Question

read the quotations below from pearl s. bucks the good earth. match each one with the theme or lesson it suggests.

1. nothing is permanent.
2. land is more dependable than man - made things.
3. desperation can force people to abandon their principles.

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 quotation implies the impermanence of life and material - 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." - Here, the land is shown as a more reliable possession compared to silver, matching "Land is more dependable than man - made things."
3. "Hunger makes a thief of any man." - This shows how the extreme situation of hunger (desperation) can lead people to abandon their moral 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.