What Fruit Are You?

Staying at home throughout this long break, aren't there times when you feel like you're going insane? I found myself blabbing nonsense just to empty my mind and this question was one of them. I had asked my sister, "If you were a fruit, what would you be?" Surprisingly, it was an effective conversation starter that had ended with my family, relatives, and a few friends being named their own fruit. A few days later, I'd seen around Instagram accounts that specialize in this sort of thing, so it became interesting to look up.

Encyclopedia.com had discussed the topic of "Fruit in Mythology", and described how specific fruits became symbolic meanings in myths and different cultures around the world. Apples had the most variance in its symbolic traits. Golden apples that were tended by Hesperides, the "Daughters of the Evening", in Greek mythology had the ability to heal and renew themselves once eaten, while in Norse mythology, golden apples gave eternal youth to the gods. In modern culture, the apple is associated with wisdom and temptation. This being that we often think of teachers with apples or recall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. In Japan and China, peaches are tied to the elimination of evil and misfortune. Hinamatsuri or the peach festival in Japan, celebrates the growth and happiness of young girls and is prepared with dolls decorated with peach blossoms. Sweet peaches in Korea similarly are seen as the fruit of happiness and honor.

Is there a fruit that is predominately associated with your culture? When we were figuring out what fruit we were, we mostly took note of its physical traits. So more directed to as an individual, are you easily likable to a lot of people like a watermelon, or are you sour but with the right people can be sweet such as a lemon? Do you see yourself as unique and hard to come by, maybe a type of exotic fruit? There are so many fruits to choose from, so which fruit are you?