Lecture Notes: The Fly's Quest to Remember Its Name

Introduction

• Story about a fly trying to remember its name
• The fly starts plastering the floor and forgets its name
• Begins a journey asking different entities about its name

Encounters

1. Red Rose
   • First entity approached by the fly
   • Rose does not know the fly's name
2. Masked Son
   • Fly then asks a masked person
   • The response is to ask the ax in the hands
3. Ax
   • Gets the suggestion to ask the tree the ax cut down
4. Tree
   • Tree redirects the fly to the birds perching on its branches
5. Birds
   • Birds advise the fly to ask the lake where they drink water
6. Lake
   • Lake tells the fly to inquire with the fish swimming in it
7. Fish
   • Fish suggests asking the boy who tries to catch them
8. Boy
   • The boy tells the fly to ask the horse he rides

Conclusion

• Horse
  • Finally, the horse directs the fly to a baby who says, “Your name is Fly”
• Resolution
  • The fly realizes its name is indeed 'Fly'