The theme of the land is not complicated. The author is trying to show how families were born as riches from poverty. However, the rise itself is not an important factor, the background of this rise is even more important. Wang Yong lives in the era of change. China is a retreating country in many ways. But her main mistake is the existence of two different kinds of people: rich and poor.
The main theme of "Earth" is the nutrition of the land. In the novel as a whole, the connection with the land is related to moral belief, good consciousness, respect for nature, and strong professional ethics. And it is related to alienation, decline and corruption of the land. The back novel places this universal theme in the context of Chinese traditional culture. Farmer Wang Yong is harvested through his labor, so it is closely related to the Earth. In contrast, the local Huang is alienated from the Earth as their wealth and harvest comes from employment labor. Buck believes that respect for Wang Long's nature is the reason for his inner good and his growing material success, and the decline and waste of wealthy people are alienated from their land It is due to. Back also suggests that through human books human success is temporary, but the Earth will always be present.
If there is no "good earth" what will happen to the earth? No Pearl back novels are full of mentioning "good earth". "Good earth" is clearly the central theme of this novel. Throughout the book, Wang Long and his family are related to "Good Earth". Even if the family does not live in this land, the reader can still decide the close relationship between the family and the land. The book began with Wang Long and began to be almost ironic but in the end Wang Long and his family finished in the same place where he began to read the book. . However, the relationship between Wang Dong and the land has changed. At the beginning of the book, Wang Long relies on the land to survive, and finally, he still relies on it to survive, but in a different way.