Summarize "The Egg" by Sherwood Anderson? What impact do the changes in the characters have on the meaning of the story?

Basically the entire story is based around the changes in
the characters, particularly the father.  His decision that he really needs to be more
cheerful in order to be successful helps to highlight the real conundrum of the story
which is really the chicken or the egg question.  Because the story centers on the egg
itself, it is the changes of the characters and their actions around the egg that serve
to bring out its meaning.  For example the fact that the father, in the midst of his
rage, still cannot bring himself to destroy another egg brings up all kinds of ideas
about an egg being full of life or at least a symbol of it.