Who is Franklin from Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter and what is their importance? Falling_Leaves_(memoir) English & Literature Franklin | Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

The youngest son of Joseph, he is the only natural son of Joseph's second wife. Fraklin is spoiled, having the best of everything while his stepbrothers and sisters live very austere lives. Franklin's sister, Susan, is also ignored in favor of Franklin. He dies young, the apparent victim of having eaten unwashed strawberries that had been fertilized with human waste.