In the story the fly in the
ointment by V.S Pritchett what you can see is an old man that wants to change
his life but he cannot because he is obsessive This is a big problem, because
this man doesn’t know how to live without money. He will show two personalities
which will place him in a difficult situation, in this Essay the theme to be
explain will be “double personality"
Thought the story the old man will be on bankrupt, he is so obsessive with money that this will take him to his own bankruptcy. When he was a young boy he started with his own factory made by nothing and then after many years of working this factory grew and became a Became prosperous. Then after 30 years later he would live his last day of his work. In this case he would try to think that he did not need money to live but in many Opportunities he will shows the opposite, his other face
The title "The Fly in the Ointment" is an idiom: The fly would be the man and the ointment the money.
In the story we have Two different personalities
The real personality (the one that he wants to hide ) which is the one that wants and needs money to live. Even he tries to hide it he cannot change his real personality. He is a cold man that only cares about money, without caring about any other thing.
The unreal personality is the one that he wants to show, this personality will try to hide the real one; this one shows a good man, a man that cares about life and love and not only money.
In this story there is a key moment when the fly enters the room and the son and father are talking. The man tries to get it because he hates these insects but he was an old man and he cannot get it. This will represent that the man does not get what he wants to.
Reading this book makes me realize that many people live because of money, work because of money and in many cases they do illegal things because of money, they think is more important than many other things. Only a few people have the capacity to know that money is not the only reason to live and that life without money can be possible.
Thought the story the old man will be on bankrupt, he is so obsessive with money that this will take him to his own bankruptcy. When he was a young boy he started with his own factory made by nothing and then after many years of working this factory grew and became a Became prosperous. Then after 30 years later he would live his last day of his work. In this case he would try to think that he did not need money to live but in many Opportunities he will shows the opposite, his other face
The title "The Fly in the Ointment" is an idiom: The fly would be the man and the ointment the money.
In the story we have Two different personalities
The real personality (the one that he wants to hide ) which is the one that wants and needs money to live. Even he tries to hide it he cannot change his real personality. He is a cold man that only cares about money, without caring about any other thing.
The unreal personality is the one that he wants to show, this personality will try to hide the real one; this one shows a good man, a man that cares about life and love and not only money.
In this story there is a key moment when the fly enters the room and the son and father are talking. The man tries to get it because he hates these insects but he was an old man and he cannot get it. This will represent that the man does not get what he wants to.
Reading this book makes me realize that many people live because of money, work because of money and in many cases they do illegal things because of money, they think is more important than many other things. Only a few people have the capacity to know that money is not the only reason to live and that life without money can be possible.
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