The Good Earth: Summary Wang Lung was just a simple farmer in the beginning of this book and as he got older the more power he obtained, until he became Lord of the house of Wang. Being a farmer, he relied on the earth to give him and his family all that they needed to be supported through life. I think this would have been hard for him to do and I was surprised he was able to do all that he did. O-lan was Wang Lung's first wife who was sold to the house of Wang by her parents and then sold to Wang Lung. Her feet were not bound when she was little so she had big feet. This allowed her to be able to help out Wang Lung in the fields. She wa