Temptation and desire in Pearl Buck's book "The Good Earth."

Temptation and Desire Temptation is a daily obstacle lurking around the corner for every man, woman, and child. Desire begins with the earliest ages as the toddler reaches for the large piece of chocolate candy. As an adult it is learnt that every temptation has a danger like getting that chocolate candy on the carpet and it is not always probable to take that risk, but there will always be those few desires that cannot …

…see the land and took the moneys the agents gave them and spent it carelessly as water. And in these generations the strength of the land has gone from them and bit by bit the land has begun to go also. (154) Pearl Buck leaves a foreshadow of what will happen to the House of Wang if there is a continued absence from the traditional morals and values and if the good earth is left unattended.