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nickdeezybabi
nickdeezybabi
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High School - 10th Grade

Why, while walking home, does Wang Lung yell that his child is a girl?

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Posted by nickdeezybabi on Saturday April 18, 2009 at 7:12 PM and tagged with literature, the good earth.

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  1. horizon2012
    horizon2012 Student
    High School - 10th Grade

    Even though he is delighted with his first son, having too much happiness and fortune isnt a good thing. "...malignant spirits throughout the air cannot endure the happiness of mortals." It will cause the evil spirits to become involved resulting in misfortune. This is why he screams it is a girl and while walking back with O-lan, after displaying the baby to the House of Hwang, wished that she is dead.

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    Posted by horizon2012 on Sunday November 8, 2009 at 7:55 AM