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someone into a deeper meaning of life. It is shown that with that perspective, you can judge that the na
rrator‟s drawing is not a hat but a boa swallows an elephant. It is important to think like children sometimes because children always learn and
discover something new in their learning. In the novel, the readers can find so many life lessons. One of the lessons is
that we have to look beyond the surface. That is what the researcher discussed in the Chapter Four. The researcher used the connection between the narrator and the
grown-ups. The narrator thinks that a grown-up is an absurd individual. They pursue something in their life without knowing what the meaning behind it. They
pursue money, car, house, fame, and wealth. They only care about numbers and figures. The narrator clearly tells us that he does not like this individual.
The life lessons that are found in the novel is formulated to the second problems. The researcher revealed the meaning of grown-ups as seen by the
narrator. The meaning is both literally and deeply. The readers can know the meaning of grown-ups literally from the novel itself. The literal meaning of
grown- ups can be seen from the narrator‟s direct explanation. The narrator often
explained the grown-up by describing who they are and what they do. The deeper meaning was revealed by relating the explanations that are
presented in th e novel with the real world with the character‟s motivation. The
first thing that represents the deeper meaning of grown- ups is parents‟ control. It
has something about the control that parents have over their children. It is a relation to the real life that many parents that force their own ego above their
children. They force their children to do, act, and think like them. They do not PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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realize that their task as a parent does not decide their children‟s future but help
them to decide their own future. The second thing is narrow-mindedness. The grown-ups in The Little Prince is a representation of people who are not able to
think openly. The narrator posits that grown-ups cannot make their own interpretations of the world. They are too dumb. Therefore, children are needed to
enlighten adults about how to approach and make sense of the world. Here, the narrator portrays how sense-making is implicitly different between adults and
children. That fact shows that the narrator and the grown-ups have a very different type way of thinking that both of them cannot get along well.