The Little prince
by Joshy Norella
1. Central ideas
1.1. People move away from other human beings by dedicating themselves to their jobs or to what they consider "important". - "the men - said the little prince - they lock themselves in the fast ones but they do not know what they are looking for ..."
1.2. The monotony has made the human being an automaton; Materialism has taken over the human soul. - Only the things that are domesticated are known - said the fox. Men no longer have time to know anything ... if you want a friend. Tame me!
2. Existential elements found
2.1. The absurd environment
2.2. Lack of love
2.3. Evasion of reality
2.4. Being in front apparently
3. Classification of the work
3.1. There are still many doubts about the genre of the little prince. For many it is a fable, since it involves inanimate beings, in addition to the characteristic moralizing tone of the fable, which presents throughout the work
4. Biography
4.1. Antoine de Saint Exupery was born on June 29, 1900, in Lyon, France, to a well-to-do family. died on July 31, 1944, at the age of 43 years he had a major accident on an aircraft in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Marseille, France.
5. Literary movement
5.1. The work is developed within the context of the existential period, movement that supposes the incredulity and absence of values, as well as the denial of the bourgeois world.
6. Characters
6.1. Main characters:
6.1.1. The little Prince
6.1.2. The Aviator
6.2. Secondary characters:
6.2.1. The banker
6.2.2. The king
6.2.3. The vain
6.2.4. The lamplighter
6.2.5. The geograph
6.3. Animals and plants:
6.3.1. The flower
6.3.2. The Fox
6.3.3. The snake