Who does Wang Lung marry?

O-Lan

Wang Lung
Occupation	Farmer
Spouses	O-Lan, Lotus
Nationality	Chinese

What does Wang Lung’s second son value in a wife?

The first son loves correctness, but the second son loves moolah. Even when he’s a little kid, he loves the money he gets. He even sleeps with it and insists on using it himself to pay for his own rice (11.65).

What does Wang Lung discover that O-lan has?

Wang Lung discovers that O-lan stole some jewels during the looting in the south. Because she had lived in a wealthy house, she knew where the rich hid their treasures. Wang Lung declares that they should buy more land with the jewels. O-lan asks to keep only two small pearls, and Wang Lung agrees.

Why is Wang Lung now cursing the gods?

Why is Wang Lung now cursing the gods? Wang Lung was so angry that he was having bad luck and was going hungry. Ching told Wang Lung that the people in the village were eating dogs and other humans.

What disease does O-lan have?

Illness and death Wang Lung summons the town’s doctor who says among other things, that she has a tumor in her abdomen and “worms in her heart.” The doctor says then that it will cost 500 pieces of silver to help her, but, O-lan refuses, saying good land could be bought with that money.

What was Wang Lung’s greatest regret about O-lan?

What was Wang Lung’s biggest regret concerning Olan? he wished he had not taken the two pearls from Olan. he threatens wang lung by asking for money and if he refuses he and his band of robbers will take everything from him.

Is Wang Lung a bad person?

The protagonist of The Good Earth, Wang Lung begins the novel as a poor, simple young farmer forced to marry a slave, and ends it as a wealthy patriarch with enough money and influence to own concubines.

How does Wang Lung get rich?

Wang Lung’s accumulation of wealth begins when he and Olan travel to the city to escape the famine sweeping across the land. In the city, both Wang Lung and Olan get caught up in a mob that loots and pillages a rich man’s house.