Babette And Her Grandmother Mamain

In the story Ripe Figs written by Kate Chopin their is two main characters a young girl named Babette and her Godmother Maman-Nainaine. I will be contrasting the age between the young and old dealing with patience, the ways of how the older you get, the faster time will fly by, and maturity between old and young. First of all, I will be contrasting the difference of age dealing with patience. Maman-Nainaine is an older lady, and with her growing old, she has developed patience, for example; in the story Ripe Figs they explained Maman-Nainaine was “ as patient as a statue of LaMadone” (Chopin 9). She was very patient waiting for the figs to ripen. On the other hand, Babette was labeled “as restless as a hummingbird” (Chopin 9). Supposedly because she was just so young and just so eager to grow up and see the world. …show more content…
You may have heard of the old saying “the older you get, the faster time will fly by” it is so true and this story even proves it. Like how Maman-Nainaine said when the figs are ripe Babette might go to visit her cousins down on the Bayou-Lafourche. Babette’s reaction was that it was a very long time to wait, but on the other hand, Maman-Nainaine thinks it is very soon. When the figs have ripened Maman-Nainaine said, “How early the figs have ripened this year” (Chopin 10). Because time flew by so quickly for her. But then again young Babette thinks “Oh, I think they have ripened very late” (Chopin 10). Right here it shows just the facts that the older you get the faster time