Review of Back to 1942

Master Fan is the land owner, the area's 'baron' or country gentleman. Family values are important to him, observing the proper tributes to his forebears, and interacting with the less fortunate in his domain. But even wealth is useless when there is no rain for a year, when locusts come and consume all the crops in storage, and again when the locals swarm his 'castle' to consume his hoarded victuals. As a traveling refugee he is humbled and given the tribulations accorded to JOB in the Old Testament. He was loyal to his staff and they exhibited loyalty to him as well. Of course he was protective of his mother, his wife, and daughters and it must be galling for him to realize that wealth can be fleeting or useless.