Within the novel The Good Earth, Pearl Buck dishes out several themes that not only relate to the specific characters within the novel, but also can relate to almost any person at any point in time. Buck's novel was ahead of its' time for it played on the human tendency to inquire as to how other people live in everyday life just as many of today's "reality TV. shows" do such as "Survivor" or "Big …showed first 75 words of 1466 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1466 total…about The Good Earth is that it is understandability makes it brilliant. This allows everyone to enjoy it no matter what there academic level may be. Not many books have that extraordinary feature. Without a doubt, The Good Earth is a work of very realistic fiction that is outwardly elementary in its themes but carries with it a deep sense of awareness and reflection on life that few novels, above it or below can bring.