The Earth is a very fine story written by an English writer H.E. Bates. It shows the story of a man named Johnson who is thrown out of his house by his own son named Benjy. Benjy is a simple minded son. His parents all the time worry about his well being. They take him to a doctor who suggests them to help him start a business of poultry farming. Benjy works hard and soon becomes a very rich person of that area.
Benjy married a girl named Florence against the wishes of his parents. Since the house in which they live has been bought by Benjy, he compels them to shift their room in which they have slept all their lives. One day he drives them away from the house too. Johnson,the father and his mother are left alone on an unfamiliar road to help themselves.