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1、TheGoodEarthAbstract:"Thegoodearth"istheworkofPearlSydenstrickerBuckwhoisanAmericanwriterandshestayedatChinaseveralyears.AndthestoryhappenedinQingdynastyofChina.Tounderstandthestory,wereviewthehistoryofthatpried.AftertheoverthrowoftheChingDynastyoftheManchusin1911bySunYat-senandotherdedica
2、tedintellectualswhoenvisionedaunitedanddemocraticnation,developmentsdidnotgoquiteaswellastheleadershadhoped."Bythelate1920s,ChinawastornbycivilstrifefromCantontoPeking,fromtheIndiabordertotheAmurRiverontheborderofRussia.ThelotoftheChinesepeasantwasnotverygood.Mostofthemweretenantfarmers,wo
3、rkingthelandfortherichlandowners,whomayhaveownedthousandsofacres(asdoesWangLungattheendofTheGoodEarth).Buthereandthereweresmall,independentfarmersworkingtheirownplots,asdoesWangLungatthebeginningofthenovel.Thesesmallfarmerswereconstantlyatthepreyofmaraudingbandits—suchasWangLung'suncleandt
4、he"redbeards."Theywerealsoatthemercyofthegrainmerchantssincetheycouldnotreadorwrite;hence,theimportanceforWangLungtohavehisoldestsonlearntoreadandwrite.Essentially,however,mostofthefarmerswereleftalone,foreventhewarlordshadtoeat.Thefarmerwasthusprotectedtosomeextentbythesameneedswhichplagu
5、edhimandhisfamily."---------------fromgoogleThemainpersoninthestoryareO-lanandWangLung.O-lanisaservantgirlinabigfamily.ThestorybeginswithWangLung,apoorpeasant,marriedO-lanfromthehouseofHwang.Thecoupleworkedhard,andtheygetsomewealth.Thentheyhadasonbornandbegantobuyland.Thenithasaterribledro
6、ught,theybegintoescapetoabigsoutherncity.ThereO-lanbecamethepillarofthefamilyandobtainedsomejewelrybyaccident,sotheyhavetoreturntotheirownland.Aftertheygotback,theybuymoreandmoreland,andtheclimateisgoodforthecrop,theyhaveaverygoodharvest,andeventuallyboughtthehouseofHwang.Aftertheygetrich,
7、WangLungisnotsatisfiedwiththelookingofO-lan.Hestartedtosquander,boughtaprostitutehomeashisconcubine,andmaltreatedO-lan.AtlastO-landiedwithillnessandsadnessbeforeWangLungrealizehowimportantherroleinthefamily.WangLungfinallyreturnedtohisearthenhouse,andrediscove
