The Good Earth: Chapters 1-13 Summaries

Part I of Essay
The Good Earth is a Chinese book of a farmer's hard life working on the land. It tells of the farmer's good times and bad times, and all through this there is always the good earth that produces his crops that he may eat or sell to make money. Chapter 1: Wang Lung is on ....

Part II of Essay
.... will return to the House of Hwang to show the mistress her baby. Wang Lung goes loco and plans to do a lot of thing to celebrate the birth. He plans to die a basketful of eggs red and give them out so that everyone will know he has a son. Chapter 4: O-lan recovers easily from the birth and sets back out in the fields working with Wang. It tells of Wang's lazy uncle and his problems. It is becomeing Fall and it is harvest time. Wang Lung sells his harvest and makes a big profit. He puts the extra money in a hole in the wall in his room. Ch ....