In the book The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, the fall of the House of Hwang and the rise of the
Wang family was shown. The story completed a "circle of life", with Wang being the center of the
circle. While Wang at first was intimidated, he also looked down on the House of Hwang, he soon
found that when his family became rich, his house fell onto some of the same "curses". In both
houses, a lack of love for the land was highly noticeable (except for Wang Lung), opium was used,
slaves were bought and sold even though Wang first opposed slaves, and the future heirs wished to
sell the land for money but at the same time lose their support for if the house should fall.
When the House of Hwang was in power, Wang noticed how they had a complete lack of love
for the earth. They had to constantly sell pieces of land to pay their immediate debts, but by doing
this they gave away their support if a dark time should fall upon the house. Wang knew that this
would be the downfall......

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Title: Good Earth
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