What is the significance of the title The Good Earth?

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I need this answer ASAP

Answer 1

It's the name of a book written by Pearl S. Buck in 1931 - it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. It was made into a movie in 1937. It is the first book in a trilogy continuing with "Sons",  and "A House Divided". It is a story of life in China.

It became popular again in 2004 when Oprah chose it for her book club.

Answer 2

If you've read the book you shouldn't have any problem with this. It's about a farmer and all his happiness and wealth come from...you guessed it, the earth. Read the book!

Answer 3

I haven’t read this novel, but you’ll find a whole range of resources on the Internet to help you with The Good Earth.   Additionally quite a few questions have been asked here on Y!A about the novel so do a search for it in the Yahoo Answers search window and you will find lots of Q’s and A’s that should help you.    Here are a few study guides.

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/goodearth/

http://education.yahoo.com/homework_help...

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitN...

http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/t...

http://classiclit.about.com/b/2005/06/26...