Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Wemmick and Pip
In the Novel Great Expectations Wemmick is tense and ordered at work as he is a lawyer working on cases all day. When Wemmick invites Pip to his castle he starts to change. Wemmick becomes relaxed and happy when he goes home. He talks about his flagpole and how he is the one who works on the castle. This shows that at work it is a tragic job for Wemmick staying in the office all day filing papers. It is as though Wemmick is living two lives. One were at work it is hard grueling work and at home a fantasy waiting to happen.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Essay!
The Good Earth
“ Out of the land we came, and into it we must go, for land is one’s flesh and blood.” In the novel The Good Earth Wang Lung is illuminated by the fact that money cannot help everything; life must be worked for and earned. Though he is in poverty he does not know what to do for he is a farmer boy, and a farmer he shall be his whole life. He knows nothing but land and the plow to make the land into life. When Wang becomes what he used to despise, he learns that money means nothing; it is what you do with your life and how you treat your family.
Wang Lung’s life is filled with the thoughts of poverty and being a poor farmer. He wakes up in the morning and helps with his father, who is stubborn and expects his son to do everything. Wang is a farmer who plows and grows things on all of his land. It is hard work for him but it is all he knows to do. “"He had no articulate thought of anything; there was only this perfect sympathy of movement, of turning this earth of theirs over and over to the sun, this earth which formed their home and fed their bodies and made their gods.” (pg.27)
When Wang visits the House of Hwang, he begins his hatred for those wealthy people who treat others with contempt. The people who lived in it got everything they wanted and they didn’t even have to work for it. Wang thought this wasn’t fair because he would work all day every day and still get only a few pieces of silver. The House of Hwang would call the poor names and the famers farmer boy, or field man. This is the reason Wang hates them because everyone is supposed to be equal and treated fairly. Wang works hard, plows and works on the fields, though he only gets a few coins. The House of Hwang does not have to work and they lazily sit around. This is the kind of thing that happens around the world where there are people who are rich and people who work hard but still have to keep working.“ There is a way, when the rich are too rich.” ( pg 103)
Wang Lung is a hard worker and raises enough money to buy more land. House of Hwang had a lot of land with really good soil that they didn’t farm on anymore. Wang thought this was a waste of land so he bought it. The land was important to him like owning a favorite toy or an animal. Every day we go to school thinking what will happen or what will I do today. Wang Lung had land and every day went out to work on it.“ Land is ones flesh and blood.” (pg.45)
Wang becomes selfish because he has money and land, two things a farmer likes. When a drought comes over the land Wang is not happy but he has saved money from all the harvest and is subtle. When there is talk about how people are dying and some are moving to the south afraid of starvation, Wang decides that they should go south. When Wang and his family reach the city they find it has walls big and the city full of buildings. But Wang cannot stop thinking about his land at home, how when he goes home he will have something. Wang’s pride is what keeps him going and alive. Work is hard for him to find but he gets by.
Wang is still in the city and getting by with little. Talk of a raid on a rich house is herd, Wang says that he would not go. He goes against his will and goes with the robbers. When they break in the men search everywhere for money. Wang spots a fat man and chases him down. When he catches him he tells him to give him all his money. Wang goes back to the little hut and tells his family they are going home, for he had money and land waiting at home for him. Wang stole from the house not because he is a robber but because he knew that he and his family would not be able to live much longer, more like self defense. “ Hunger makes thief of any man.”(pg.122)
With the money Wang stole he bought land and had many years of good crops and money. Wang Lung was selfish and bought rooms to add on to his house. He said “ if you have money use it.” Wang started to build himself almost a little palace. But in his pride he still worked on his beloved land. Though the land was doing good Wang decided to buy slaves to plow and take care of the land because he didn’t want to take care of it, he just wanted the money. “ It is the good land that has made me something better than a farmer.” (pg.246)
While Wang Lung was not educated and didn’t know how to save and spare money he bought the House of Hwang’s palace. Wang went to live there for the rest of his years with his family and children. Wang Lung became what he hated most. He was a selfish rich man just like the people in House of Hwang. Wang Lung worked hard for his money and he did what was good but he didn’t realize he was becoming a money loving man. Wang had all he wanted yet in the end he realized money isn’t everything.
This novel talks about how events change depending on what we do with our lives. Wang Lung was a farmer who worked hard and in the end he got all he wanted because of work. He lost all because family is what is important, Wang did not pay enough attention to his family. He was so caught up in his money that when family came he gave them what they want and they left. In life we care about family, every day we go to school or work and do what we are told to do. Wang Lung was a farmer and did what he wanted and not what was good for the family. The tragedy this symbolizes, when at the end of the book Wang Lung is old and he hears his two sons talking about selling the land. He goes to them and almost falls on the ground but they catch him. He tells them “ If you sell the land, it is the end.” (pg. 308) Wang Lung’s sons assure him that they would not sell the land. Then they look over at each other and smile. The tragedy of betrayal from your own family is terrible. In the end Wang’s sons became like their father, selfish and wanted all the money they could get their hands on.
“ Out of the land we came, and into it we must go, for land is one’s flesh and blood.” In the novel The Good Earth Wang Lung is illuminated by the fact that money cannot help everything; life must be worked for and earned. Though he is in poverty he does not know what to do for he is a farmer boy, and a farmer he shall be his whole life. He knows nothing but land and the plow to make the land into life. When Wang becomes what he used to despise, he learns that money means nothing; it is what you do with your life and how you treat your family.
Wang Lung’s life is filled with the thoughts of poverty and being a poor farmer. He wakes up in the morning and helps with his father, who is stubborn and expects his son to do everything. Wang is a farmer who plows and grows things on all of his land. It is hard work for him but it is all he knows to do. “"He had no articulate thought of anything; there was only this perfect sympathy of movement, of turning this earth of theirs over and over to the sun, this earth which formed their home and fed their bodies and made their gods.” (pg.27)
When Wang visits the House of Hwang, he begins his hatred for those wealthy people who treat others with contempt. The people who lived in it got everything they wanted and they didn’t even have to work for it. Wang thought this wasn’t fair because he would work all day every day and still get only a few pieces of silver. The House of Hwang would call the poor names and the famers farmer boy, or field man. This is the reason Wang hates them because everyone is supposed to be equal and treated fairly. Wang works hard, plows and works on the fields, though he only gets a few coins. The House of Hwang does not have to work and they lazily sit around. This is the kind of thing that happens around the world where there are people who are rich and people who work hard but still have to keep working.“ There is a way, when the rich are too rich.” ( pg 103)
Wang Lung is a hard worker and raises enough money to buy more land. House of Hwang had a lot of land with really good soil that they didn’t farm on anymore. Wang thought this was a waste of land so he bought it. The land was important to him like owning a favorite toy or an animal. Every day we go to school thinking what will happen or what will I do today. Wang Lung had land and every day went out to work on it.“ Land is ones flesh and blood.” (pg.45)
Wang becomes selfish because he has money and land, two things a farmer likes. When a drought comes over the land Wang is not happy but he has saved money from all the harvest and is subtle. When there is talk about how people are dying and some are moving to the south afraid of starvation, Wang decides that they should go south. When Wang and his family reach the city they find it has walls big and the city full of buildings. But Wang cannot stop thinking about his land at home, how when he goes home he will have something. Wang’s pride is what keeps him going and alive. Work is hard for him to find but he gets by.
Wang is still in the city and getting by with little. Talk of a raid on a rich house is herd, Wang says that he would not go. He goes against his will and goes with the robbers. When they break in the men search everywhere for money. Wang spots a fat man and chases him down. When he catches him he tells him to give him all his money. Wang goes back to the little hut and tells his family they are going home, for he had money and land waiting at home for him. Wang stole from the house not because he is a robber but because he knew that he and his family would not be able to live much longer, more like self defense. “ Hunger makes thief of any man.”(pg.122)
With the money Wang stole he bought land and had many years of good crops and money. Wang Lung was selfish and bought rooms to add on to his house. He said “ if you have money use it.” Wang started to build himself almost a little palace. But in his pride he still worked on his beloved land. Though the land was doing good Wang decided to buy slaves to plow and take care of the land because he didn’t want to take care of it, he just wanted the money. “ It is the good land that has made me something better than a farmer.” (pg.246)
While Wang Lung was not educated and didn’t know how to save and spare money he bought the House of Hwang’s palace. Wang went to live there for the rest of his years with his family and children. Wang Lung became what he hated most. He was a selfish rich man just like the people in House of Hwang. Wang Lung worked hard for his money and he did what was good but he didn’t realize he was becoming a money loving man. Wang had all he wanted yet in the end he realized money isn’t everything.
This novel talks about how events change depending on what we do with our lives. Wang Lung was a farmer who worked hard and in the end he got all he wanted because of work. He lost all because family is what is important, Wang did not pay enough attention to his family. He was so caught up in his money that when family came he gave them what they want and they left. In life we care about family, every day we go to school or work and do what we are told to do. Wang Lung was a farmer and did what he wanted and not what was good for the family. The tragedy this symbolizes, when at the end of the book Wang Lung is old and he hears his two sons talking about selling the land. He goes to them and almost falls on the ground but they catch him. He tells them “ If you sell the land, it is the end.” (pg. 308) Wang Lung’s sons assure him that they would not sell the land. Then they look over at each other and smile. The tragedy of betrayal from your own family is terrible. In the end Wang’s sons became like their father, selfish and wanted all the money they could get their hands on.
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