Come Back To Me In The Good Earth Analysis

Come Back to Me in The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck
The Call of the Wild by Jack London

John Odackal
Assistant Professor
Department of Science and Humanities
Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology
Vazhakulam

Can you hear a voice so sweet resonating deep within you, “come back to me”,? It is the clarion call from Mother Nature imploring her prodigal sons not to wander away. It is natural though, for every living thing upon the earth to move but with nature save man who alienates his soul wantonly to hurt others and himself. Jose Mathew, an NRI Mechanical Engineer, living at Detroit, the USA wailed saying that he received two calls each in a year from his two grown up sons and a daughter – all unmarried; one on Christmas day and the

Hence, there is an innate surge of love from deep within that may be shown through service of others - a desirable nature. Sages found divine bliss and enlightenment meditating in the lap of nature. Siddhartha became the enlightened one under the Bodhi tree and not when he was at his palace. Gurukulas were not in towns and cities. Rabindranath Tagore established the Shantiniketan amidst shady trees. Think of the long ropes entwined to the high branches of trees improvising ‘onam swings’, which take traditionally clad young girls, on cloud nine. There is a peace, tranquillity, simplicity and manifold expressions of human love only when one’s soul comes in unison with the universal

The latter was an ugly slave with beautiful doings known for her skills, good sense and indomitable work ethic. She was hardworking, self sacrificing and down to earth. The good earth was kind to sustain them and their children. They eventually prospered but as ill luck would have it Wang Lung then bought a concubine named Lotus. Poor O Lan endured the betrayal of her husband as the latter took away the two pearls to make earrings to present to Lotus. O Lan was heartbroken; she suffered in silence and passed away. Wang Lung mourned and appreciated then, her place in the core of his heart. She had died leaving a lasting memory in Wang Lung as his loyal, loving wife who might have had prayed for a generous allowance of time for him to repent before he returned to dust in