Talk:The Good Earth

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I've just read this book - and this article is more of a plot synopsis than anything. Shouldn't this article discuss instead the reasons behind it winning a Pulitzer? Perhaps the impact it had in culture? I'm not the best person to do that, but I suspect it would be a more useful article if this were included.

Good idea! Why aren't you the best person to do it?? Sign up for an account and start editing. Even if what you add is fragmented bits and pieces, someone else will come along and expand. Monkeyman 00:33, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The book is extremely powerful in how it depicts China, particularly the role of women in that society. O-Lan dismisses the birth of her female children, saying they are nothing, just slaves, but it is in stark contrast to the huge role she had in the success of her husband. Contrast her with Lotus, the "ideal" chinese woman (bound feet, great beauty) whom Wang takes as a concubine. Reflections of the values of the culture are shown through the women. O-Lan states that she is not beautiful, but she has borne sons.

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wow! how could people forget THE major theme of the novel: man's relationship with the earth.--Vircabutar 03:04, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

hmm... thats how I feel.

"Land is the only thing that matters; it's the only thing that lasts." -- Gerald O'Hara, Gone With The Wind 66.108.106.230 17:20, 22 September 2006 (UTC) Allen Roth

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Should there be a character map here for the Good Earth like they have on Pride and Prejudice. -RussB