Gatson Symbolism

I was about 7 years old when my grandma passed away. My mom took us to her house and had everyone take something to remember her by, but I was to young to think about the sentimental value. My sister picked out a necklace, but since she doesn’t wear jewelry I got the necklace. I wear the necklace almost everyday, because It makes me feel like I have a part of her with me. The short story “Gatson” by William Saroyan, a girl visits her father who is like a stranger to her. A bug, crawls out of a peach,but her dad doesn’t squash it, instead he goes on about Gaston that he just lost his home and there’s no reason to squash him. Her mother calls and wants her to come back home, but that would mean leaving her father. She has to chose between going back to New York or staying with her father in Paris, while also choosing whether she should squash the bug or not. Through the father and daughter’s conversation, the reader gets the feeling that the
The book reads, “The open halves of the peach seed were wrong, too,” (Saroyan 131). This passage shows that the two halves of the seed symbolizes her mom’s home in New York and her dad’s home in Paris. Saying that both homes are wrong without the other half, half being each parent.
The short story “Gaston” by William Saroyan proves that through the father and daughters conversation, the reader gets the feeling that the peach symbolizes a home. This is shown when the father explains to the girl how Gaston is like a human, and also when her father pulls the peach seed in half. Just like in “Gaston”, my experience with my grandma’s necklace shows that certain items can symbolism different items, because in “Gaston” a peach symbolizes a home and for me a necklace symbolizes memory. Therefore, the symbol of the peach teaches us that a home isn't a perfect and is not whole without