"The Earth' is a very fine & interesting story written by the famous writer, H.E. Bates. The author has beautiful presented the reality of what happens in most of the families in present day life. The story highlights the tragedy of those parents who put too much trust on their children who, however, betray them in the end, This story is the life sketch of farmer Johnson and his son, Benjy.

Johnson is a farmer,who has no land of his own. He has obtained about four acre of plot on lease for cultivation helping him in meeting family's expenditure. Benjy is mentally underdeveloped. His father goes to a doctor for consultation who advises Johnson to get his son engaged in some business, preferrably in poultry business. Accordingly Benjy is engaged in that business. The income out of the self of hen's egg is deposited in the bank in Benjy's name. When Benjy becomes twenty one year old his father father hands over the amour deposited with the bank to Benjy,By the time Benjy's passbook showed a balance of Rs two hundred thirty pound. Benjy purchases some land of Mr. withmore from that money and expands his poultry business on the land purchased. He becomes a rich man his poultry farm against his parent's will. Then there comes a change in his attitude towards his parents. At first he directs his parents to shift to a smaller room of the house after sometime he stops joint kitchen arrangement and leaves his parents isolated. Afterwards finally he flatly directs his parents to shift from his house and to settle themselves some where else. Not only this, he personally drives them away from their home by his car.

Thus the story is a true description of wrong dealings and behaviours of a son with his parents, that happens at present.