Feast of the Dead

CHARACTERS:

PROTAGONIST
Gulnaz - Dursun Aghas wife
Two Sons

ANTAGONIST
Vendor

MINOR CHARACTER
Dursun Agha - Head of the family, water carrier
Neighbors

PLOT:
Its about a family who loses the head of their family- Dursun Agha. It is Moslem tradition for the
neighbors to send food, for a day or a two, to the bereaved household but the first day food stopped
coming in. For the next few days they ate whatever they found to their house but the day came when all
the pots, baskets, and boxes in their house were empty. Gulnaz who is the wife of Dursun asked his
older son to go to Bodes and ask for some food that they can eat and tell that they will pay it in a few
days. The vendor refused to give the needs to the older son because they dont have money to pay for it
so he went home without anything in his hand, the older son got sick because of the cold weather
outside and lacked of food but Gulnaz cant do anything then suddenly his little son asked her Mother,
will my brother die? The woman shivered and looked at her son eyes with frightened Why did you ask
that? The boy paused and leaned to his mother ear and said softly trying hard not to hear by his older
brother Because, then the food will come from the white house.

SETTING:
Aghas residence with a cold weather and Bodes store.

POINT OF VIEW
Omniscient
STRUCTURE
Fiction
CONFLICT
Human versus Nature






The Little Prince

CHARACTERS:
Major Characters:
The Little Prince, The Fox, The Narrator

Minor Characters:
The Snake, The Pilot, The Drunkard, Baobab Tree, The Salesclerk, The Lamplighter, The King, The
Vain Man, The Geographer, The Railway Switchman, The Three-Petaled Flower, The Businessman, The
Rose, The Turkish Astronomer.

PLOT:
The narrator begins the tale with an explanation of his dislikes of adults; he claims he does not
enjoy them, for they are much too practical. Instead, he prefers the company of children, who are
natural and curious.

The narrator next tells of how his plane crashed in the desert, where he met the Little Prince, a
mystical creature from another planet. The narrator tells why the Prince left his planet and where he
visited before coming to Earth. His adventures on six different planets are recounted, including the
encounters with the king, the conceited man, the tippler, the businessman, the lamplighter, the
geographer, the snake, and the desert flower, the garden of roses, the railway switchman, the
merchant, the fox, and the narrator.

The narrator and the Prince share a rewarding relationship on the desert, and when the Little
Prince departs, the narrator misses his company. He writes the novel in memory of the Little Prince.

SETTING:
In the first chapter, the narrator writes about his childhood experiences with drawings and
about his low opinion of adults. In the second chapter, the narrator starts narrating a particular series of
incidents. He writes of the time when his plane crashed in the desert of Sahara six years ago. Most of
the narrative after the second chapter is set in the desert. The other places that function as settings
include the asteroid where the Little Prince has his home and the planets that the Little Prince visits,
including asteroids 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330. The last planet that he visits is the Earth, where he
meets the narrator in the Sahara Desert. The story is really about the narrators friendship with the Little
Prince and about the Princes own quest, which takes him to seven planets apart from his own.

POINT OF VIEW
First person

STRUCTURE:
Fiction

CLIMAX:
The climax of the story occurs when the Little Prince decides to return to his planet and care for
his special flower. He has learned from the fox that the important things in life cannot be seen with the
eye, only felt with the heart. This lesson eventually makes the Little Prince realize that the flower from
which he has fled is really very special. After meeting the narrator and explaining all that he has learned
since he left his planet, the Little Prince accepts that he really loves the flower because she is his
responsibility, and he has invested time and trouble in her survival. As a result, he decides that he must
go back to his star to take care of his special rose/