He said a good friend is someone who is trustworthy, helpful, gives good advice, good and easy to talk to and is there whenever you need them. ... She said a good friend is someone who is helpful, truthful, respectful, trustworthy, honest and loving. ...
The Grandmother's morals are old fashioned and she longs for the times when people were more trustworthy and nice: "People are certainly not nice like they used to be. " Red Sam's story about the men stealing gas shows how trusting, or even gullible, he is but the Grandmother still deems him a "Good Man. " Her sense of judgment must be a little off considering the fact that Red Sam seems mean to his wife, ("Red Sam came in and told his wife to quit lounging on the counter and hurry up with people's order. ") so is he really a good man? ...
I. Characters * MAIN CHARACTERS Wang Lung Wang Lung is a simple, hardworking Chinese farmer. He is the main character or central figure in the story of "The Good Earth". Most of the story is told through his eyes. Wang is warm, believable, and sympathetic. But as a human, he also has his flaws. ...
