Novel Analysis of the Little Prince

3. Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Time and Place Written: The summer and
fall of 1942, while Saint-Exupéry was living in
Long Island, New York
Publication: First published in English
translation in 1943. The first French edition did
not appear until 1946.
Type of Work: Children’s story, novella
Genre: Fable, allegory

5. The author used simple words and
diction
The language and style used were
simple
The imagery of water is used in
"The Little Prince"

6. The Little Prince
He is the protagonist of
the novel.
He leaves his planet in
search of knowledge
and wisdom and also
gets away from his
planet.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. King
 He lives on a tiny
planet
 He is very
arrogant king
and believes that
he rules over the
universe (stars
and planet)

10. Conceited man
 Craves
admiration
from all who
passes by to
his planet.

11. Tippler
 Is a sad and
lonesome soul
that lives on a tiny
planet.
 He drinks to forget
that he’s ashamed
of drinking.

12. Business man
 He is a very busy
person who only
do is counting and
own a stars, he
also hates
distraction (third
distraction)

13. Geographer
 He knows everything
but he refuses to
learn about planets.
 He tells to the little
prince that his
flower is ephemeral.

14. Fox
 He is the only
creature that
made the little
prince the
mysteries of life

15. 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.

16. EARTH
A-325
A-B612
A-328
A-330
A-327
A-329 A-326

17. SAHARA DESERT

18. Rising Action
The 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.

19. Climax
The 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.

20. Falling Action
After 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.

21. Denouement
While they were having
a conversation the Little
Prince fell on the sand
(died).

22. 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.

23. ATMOSPHERE
The 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.