The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince: Genre 1 key example

Chapter 21
Explanation and Analysis:

The Little Prince, a novella written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in 1942 and published in 1943, falls into the fable genre, primarily because it uses anthropomorphized characters—inanimate objects and animals alike—to convey a moral to the reader in a compact manner. Such characters include the flower and the fox, who are not simply imbued with human attributes, but instead behave like humans. They are characters in their own right, with thoughts, feelings, and actions.