CES1353 A SURVEY OF PROSE FORMS AND POETRY IN ENGLISH
Source:Past year questions of JULY 2012 SEMESTER B.ED. (HONS) TESL UNISEL
1. Some people see Drawing Number One as a simple hat, while others think it represents an elephant inside a boa constrictor. What is the meaning of these different perspectives? Discuss.
Some see the illustration as a hat because they are "grown ups" and it seems imagination and whimsy fade with age. They see it as a drawing with little importance. Someone else may see it as an elephant inside a boa constrictor because they have the heart of a child. They are able to see the truth more clearly than an adult who only thinks about "matters of consequence."
2. "The Little Prince" is an allegory that is heavily filled with elements of symbolism. State and explain 3 symbols present in the novel.
Star symbolizes the take on different meaning throughout the book. For the businessman, stars are number to count and own; for the king, stars are the subjects and for the pilot the stars makes him remember the prince who lives on another planet.
Baobab tree symbolizes problems that could happen even worse if it is not pull out as it is small.
Water symbolizes spiritual fear of dying. It is also a symbol of life
3. The rose did not tell the little prince that she loves him but he continues to love her. Discuss the relationship between the rose and the prince.
Her vanity was certainly excessive that's why. She is very demanding that he have to carry out many things to please her, such as surrounding her with a screen and covering her in a glass dome. The little prince continues to love her because it was his responsible that once he tamed her, there develops a relationship and commitment between him and the rose.
4.When the narrator and the prince search for a well, the narrator appears finally to understand the lessons that the prince has related to him. Discuss the theme of the novel in relation to the mentioned event.
One of the
story’s themes is that true understanding cannot be achieved without real-world
experience. The journey is more important than the destination itself. The events that happen to the narrator in the desert represent this
theme. Even though the narrator learns much from listening to the prince’s
story, it’s evident that learning the prince’s lessons through actual
experience gives them a clarity that would not be made otherwise. The narrator
finds the well on his own—his guide, the prince, falls asleep and needs to be
carried all night. In the end, the prince’s story provides only a plot to the
narrator about how much he has been missing. To obtain the fulfillment he
seeks, he must act on his own. By extension, Saint-Exupéry teaches us that we
must ourselves act to learn the lessons in his story, although this moral is
never made explicitly clear.
