Wang Lung, a hard-working farmer, is nothing like his sluggish, untidy uncle. For the uncle, begging people just to stay alive isn't anything new or to be ashamed of. For him, he'd rather beg than support his family himself, something he could do easily. This man has no sense of pride whatsoever and will stoop so low as to blackmail his nephew into giving him money. He will beg, black mail, anything except work so he doesn't have to make money himself.
Even though he has seen his uncle do it a passel of times, he still can't grasp the idea of begging. This causes a slight problem, because begging is exactly what he and his family need to do to support themselves in the city. All the people around them act normal as they complete this task, but Wang Lung's pride refrains his family from following the rest of the pack. He, unlike his uncle, would rather go through the pain of hard work, than beg.
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I like how you said that the uncle was basically so honorless that he doesn't even care if he embarreses himself. Maybe next time you could explain why Wang Lung was so different than his uncle.
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