About Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
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In Pearl Sydenstricker Bucks masterpiece, The Good Earth, seems to persuade the readers that the money is the root of evil. Wang Lung, the main character in The Good Earth, get corrupted after being rich. Ironically, Pearl Buck herself, did became extremely rich by The Good Earth, and prizes as Nobel Literature prize. Did the money affect Pearl Buck also?
Pearl Bucks life before The Good Earth was not very delighted. Pearl Buck lived in China for 40 years. She learned both Chinese and English during the childhood, so she was able to have contacts with local Chinese people. Buck went to America in 1900, and graduated Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1914. Buck went back to China and met John Lossing Buck. They married in 1917...