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THE GOOD EARTH

In Pearl S. Buck's novel, The Good Earth, the protagonist was Wang Lung. Wang Lung showed
that an honorable man could do dishonorable acts without becoming immoral.
Wang Lung did some dishonorable things without becoming immoral. One thing was that he
went to the new teahouse to see Lotus. He couldn't stand the thought of Lotus being with
other men so he had his uncle's wife to arrange for Lotus to come and stay at his house.
Wang Lung still cared about O-lan because when she was sick he said, " This I cannot
bear! I would sell all my land for you."(185)
Another dishonorable thing Wang Lung did was giving his uncle Opium. He gave his uncle
Opium only to keep peace in his house. He said, "If there were a way that we could keep
them here but make them harmless and undesiring what a thing it would be, but there is no
such magic as this!" (201)
Wang Lung proved that an honorable man could do dishonorable acts without becoming
immoral. He did some dishonorable things, but remained moral.