This story by Yasunari Kawabata I expected to be like an Aesop's fable. However, I was delighted to be wrong. This story is capable of being both heart-warming and poignant. The ending paragraphs, where the narrator addresses a future version of Fujio, both are uplifting and depressing. The narrator implies that Fujio will only find a world of grasshoppers and forget that there are bell crickets in the world. The narrator hopes Fujio will remember the girl he gave a bell cricket to.
So, I figured there had to be some type of symbolize with the cricket and the bell cricket. So I did a little research. A grasshopper symbolizes a great leap in happiness or faith. For Fujio and Kiyoko, the finding of the grasshopper might lead to a great period of happiness for the two of them. The bell cricket ,however, represents courage. If the two of them have the courage to try and make something out of their little interaction, they could find great happiness.
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