Who Is O-Lan In The Good Earth

Pearl S. Buck, humanitarian, crusader for women's rights, editor of Asia magazine, and philanthropist, created the character O-lan in her novel, The Good Earth. O-lan, wife of Wang Lung, hardworking women, who does her work in silence. O-lan takes over the duties of the household and when the family is forced to go south by the famine, she brings the family great success in being able to set up a doable house made of mats and bring in any of the money that she gets from begging. She also bring the family success when she steals the jewels from the Great House, which then allows for her success to really be shown because Wang Lung is able to become rich from these jewels. As Frank Ocean once said, “Work hard in silence, let your success be