ellauri083.html on line 137: The story begins on Wang Lung's wedding day and follows the rise and fall of his fortunes. The House of Hwang, a family of wealthy landowners, lives in the nearby town, where Wang Lung's future wife, O-Lan, lives as a slave. However, the House of Hwang slowly declines due to opium use, frequent spending, uncontrolled borrowing and a general unwillingness to work. He was willing to take any woman who knew how to work, except a harelip (which is just what Inger was). He was disappointed when O-Lan had big and ugly feet. These boots are made for walking...
ellauri083.html on line 139: Following the marriage of Wang Lung and O-Lan, both work hard on their farm and slowly save enough money to buy one plot of land at a time from the Hwang family. O-Lan delivers three sons and three daughters; the first daughter becomes mentally handicapped as a result of severe malnutrition brought on by famine. Her father greatly pities her and calls her "Poor Fool," a name by which she is addressed throughout her life. O-Lan kills her second daughter at birth to spare her the misery of growing up in such hard times, and to give the remaining family a better chance to survive. Pearl's daughter Carol was mentally handicapped too.
ellauri083.html on line 143: In the city, O-Lan and the children beg while Wang Lung pulls a rickshaw. Wang Lung's father begs but does not earn any money, and sits looking at the city instead. They find themselves aliens among their more metropolitan countrymen who look different and speak in a fast accent. They no longer starve, due to the one-cent charitable meals of congee, but still live in abject poverty. Wang Lung longs to return to his land. When armies approach the city he can only work at night hauling merchandise out of fear of being conscripted. One time, his son brings home stolen meat. Furious, Wang Lung throws the meat on the ground, not wanting his sons to grow up as thieves. O-Lan, however, calmly picks up the meat and cooks it. When a food riot erupts, Wang Lung is swept up in a mob that is looting a rich man's house and corners the man himself, who fears for his life and gives Wang Lung all his money in order to buy his safety. O-Lan finds a cache of jewels elsewhere in house and takes them for herself.
ellauri083.html on line 145: Wang Lung uses this money to bring the family home, buy a new ox and farm tools, and hire servants to work the land for him. In time, two more children are born, a twin son and daughter. When he discovers the jewels that O-Lan looted, Wang Lung buys the House of Hwang's remaining land. He later sends his first two sons to school, also apprenticing the second one to a merchant, and retains the third one on the land.
ellauri083.html on line 147: As Wang Lung becomes more prosperous, he buys a concubine named Lotus. O-Lan endures the betrayal of her husband when he takes the only jewels she had asked to keep for herself, two pearls, so that he can make them into earrings to present to Lotus. O-Lan's health and morale deteriorate, and she eventually dies just after witnessing her first son's wedding. Wang Lung finally appreciates her place in his life as he mourns her passing. Farewell my concubine.
ellauri240.html on line 169: Pegin naapurit vaikuttuvat Edwardin ilmiömäisistä pensas- ja hiustenleikkuutaidoista. Naapuruston uskonnollinen fanaatikko Esmeralda (O-Lan Jones) ja Kimin urheilijapoikaystävä Jim (Anthony Michael Hall) alkavat kuitenkin inhota Edwardia heti ensi näkemältä. Naapuruston kotirouva Joyce (Kathy Baker) päivänpannuineen ehdottaa, että Edward avaisi hänen kanssaan kampaamon. Heidän ollessaan tarkastamassa tulevia kampaamotiloja Joyce yrittää vietellä Edwardin takahuoneessa, minkä seurauksena Edward lähtee hätääntyneenä pois lipsutellen saxiaan.
xxx/ellauri380.html on line 206: Vuonna 1935 Wong koki uransa vakavimman pettymyksen, kun Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer kieltäytyi ottamasta häntä kiinalaisen hahmon O-Lanin päärooliin Pearl S. Buckin The Good Earth -elokuvaversiossa. Sen sijaan MGM valtuutti Luise Rainerin näyttelemään pääroolia yellowfacena. Eräs elämäkerran kirjoittaja uskoo, että valinta johtui Hays Coden rotujen sekoittumisen vastaisista säännöistä, jotka vaativat valkoisen näyttelijän vaimoa (joka ironisesti kyllä näyttelee kiinalaista hahmoa keltaisella lärvällä) näyttelevän valkoisen näyttelijän.
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