PEER RESPONSE: LANDON'S BLOG
Mansfield's "The Fly" has many ways to be interpreted. My own personal interpretation is...
Woodfield is Mansfield in the story. She wants the world to remember what happend during WWI. She feels like the people have forgotten about the lost generation already. The Fly in this case is the lost generation. They lost there lives after surviving battle after battle until the end when that bullet with their name on it finally gets them. This is represented by The Boss (The War) dropping ink on the fly over and over again until fate finally catches up with it.
This story focuses on death and loss of life. I also feel that it is really wants people to focus on remembrance. Remember the loved ones that we have lost. Life can be short and you never know when that ink drop will find you.
Woodfield is Mansfield in the story. She wants the world to remember what happend during WWI. She feels like the people have forgotten about the lost generation already. The Fly in this case is the lost generation. They lost there lives after surviving battle after battle until the end when that bullet with their name on it finally gets them. This is represented by The Boss (The War) dropping ink on the fly over and over again until fate finally catches up with it.
This story focuses on death and loss of life. I also feel that it is really wants people to focus on remembrance. Remember the loved ones that we have lost. Life can be short and you never know when that ink drop will find you.
MY RESPONSE:
Your insight on the symbolization of the boss and the fly is very interesting; I see exactly where you are coming from. My view was that the fly was all of the soldiers fighting whereas the boss was all of the political leaders and authority figures, on both the enemy and home side, who decide the future and fate of the soldiers. In addition, the aspect of remembrance is very significant because we should remember the loved ones and the ones we lost. The Lost Generation of soldiers is clearly shown through both the mass death in the war, but also in the aftermath as they came back deeply affected and often suffered with depression and sometimes suicide.
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