The Little Prince

The Author Antoine de Saint Exupery

• Born: 29 June 1900 Lyon, France
• Died: 31 July 1944 (44 years old)
• Nationality: French
• Occupation: Aviator, Writer

Motif

• Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.

Secrecy

• On earth all true meaning are hidden: All the characters the little prince meets before coming to earth explains to him very openly about their lives. the little prince describes events as "mysterious" and " secret ". this describes life as a mystery and puzzle. To describe the mysteries of life as puzzles or questions would imply that answering them is possible.

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• However, this idea is not as pessimistic as it might seem.
• The novel asserts that while many questions in life remain mysteries, exploration of the unknown is what counts, even though it does not leads to definite answers.

The Narrator's Drawing

• it emphasizes the writer's belief that words have limits and that many truths defy verbal explanation.
• simple yet integral to the understanding of the novel.

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• allows the narrator to return to his lost childhood perspectives.
• the drawing as a hat indicates how close minded he is.

taming

• The characters in the story are filled with the ones who have been or should be tamed. taming means creating ties.
• It means people becoming more special to one another.
• The fox is the one to explain that certain rites and rituals must be observed in order to be connected. feels his world enriched by being tamed by little prince.

Serious Matters

• It is raised several times in the novel.
• highlights the difference between the priorities of adults and children.
• serious matters to adults are relating to business and life's basic necessities. for eg. the businessman.
• for the narrator fixing his engine is more serious than listening to little prince's stories.
• for the little prince his serious matter is the sheep and if it would eat his rose or not.
• In the final comment the narrator says that the question of the sheep and the flower is so important that it has changed his view of the world, revealing that he has understood the question’s importance himself.

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