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A 4 page paper which examines the symbolism in Yasunari Kawabata’s short story The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket. No additional sources cited.
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who carry lanterns and search for insects at night. But, under that there lies a simple and subtle plot that seems to symbolize the nature of courtship and seeking love,
a game played by children and adults. The following paper examines the use of symbolism in the story as it involves this particular theme of the plot, a theme that
ultimately focuses on how perhaps the narrator lost in love. Symbolism in Yasunari Kawabatas The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket In looking at the symbolism of the story
it is important to first present a brief summary of the story. The narrator illustrates how this search for insects began one night with one child who had heard an
insect and bought a lantern to go search. Each night more and more children showed up with lanterns they had made and each night the children come with new lanterns
they had made in the day, discarding the lanterns they had made the day before. One boy is at a bush and asks the children if they want a
grasshopper. One child after another says yes, but he keeps asking. He stops asking when a young girl stands next to him and says she wants the grasshopper. Only then
does he reach in and grab the insect and hand it to her. She is delighted and states it is not a grasshopper but a bell cricket, obviously far more
rare of a find. The narrator, somewhat jealous, notes that each of their lanterns is glowing the outlines of each others names upon the others body. The narrator wonders about
grasshoppers and bell crickets, wonders if the children will ever realize their rare find, and ultimately seems to suggest that he himself, the narrator, suffers a lonely and broken heart.
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