The story "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket", written by Yasunari Kawabata, is a children's fiction story written in a narrative point of view in third person. The author, who acts as a narrator, describes what he sees when he comes across a group of young boys from the neighborhood while they are having fun along the bank of a stream at sunset. He emphasizes extreme care that the children put into creating their lanterns, and sees the passion and enthusiasm they have as they seemingly search for insects along the shore and in the bushes. As the story progresses, the author switches between a descriptive and literal tone to a more serious tone that provokes serious thought. It seems to be trying to convince the audience with something emotional. The setting of this story obviously takes place in a school campus as the narrator walks around the campus it is unclear to the public because there is no illustration of when this story may have taken place or been written in the scripture itself. However, based on the names of the children he says at the end of the story, we can conclude that this story was written and is set in an Asian country, most likely Japan. As the narrator walks around the school's play area, he seems to be having fun and enjoying the relaxation that the scenery brings. “Walking more slowly and listening to that voice, and moreover reluctant to part with it, I turned to the right so as not to leave the courtyard behind me” (341). He is surprised when he turns the corner and notices a rather large group of lights that appear to be floating around the shore. His curiosity gets the better of him as he heads towards the bank... middle of paper... find one. The audience can interpret this in many different ways, however I believe there is one way that the narrator intended to express. He is trying to make young Fujio understand that there are many girls in life who seem perfect for him, represented by the grasshopper. They are beautiful and seem very precious, however in reality they are just one among millions. He hopes that Fujio realizes that he wants to find his cricket. That special person who is very different from others. However, he warns, “…even a real cricket will look like a grasshopper. If that day should come when it seems to you that the world is filled only with grasshoppers, I will be sorry that you have no way of remembering the play of lights tonight, when your name was written in green by your beautiful lantern on one breast of the girl” (343).