Wang Lung's Love For The Earth

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Furthermore, Wang Lung purchases land for his own benefits due to his love for the Earth. He does this, however, he does this in hopes that it will support his family with food from the crops and money from selling the food. Along with that, he also buys it in hopes for his sons and their family to have a food source from the crops even after he is unable to tend and harvest from it. This relates to people passing down things of sentimental value to their offsprings to keep after they are gone. The part of the statement that would relate to this situation is “as it is lived in any age…”. This meaning that any aged reader can relate to the book as well as well as this specific situation.