In Michael Oppenheimer’s short story “The Paring Knife” we are introduced to a man and the woman that he loves. While cleaning, the man finds a paring knife under the fridge, and it reminds him of a night that him and the woman that he loves had a fight. During that night in the middle of their love making, the couple started to argue, and the man said some hurtful things to the woman. He goes to the kitchen and dumps everything into the floor. The woman shows up and helps him clean the mess; forgetting the paring knife under the fridge. After reminiscing, the woman kicks the knife back under the fridge. The paring knife represents the “sharp” words the man used to “cut” the woman deeply. The knife also represents how his words “cut” short