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The Little Prince: Themes and Characters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is a modern classic about a little boy prince who explores the world. As he travels, he learns about relationships, love, and friendship from the people and animals he meets. The story teaches that what is truly important in life comes from the heart, not the eyes. It also distinguishes between the body and soul, emphasizing how love can endure separation and distance.

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The Little Prince: Themes and Characters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is a modern classic about a little boy prince who explores the world. As he travels, he learns about relationships, love, and friendship from the people and animals he meets. The story teaches that what is truly important in life comes from the heart, not the eyes. It also distinguishes between the body and soul, emphasizing how love can endure separation and distance.

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The Little Prince

PLOT THEME SETTINGS CHARACTERS


 Exposition  Relationships  SETTINGS  The Little
Lonely, Mr. teach (TIME) Prince
The narrator has responsibility "Six years  The Rose
always struggled . ago," however no  The King
to connect with  Love current date is  The Drunkard
other adults. As a  Friendship given. The
result, he's quite  Loniliness Businessman
lonely.  SETTINGS  The Street
 Rising (PLACE) Lamp Lighter
Action The Sahara
 The
After Desert and outer
Geographer
believing he has space.
 The Fox
been rejected by
 The Snake
his rose, the
prince travels to
other worlds
before landing on
Earth. He walks
through the desert
looking for
humans and is
ultimately
discovered by the
fox.
 Climax
The fox
reveals his secret
to the little prince,
and the prince
learns the worth of
his rose.
 Falling
Action
The prince
finds the narrator,
to whom he relays
the fox's
instructions. The
snake's bite then
sends him back to
the sky.
 Resolution
The story's
ending is that as
we grow older, we
lose our
innocence,
therefore don't
rush life, instead,
and enjoy it while
you are still young.

By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Outlining: Topic Outline

The Little Prince

A. Author
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
B. Characters
 The Little Prince
 The Rose
 The King
 The Drunkard The Businessman
 The Street Lamp Lighter
 The Geographer
 The Fox
 The Snake
C. Settings
 "Six years ago," however no current date is given.
 The Sahara Desert and outer space.
D. Plot
 Exposition
Lonely, Mr. The narrator has always struggled to connect
with other adults. As a result, he's quite lonely.
 Rising Action
After believing he has been rejected by his rose, the prince
travels to other worlds before landing on Earth. He walks
through the desert looking for humans and is ultimately
discovered by the fox.
 Climax
The fox reveals his secret to the little prince, and the prince
learns the worth of his rose.
 Falling Action
The prince finds the narrator, to whom he relays the fox's
instructions. The snake's bite then sends him back to the sky.
 Resolution

The story's ending is that as we grow older, we lose our


innocence, therefore don't rush life, instead, and enjoy it while you
are still young.

E. Theme
 Relationships teach responsibility.
 Love
 Friendship
 Loniliness

Summarizing

The Little Prince is a fable and modern classic novel written by Antoine De Saint-
Exupéry was published along with his own visuals. A little boy named the tiny prince
explores the world and learns the knowledge, according to the tale. The author wanted
to illustrate the issues facing modern society. He discusses loneliness in humans as
well as the absence of love and discovering it.

The little prince learned a lot from his fox buddy. It is important to invest in
someone and do so out of love, and crying out of love will do us good. Only love should
be seen since it is the only way we will ever be happy. All of that is very important in
today's world of fake bliss where only pleasure is of matter.  The strength of friendship is
a moral lesson. Friendship, like everything genuinely important in life, comes from the
heart, not the eyes, as the narrator understands.

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The story teaches us that we must love what we grow because love is
everything, fills our lives with youthful beauty, and helps us to look into the core of
everything. Several values, traditions, and personal views were raised in the story. The
tale distinguishes between body and soul. The snake just bites the prince's body, and
his soul may travel across space and time to rejoin his precious flower. Furthermore, the
boy's body being invisible does not take away his existence, even when a person is not
physically present due to any form of separation, love endures. The narrator also notes
on how little and frail he is, emphasizing how separation is a component of love.
Everyone, no matter how young, lively, or valuable they are, is destined to die. . In truth,
man is small and nature is vast and strong, despite man's noise and violence may make
him appear to be in control.

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