Question

describe fly as a symbol in the story of the fly in the ointment?​

Answer 1

◦•●◉✿ When the father is unable to kill the fly, it connotes how the father cannot get rid of his attachment to money and greed. ... In 'The Fly in the Ointment', the metaphorical fly that prevents the son and the father from actually being able to communicate honestly, is the father's obsession with money. ✿◉●•◦

Answer 2

When the father is unable to kill the fly, it connotes how the father cannot get rid of his attachment to money and greed. ... In 'The Fly in the Ointment', the metaphorical fly that prevents the son and the father from actually being able to communicate honestly, is the father's obsession with money.