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The narrator is a lonely person who met the Little Prince when his plane crashed in desert. The narrator illustrates his meeting with the Little Prince into some
drawings. In The Little Prince novel by Antoine De Saint-Exupery 1943 the narrator is stated as a grown-up, but even he is a grown-up his perspective of the
world is more like a child‟s than an adult‟s.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter discusses the theories that are used to analyze the novel. This chapter is divided into three parts. The first part is the Review of Related Theories
that contains an approach and theories that are used in this study. The second part is the Theoretical Framework which explains how the theories are applied in
analyzing the novel. The third part is the Context of the Novel which contains the time when The Little Prince was made.
A. Review of Related Theories
This part discusses the theories which are used to analyze the novel. They are the theory of character, the theory of characterization, theory of motivation
and new criticism.
1. Theory of Character
In order to understand the story more deeply, we have first to understand the character that appears in the story. A character is the one who takes the central
part that can control the storyline. Characters in novel, drama, or monolog can help us to have a better understanding of what messages that author wants to
deliver. There are many theories that define what character is. Holman and Harmon
1992 define character as a complicated term that includes the idea of the moral PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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constitution of the human personality. Moreover, Abrams 1981 notes that a character is “an individual who exists in dramatic or narrative work and she has
moral dispositional qualities that can be seen from hisher dialogue and action ” p.
21. According to Forster 1927, character is divided into two types. Those are
a flat character and a round character. A flat character is built by a single idea, they cannot be changed. In the other side, round characters are complex and
develop time by time in the story and sometimes can surprise the readers. A round character is filled with many ideas. It is presented with such a unique
characteristic. Round characters usually take main parts in the story. Round character is like a real person in real life that has many personalities. Thus, the
character is difficult to be described. Milligan 1983 explains there is always a character that becomes the
center of the storyline. The character‟s action is significant and very much affect
the storyline. Because of that, we can have more understanding about the story through the character. Milligan called this as Major character as stated in his
book:
Major character is the most important character in a literary work. He plays a very important role because everything he does becomes the
content of the story. A major character becomes the center of the story because he endures problems, conflict, happiness, sorrow, etc. Through
his action, the readers know
the author‟s message of the story. p.155
Milligan also added that the story would not be complete without another supporting character, even they are less affecting the storyline. However, their
