“The Fly” Katherine Mansfield The following entry represents criticism concerning Mansfield’s short story‚ “The Fly.” For additional coverage of Mansfield’s short fiction‚ see Short Story Criticism‚Volumes 9 and 23. INTRODUCTION This disturbing tale has been the subject of considerable‚ often heated‚ critical debate‚ and there is little consensus on either the story’s meaning or literary merit. The events surround a boss who is reminded of his son’s death during a visit from an old friend. The
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Introduction: The common fruit fly‚ Drosophila melanogaster‚ is mainly used for genetic studies. Fruit flies are easily cultured and can reproduce in as little as two weeks at the proper temperature. (Book) The purpose of this experiment was to study the transfer of genes between homologous chromosomes by crossing over. During our experiment we studied three X-chromosome genes: white (w)‚ miniature (m)‚ and forked (f). To begin this experiment we started with four types of flies; sepia‚ dumpy‚ wild
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to be bright and friendly. The boss then notices a fly struggling to get out of the inkpot on his desk. The boss helps it out of the inkpot and observes how it dries itself. When the fly is dry and safe‚ the boss has an idea and starts playing with the fly by dropping ink on it. He admires the fly’s courage and continues dropping ink on it‚ watching it dry itself continuously. By this time‚ the fly is weak and dies. The boss throws the dead fly‚ along with the blotting paper‚ into the wastepaper
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The fly is a short story written by Katherine Mansfield. The protagnist of this story is the boss who kills a petty fly in order to remove his personal frustration and agony about his only son’s death at war.The boss is both a self indulgent boss as well as a bereaved father. Firstly the boss is a bevered father. He loves his only son implicibaly and cannot come in terms with his death. He is so taken aback by his sons death that he does not even want to remember it or think about it. This can be
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The fly First impressions of the story: A meeting between a boss and an employee. They talk about old times meaning that they have known each other for quite some time. The conversation was a distraction on reality. The first impressions of the story may trail your reference to the word fly‚ for example minority. A second meaning for this could be the result of power taking over others. Comparison of the two | The boss | woodifield | How he speaks | Talks down to woodifield. Believes he is more
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The Use of Symbolism in Katherine Mansfield’s “The Fly” “The Fly‚” by Katherine Mansfield‚ is a short story which can be understood best as social criticism. It has long been a staple of literature for authors to veil social criticism with allegory and symbolism in subtle ways‚ thus forcing the reader to determine for himself what a story may actually mean. For example‚ the act of the boss dropping ink onto the fly repeatedly to see what it will
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The speaker draws a comparison between himself and a fly that he has thoughtlessly brushed away. He asks if he is like the fly‚ or the fly is more like himself. He imagines another‚ greater hand‚ perhaps that of God‚ brushing him away some day and ending his private designs. He concludes with the belief that he is indeed like the fly‚ not in his insignificance to Fate or chance‚ but in the fly’s significance in the natural world. Just as the fly dances and sings‚ so does the speaker. Thought is what
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black soldier flies (Hermetia Illucens); some of the current draw backs‚ future improvements and the benefits this process can have both economically and socially. II.) Introduction We are going to be creating a new company for this project and conducting a comprehensive study of some existing companies using two differing processes for their productions. We will be creating a company whose focus is to upcycle waste streams into 3 useful projects using Black Soldier Flies (hereinafter
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GoodNight Inn Case Analysis MK610 Professor Hossasin November 4‚ 2012 Tom Green‚ Angela Cosner‚ Ryan Williams‚ Ramakanth Desai‚ Todd Ricketts Executive summary Anton Cahoon left a successful career in manufacturing to purchase an independent motel‚ near an interstate highway exit‚ a short distance from a rapidly expanding resort area. Mr. Cahoon relied only upon passersby as clientele with little other advertising. For the first two years operations went smoothly‚ however the
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Night Essay Have you ever had your faith tested? Well in Night by Eli Wiesel‚ his faith in god is constantly tested during his time at Auschwitz. By the time that Auschwitz is liberated he has almost given up his faith completely. Wouldn’t yours be? Night is about Eli Wiesel’s time at Auschwitz and how it affected his relationship with his father and how his religious faith was tested. Before Eli entered the camp he was a very religious man and he was very close to his father but as time went on
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