Who is Fiorello Bodoni from The Illustrated Man and what is their importance?

Fiorello dreams of traveling into space in a rocket, but he is a poor man and cannot afford the experience. Instead, he hopes to gift one of his family members with the trip he dreams of. When he is given the shell of a rocket ship by a friend, Fiorello creates the fantasy of a lifetime..... creating the illussion of flying into space for his family.