The book is titled "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck and is a true story of a farmer in China before the revolution. This farmer was a poor man and he married a slave girl...not beautiful/ugly.. because this was the best he would do then. But eventually he became a rich man. In the process his wife was faithful and hardworking and having been a slave in a rich house knew many things of life at a higher standard in society. But she worked hard with the poor farmer while he became rich...they had to go through a terrible famine with four children and she was faithful to him all along. But eventually when the farmer became rich he came across a new thing in life... such as visiting tea shops with harlots. He fell in love with a beautiful harlot and then he started noticing that his wife is ugly. He even married the harlot and brought her home offering her a better standard of life.
The first wife was heart broken and she cried saying she had borne him sons...even though the terrible famine had not brought her tears this incident did make her cry. The other cruel thing the farmer did was to take away a set of pearls she had cherised and could not make ear rings of them because he said so. The farmer took them from her and gave them to his new beautiful wife.
The farmer generally was a kind hearted man and loved his children and was not cruel to his first wife in general. He justified himself by saying that he had provided for his first wife.
Now, I am so upset by this thing that happens in the world where men think it is ok to put away wives to satisfy their lustful desires thinking that they have done well by providing for them. The real aspect is the hurt of rejection caused to the wife. God certainly is not pleased with this behaviour because He is the healer of the broken hearted and it clearly says in the Bible that if any man wants to be a leader in the church he should be the husband of one wife.
I thank God that I am not in such a society which permits such behaviors from men folk. I would none the less express my understanding of the sorrow of the women going through such treatment. It is a social evil. Don't women have lusts too?? How is it that they manage to stick to one man? I think women should not depend on men for providence.
I could write much more...but just thought I made the point.
The first wife was heart broken and she cried saying she had borne him sons...even though the terrible famine had not brought her tears this incident did make her cry. The other cruel thing the farmer did was to take away a set of pearls she had cherised and could not make ear rings of them because he said so. The farmer took them from her and gave them to his new beautiful wife.
The farmer generally was a kind hearted man and loved his children and was not cruel to his first wife in general. He justified himself by saying that he had provided for his first wife.
Now, I am so upset by this thing that happens in the world where men think it is ok to put away wives to satisfy their lustful desires thinking that they have done well by providing for them. The real aspect is the hurt of rejection caused to the wife. God certainly is not pleased with this behaviour because He is the healer of the broken hearted and it clearly says in the Bible that if any man wants to be a leader in the church he should be the husband of one wife.
I thank God that I am not in such a society which permits such behaviors from men folk. I would none the less express my understanding of the sorrow of the women going through such treatment. It is a social evil. Don't women have lusts too?? How is it that they manage to stick to one man? I think women should not depend on men for providence.
I could write much more...but just thought I made the point.
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