The Good Earth 8

In the previous post, you may have noticed that my writing style was simplistic and choppy, without transitions. This was, of course, not an accident. It was my imitation of Pearl S. Buck's writing style, at least in The Good Earth. This novel was an interesting novel, in that it was written in a style that some Chinese readers objected to; it was a somewhat objective view of everyday life in Pre-Revolutionary China, as opposed to the dressed-up version that some Chinese would prefer. Some critics objected to it because it was not presented in the traditional Chinese manner.
However, these critics were few and far between. The way that Buck presents the facts and then allows the reader to conclude the obvious gave the novel a Pulitzer Prize and made it one of the most important novels about modern China.