Question

read the quotations below from pearl s. bucks the good earth. match each one with the theme or lesson it suggests. nothing is permanent. desperation can force people to abandon their principles. land is more dependable than man - made things. quotation theme 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.\

Explanation:

1. "So would also their house sometime return into the earth, their bodies also. Each had his turn at this earth." - This implies that all things, including houses and human bodies, are impermanent, matching the theme "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 that land is more reliable than man - made wealth like silver, corresponding to "Land is more dependable than man - made things."
3. "Hunger makes a thief of any man." - Hunger represents desperation, and turning a man into a thief means abandoning principles due to desperation, fitting "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.