Fly in the ointment

He was very well get it onn for his short circuit stories that were collected in number of volumes Tone &038 Mood Tone Realistic. negative Mood Sad, desolate Background The background Is about a countersign who wants to answer his dad that has Just departed bankrupt. Everything from the manufactory was taken outdoor(a) by the creditors, however there is a sign outside the factory which is freshly painted and the brass plaque outside the office is shining.Character/ video There are only two characters In the story Har experient -Harold has no illusions about his grow. -Made his deportment somewhere else though he doses t bedevil much gold he should help his catch. -Trusts his father despite he Is aware of his wheeling-dealing ways. Helping him makes him feel mean and disloyal. Harold s Father -Mixture of bluster and weakness. -Shifty, boastful and dishonest. Feels -Not -He never misses an opportunity to deride his paroles position in life by making negative comments. Pl ot -The fly in the fulsomeness is about a son, Harold who is worried about his father that as gone bankrupt, his father has worked for many years and he was expecting him to be in a very pestilential state as he had last seen, barely then he sees him very optimistic about his situation. They then verbalise and the son gets to see his fathers two faces, one good and a bad one.In the end the father decides to give up and live without money. Summary -Harold wants to help his dad that was bankrupt -They chat for a while and the dad tells him how if he wasnt optimistic he wouldve already been dead -The dad decides to give up on money and live without it The son offers his father some money and he accepts Literary Devices Used -There is some foreshadowing when the son is outlet to enter his fathers place The name of the firm, newly painted too Eely lissome. It lets us know that his father isnt in the same situation his son remembers him. Vocabulary &038 Expressions -A fly in the oi ntment means -someone or something that spoils a situation which could have been successful or pleasant. -The father is the fly in the ointment in this story as his father says Eve do my mistakes. I was thinking about it before you came. You know where I went victimize? You know where I made my mistake? The father himself admits he messed up the whole business and as his son says Dont oblige me to say we know all about it it means that they all know about it and that his father had problems with money Symbolism -The fly in the room theyre talking in is one of the fathers weaknesses. It symbolizes his lust for money that hes unable to reach. When he tries to go to the cover hes very unable to and makes him appear as he is more old than he already is.Analysis -A fly in the Ointment has Just two characters and it depicts a dysfunctional relationship between a father and his son, Harold. The father is an aggressive personality. -There is a streak of dishonesty and cruelty in him. He has Just gone bankrupt but has the attitude that it is for the best. -He claims he has no need for money but plans to live by the sea enjoying the sunniness which he cant shake off. -Harold is aware of his fathers flaw and even if hes mean to him he tries to help him. The father has mask on all the time and it slips both now and then.