Out of Africa (chapter one and half of chapter two)

Isak Dinesen's love for her home shows clearly throughout her writing. She has nothing to say unfavorably; everything reflects her belief that it is the greatest place in the world to be. In the first chapter she describes the region and her farm, its size, its composition, its inhabitants. She describes the coffee plantation, describing the yearly rituals, resigned to--no, content with--the difficulty of making anything resembling a profit.

The second chapter tells the story of her doctoring of the natives, and the success of her varying results in continuing to bring them in. In particular she tells of a specific boy, Kamante, and his personality and trials.