Wang Luling Quotes And Analysis

Although they observed their parents demonstrating respect for their elders, the tradition of filial piety is not important to them. As Wang Lung's children grew up they saw their parents following the tradition of filial piety throughout all of their childhood. Whenever food would be scarce Wang Lung's father would eat first and would have the most no matter how hungry everyone else was. Although they did grow up and see how they should treat their elders Wang Lung's children didn't follow the tradition. They treated their father horrible, spending a lot of his money on useless things and implying at the end that they were going to sell his most valued thing, his land.