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Novel Analysis of the Little PrinceTRANSCRIPT
Author: Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTime and Place Written: The summer and fall of 1942, while Saint-Exupéry was living in Long Island, New YorkPublication: First published in English translation in 1943. The first French edition did not appear until 1946.Type of Work: Children’s story, novellaGenre: Fable, allegory
The author used simple words and diction
The language and style used were simple
The imagery of water is used in "The Little Prince"
The Little PrinceHe is the protagonist
of the novel.
He leaves his planet in search of knowledge and wisdom and also gets away from his planet.
Narrator (Pilot) He loves to draw, but he
abandoned drawing at the age of 6 because nobody understood his drawing.
He became friends of the little prince and he learns from a prince secret of life.
Flower Lives in the planet
of the little Prince She is arrogant
and conceited flower
She became the reason why the little Prince leaves his planet.
King He lives on a
tiny planet He is very
arrogant king and believes that he rules over the universe (stars and planet)
Conceited manCraves
admiration from all who passes by to his planet.
Tippler Is a sad and
lonesome soul that lives on a tiny planet.
He drinks to forget that he’s ashamed of drinking.
Business man He is a very busy
person who only do is counting and own a stars, he also hates distraction (third distraction)
Geographer He knows everything
but he refuses to learn about planets.
He tells to the little prince that his flower is ephemeral.
Fox He is the only
creature that made the little prince the mysteries of life
Snake The first character
that the little Prince meets on Earth.
He is trying to deceive the little prince by offer him to get bitten.
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EARTH
A-B612
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SAHARA DESERT
Rising ActionThe Little Prince felt unhappy with his Rose in his planet so he decides to seek answers for his queries. Thus he travels to planets then comes upon the Earth.
ClimaxThe Little Prince finds his answers with the fox as he realized that he loves the flower he intended and gave effort to. He decides to return to his own planet.
Falling ActionAfter the sharing the story of the Little Prince with the Narrator he agrees with being bitten by the snake for a faster way to get to his planet.
DenouementWhile they were having
a conversation the Little Prince fell on the sand (died).
STARS- a reminder of large densely populated universe beyond
earth that the prince recounted visiting
DESERT- the desert is also hostile space that contains no water
and deadly serpent
KING- the king is depicted as a self – centered person who
thinks highly of himself.
ATMOSPHEREThe tone of The Little Prince is often
lonely, subdued and fragile-sounding; much like the little prince himself, when he ventures into the world of adults in an attempt to understand them even the narrator was also very lonely as a child.