Explain the short story in I will fly
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The Fly Summary
In "The Fly," a character known only as "the boss" greets his old friend Mr. Woodifield, who visits him at work. Both Woodifield and the boss lost their sons in WWI. Reminded of this, the boss sits down at his desk, where he tortures a fly until he forgets about his grief.
Mr. Woodfield comes to visit the boss. Though only five years his senior, the boss thinks of Mr. Woodifield as "old" and takes great pleasure in showing off to him.
Both the boss and Mr. Woodifield lost their sons in World War I. The latter reports that his daughters recently visited his son's grave.
When Mr. Woodifield leaves, the boss sits down, thinking he might cry. Instead, he takes a fly out of his inkpot and slowly tortures it to death until he forgets what he was sad ab