Question

read the quotations below from pearl s. bucks the good earth. match each one with the theme or lesson it suggests. desperation can force people to abandon their principles. nothing is permanent. land is more dependable than man - made things. quotation so would also their house sometime return into the earth, their bodies also. each had his turn at this earth. if i had the silver, they would have taken it. if i had bought with the silver to store it, they would have taken it all. i have the land still, and it is mine. \hunger makes a thief of any man.\ theme

Explanation:

1. "So would also their house sometime return into the earth, their bodies also. Each had his turn at this earth." - This implies the impermanence of all things, matching "Nothing is permanent."
2. "If I had the silver, they would have taken it. If I had bought with the silver to store it, they would have taken it all. I have the land still, and it is mine." - It shows the dependability of land compared to man - made things like silver, matching "Land is more dependable than man - made things."
3. "Hunger makes a thief of any man." - Hunger represents desperation which can lead a person to steal, going against principles, matching "Desperation can force people to abandon their principles."

Answer:

1. "So would also their house sometime return into the earth, their bodies also. Each had his turn at this earth." - Nothing is permanent.
2. "If I had the silver, they would have taken it. If I had bought with the silver to store it, they would have taken it all. I have the land still, and it is mine." - Land is more dependable than man - made things.
3. "Hunger makes a thief of any man." - Desperation can force people to abandon their principles.