Question

One theme in the novel The Little Prince is how easy it is for people to misunderstand each other, while thinking that they do understand. As you read this passage, think about how the narrator’s point of view helps to reveal the story’s theme.

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What kind of narrator is telling this story? How does the narrator's point of view support the theme of people misunderstanding each other?
Group of answer choices

The narrator’s omniscient point of view allows him to explain how everyone feels about the Happy Prince and about themselves and other people.

The third-person limited point of view prevents the narrator from revealing how various people think about the Happy Prince.

The narrator’s first-person point of view allows him to state the theme from from the perspective of someone who knows all the townspeople well.

The second-person omniscient point of view allows the narrator to prove that actually everyone is capable of understanding everyone else if they try.

Answer 1

The first choice.

An omniscient narrator can report the inner thoughts and feelings of the Prince, the swallow, and the townspeople, so the reader sees the gap between what characters assume or show and what they actually feel. That contrast supports the theme that people often misunderstand one another while thinking they understand. (The other options are incorrect—it's not third‑person limited, not first‑person, and there is no “second‑person omniscient.”)