breast milk?
2.
What do you think of frugality? Does money burn a hole in your pocket?
3.
What would you attribute their good fortune to?
Chapter 5
1.
Think of Wang Lung’s prosperity in comparison to the rest of the village (consider the previous chapter
as well).
Is he stingy or wise?
2.
What are Wang Lung and O‐lan proud about?
3.
Are Wang Lung and O‐lan happy?
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