The traditional inferiority of farmers' stories

Linnea 2022-04-19 09:02:54

Why was Wang Lung able to leap from the peasant class to the landlord class? Why is Lan still unable to accept it? Doomed from the start

One day early in the morning, the farmer Wang Long woke up from his sleep with a smile on his face. Today is the day he married his wife, and his conversation exudes optimism.

Lan, however, kept her face sullen until she overheard men compliment her on her good cooking, and then she smiled alone.

The difference in personality and the inferiority of women's inferiority in the feudal environment are the root causes.

So even if Lan found jewelry to lead her family out of poverty, she was still in a humble situation. Even if she could live the life of a rich wife, the only thing she wanted was to return to the land before farming.

But Long is very able to accept this kind of class crossing, because Lan is gloomy and gloomy, Long also finds an actor who plays the piano, but the actor seduces his son behind his back.

Just as the home was crumbling, it was rescued by a plague of locusts.

God, this 1937 film actually has such a strong scale of live-action shooting. For those who hate bugs, I saw piles of bugs stinging my body, and I could see that it was true. I was amazed at the scale of Hollywood.

However, the natural disaster brought people together and pulled back the dragon's heart that was already bewitched by worldly things. I think the final ending was a happy one, even a little bit of that morning when Gone with the Wind Riscarlett ignited his fighting spirit.

It's hard to imagine that Hollywood was able to photograph such things that Chinese people may not be able to respond to now almost a hundred years ago. Class, gender, greed, and disaster are real things that happened on the earth under our feet more than a hundred years ago. .

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Extended Reading
  • Belle 2022-04-21 09:03:29

    The authentic use of Chinese elements and a deep understanding of agricultural civilization are among the best in Hollywood movies, such as Fengyang flower drums and rural stoves. The montage shows that the two people are working hard and harmoniously in farming, which condenses the life of farmers for thousands of years. The climax of the plot where everyone cooperates to manage the locust plague is the epitome of farmers' struggle against nature. The two protagonists showed the farmers' honesty and hard-working side in place, and the ending was a sublimation theme, which deeply sang the heroine's tenacity and kindness.

  • Iva 2022-03-18 09:01:08

    In a restless China, Luise Rainer's performance is comparable to the heroine of Dreyer's version of "Joan of Arc", and the film photography is also very amazing...

The Good Earth quotes

  • Aunt: When a farmer buys silk robes and washes his whole body every day, there's a woman. That's sure !

    Uncle: But a rich man may have two wives but the wife must cling to her husband. That is as it should be.

    Aunt: That's right. A woman is allowed but one mistake.

    Uncle: Of course. Now then, it is said: you may see a teapot with four teacups, but did you ever see a teacup with four teapots ?

    Aunt: It is also said: do you ever see two spoons in the same bowl that do not knock against each other ?

  • Wang Lung: Where are all these soldiers going ?

    Unidentified laborer: They say there's a revolution coming.

    Wang Lung: Revolution ? What is revolution ?

    Unidentified laborer: I don't know but it has something to do with food.