The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck displays a wide range of women from one being a slave to another being a great lady or beautiful concubine (prostitute). The faults and strengths in each female character range and create a society much like ours today. One society, which can contain traditions, but also may lack or set them aside as well. O-Lan a raised slave and Lotus a concubine (prostitute) are both momentous to the story and towards Wang Lung, the main character. O-Lan and Lotus have comparative and contrastive aspects, but each one of their significance plays some major roles in the novel towards the well being of traditions and to Wang Lung. Beauty might be seen and liked on the outside but in the novel you can see that there is greater beauty on the inside.
Traditions and moralities have been tested throughout many generations. In olden day China it was known to be best marry off virgin, take care of your good and prosperous land and maintain good well being for luck. O-Lan, sold off at a young age and raised a slave in the great house came into the novel by being married off to Wang Lung and bearing quite a few children. The difference throughout good years and dreadful years and wealth growing on Wang 's family was that another woman came into the picture, Lotus. “She swayed upon her little feet and to Wang Lung there was nothing so wonderful for beauty in the world as her pointed little feet and her curling helpless hands" (Buck 144). Like fame and money in our