Summary Of The Story 'Two In One By Flinn O' Brien

In the short story, “Two in One” there was a big detail orientated story about the boss and his co-worker that worked as a taxidermist. Flinn O’Brien brings in two men with two different attitudes and has a job where they both can do something they like. O’Brien describes the job in detail for the reader in just short of length. Murphy was the type of man that did his job but hated his boss as being a taxidermist. Kelly was a “swinish, overbearing mean boss, a bully, a sadist” man that would do his job day by day (O’Brien 1). However, he also had a assistant that helped him; Mr. Murphy, was hated by his boss but did his work that was assigned to him. There was not much to Kelly, you could tell the way he acted. Kelly even had the attitude toward Murphy of hatred. He really did not show any affection toward him but would give him the jobs that he did not want either. When there was something to work on, he always wanted the big projects and Murphy would get the easy ones that would not take long to do. Kelly is a man that had an attitude but really was not that great of man with compliments, he stayed to himself usually.
According to Mike, he explains how many taxidermist’s are different in their own work in quality. He includes, “Whatever you do, don’t select a taxidermist just because his or her work is cheaper. A taxidermist who charges much less than average might use inferior materials” (Raykovicz 3). When looking for someone to do your work, you need to make sure you have a well-skilled man that does their work with top-quality. If not, you will have a mount on your wall that you are not impressed with but unfortunately you will have to keep