The story ends without really resolving anything; there is no sense of closure at the end. At the end of the story after the boss has killed the fly, he forgets what he had been previously thinking about. He forgets about how grievous he was over his son he lost in the war just a few moments before he began to torment the fly. The fact that he forgets about his son indicates to the reader that perhaps he wasn’t as overcome with grief as he lead on to be. The fact that “for the life of him he could not remember”, also leaves the reader wondering what will happen to him later; will he discover the sorrow he has over his lost son and perhaps meet the same ill ending as the fly? Or will he continue to be selfish and tormenting?
The boss, being the protagonist of this short story, is motivated by one thing only: his dead son. The boss decides to torment a helpless housefly in the latter half of the story because he sees the struggle the fly undergoes when it falls in his inkpot, and in turn feels the need to test the fly’s strength. In seeing the fly’s struggle and its ability to overcome it, the boss sees himself. He subconsciously wonders if he will be able to overcome the struggle he has with his feelings concerning the death of his son. In comparing his struggle to the fly’s, he feels the need to test the fly to its limits. He says, “Come on, look sharp” almost as if he is talking to himself.
The story ends without really resolving anything; there is no sense of closure at the end. At the end of the story after the boss has killed the fly, he forgets what he had been previously thinking about. He forgets about how grievous he was over his son he lost in the war just a few moments before he began to torment the fly. The fact that he forgets about his son indicates to the reader that perhaps he wasn’t as overcome with grief as he lead on to be. The fact that “for the life of him he could not remember”, also leaves the reader wondering what will happen to him later; will he discover the sorrow he has over his lost son and perhaps meet the same ill ending as the fly? Or will he continue to be selfish and tormenting? The boss, being the protagonist of this short story, is motivated by one thing only: his dead son. The boss decides to torment a helpless housefly in the latter half of the story because he sees the struggle the fly undergoes when it falls in his inkpot, and in turn feels the need to test the fly’s strength. In seeing the fly’s struggle and its ability to overcome it, the boss sees himself. He subconsciously wonders if he will be able to overcome the struggle he has with his feelings concerning the death of his son. In comparing his struggle to the fly’s, he feels the need to test the fly to its limits. He says, “Come on, look sharp” almost as if he is talking to himself.
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