Meant to submit this last week - Chopin

I was really excited to learn that we get to write a paper about Chopin. I know that it is not one of the stories linked on this page, but one of my favorite Chopin stories is "Ripe Figs." It has so much to delve into, especially considering how short it is. We have a girl who is maturing, and an older woman who has already done so. I think this story does a fantastic job with symbolism: The ripe fig being the girl who has matured, and is in the early stages of adulthood, and the knife in which the older woman uses to cut the fig. The knife I fell, represents man, and is symbolic of how they two will come together at another time now that she has matured, be it in a romantic way, or a sad way (he will hurt her and break her heart perhaps?) Regardless of how the knife symbolizes man, it is a symbol and it is put to work nicely in this short but fantastic piece. Just thought it was cool how symbolism IS the story here...nice.