Oppressing and Discriminating Women as Depicted in Pearl S. Buck‟s The Good Earth

The research contains the introduction which sheds light on Buck‟s career and literary background. The second part deals with the status of women in the ancient Chinese culture. The third part presents women‟s trauma through the practices of keeping concubine, foot binding, female infanticide, and selling daughters as slaves. The fourth part concludes the findings of the research on the subject.