I. Description. The book I am reading is called "The Good Earth". It is written by the wonderful author Pearl S. Buck. The book is three hundred and fifty seven pages long. The book is about Wang Lung who is a young and poor farmer who is living in China during the time signs of modernization are appearing but the Chinese culture is remaining deeply connected to ancient traditions and customs. When Wang Lung approaches …showed first 75 words of 1511 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1511 total…was food to him and he was depending on his land to give them money. Without the land we, humans, would have no food. Another theme that applies is place, location. In the place human characteristics apply. One of the characteristics is how women were treated in China. The image people have of a place is based on their experiences, both intellectual and emotional. People's descriptions of a place reveal their values, attitudes, and perceptions.