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1. Why do you think Wang Lung is reluctant to give his daughter to slavery, even though that is expected of girls?
2. Do you think it is worth it for Wang Lung to be a rickshaw, seeing he makes so little?

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1.What role does tradition play in the Good Earth
2. What do you think about the relationship Wang Lung has with his children, how is this different from Americans father-child relationships?

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1. Who do you think is the best in handling any situation in the family? Wang Lung or O-Lan? Why?
2. Would any of you sell your own daughter into slavery? Why or why not?

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1.  What significant symbol or meaning do you think Wang Lung and his family carried behind the concept of land?
2. What surprised you most about the way Wang Lung treated his daughter?

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1. What does the weather foreshadow on the day Wang Lung goes to get his wife?
2. Why does the text emphasize O-lan's physical characteristics and not Wang Lung? Are Chinese men's status determined by wealth?

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1) What does O-lan being able to kill her 4th child say about her character?
2) What do we know so far of O-lan's past?

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2. What makes Wang Lung feel the need to kill his child?

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1. Why would O-Lan want to sell their female child but Wang Lung is against it?
2. Why is begging for food more acceptable than stealing it?

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So he could feed his family?

2. Why does O lan
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1. What does the chinese attitude towards religion seem to be?
2. Does Wang Lung's life seem appealing to you?

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1.Why do you think Wang Lung continues to buy land if their is a drought, 2.Why do you think wang lung's uncle is dependent on wang lung

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1.Why did Wang Lung buy the land from The Great House?
2.Why would O-Alan stay with Wang Lung?

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1) Why do you think that Wang Lung and his family don't fit in the south?
2) What would you do differently to make money in the south?

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1. Why doesn't Wang Lung's father want his wife to be beautiful?
2. Why does Wang Lung get upset when he has a daughter when he already has two sons?

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1. How does the Chinese culture displayed in the story compare/contrast to our culture in America?

2. Why were girls seen as slaves right from birth?

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1. Based on what we've read so far, did the weather described in the first chapter foreshadow good or bad events? 2. What are some similarities between Okonkwo and Wang Lung?

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1. Why do you think Wang Lung decides to go south and away from the village
2. Why does Wang Lung start to cry at the idea of selling his daughter into slavery so they can return home?

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1.) Would you suggest to sell your daughter for money?
2.) Would you kill your ox for food?

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1. One of the central themes of the novel is the oppression of women. Why then is
O-lan the one who saves the family again and again?
2. Do you think Wang Lung and O-lan should sell their daughter?

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1. What could be going through O-lan's mind?
2. What do you think Wang Lung's uncle has done since they've left?

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1. What do you think happened to the villagers who didn't travel to the south?
2. Do you think Wang Lung will sell his baby girl(slave)? And why?

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1. Why does Wang Lung's Uncle show shady behavior towards his family.

2. Why does the Chinese culture believe in the bad treatment of females?

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1. Do you think Wang Lung's situation has changed him? For better or for worse?

2. O-lan keeps saving the family. What kind of message does this portray about women?

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1. Why does O'Lan and Wang Lung use their children to make money so often? Why will they not take adult responsibility?