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When The Boss was suddenly reminded by Woodifield about the death of his only son, who had died many years ago, then once again the suppressed pain comes into surface. The Boss felt at early depressed and could not decide what to do. When he was sitting alone inside his chamber at that time he saw a fly had fallen into the open inkpot. It tried desperately to get out of it. The Boss picked the fly up of the inkpot with his pen. And when it shook off the ink from the wings and was just ready for the flight, the boss then and dropped a splash of ink on The Fly. That activity continue for a long time the boss did the dropping of ink blows thrice and ultimately the fly collapsed, and the Boss killed it.
In a brought sense, the short story The Fly has a deep symbolic message and the fly episode brings out a very significant symbolism in the short story. This episode has a great psychological interest. It illustrates the state of mind of the Boss. In the story, The Boss is filled with a feeling of wretchedness, because of the deep suppressed sorrow for the loss of his only son. Out of this helplessness, he inflicts pain and death on The Fly. Symbolically the Boss assumes the role of mighty destiny for the little fly. It was a cruel delight for him to take the role of destiny and inflict suffering on the little helpless fly.
The Fly episode implies that human life is very uncertain and points an indictment of life to which the Boss is lad by his bitter experience. This episode is linked with the life of the Boss. The wretched of the fly has a parallelism to the helplessness of the Boss. Fate inflicted misery on the life of the Boss, and the Boss assumed the role of fate to inflict misery on the wretched fly. Here lies the the inherent symbolism of the fly episode.
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In a brought sense, the short story The Fly has a deep symbolic message and the fly episode brings out a very significant symbolism in the short story. This episode has a great psychological interest. It illustrates the state of mind of the Boss. In the story, The Boss is filled with a feeling of wretchedness, because of the deep suppressed sorrow for the loss of his only son. Out of this helplessness, he inflicts pain and death on The Fly. Symbolically the Boss assumes the role of mighty destiny for the little fly. It was a cruel delight for him to take the role of destiny and inflict suffering on the little helpless fly.
The Fly episode implies that human life is very uncertain and points an indictment of life to which the Boss is lad by his bitter experience. This episode is linked with the life of the Boss. The wretched of the fly has a parallelism to the helplessness of the Boss. Fate inflicted misery on the life of the Boss, and the Boss assumed the role of fate to inflict misery on the wretched fly. Here lies the the inherent symbolism of the fly episode.