The novel contains figurative language inside it. Figurative language is used to add the aesthetic of the novel. The novel uses simile and personification. The novel also contains symbol inside it. Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. The novel uses the symbol of the stars, and the desert. The stars in the novel symbolize the loneliness of the narrator’s life. In the end of the story the narrator states that then likes to stare at stars at night. The desert in the novel symbolizes the narrator’s mind. The narrator is disheartened by the grown-ups. His mind was as barren as the desert because he lives among the grown-ups who are only interested in figures. He finally meets someone that truly understands him, unlike the grown-up

Romanen indeholder figurativt sprog inde i den. Figurativt sprog bruges til at tilføje romanens æstetik. Romanen bruger lignelse og personificering. Romanen indeholder også symbol inde i den. Symboler er objekter, tegn, figurer eller farver, der bruges til at repræsentere abstrakte ideer eller koncepter. Romanen bruger stjernernes symbol, og ørkenen. Stjernerne i romanen symboliserer ensomheden i fortællerens liv. Til sidst af historien fortæller fortælleren, at han så kan lide at stirre på stjerner om natten. Ørkenen i romanen symboliserer fortællers sind. Fortælleren er modløs af de voksne. Hans sind var lige så ufrugtbart som ørkenen, fordi han bor blandt de voksne der kun er interesseret i tal. Han møder endelig nogen, der virkelig forstår ham, i modsætning til de voksne