For starters, the archetypal theory applies to the children’s story given that Carle uses characterization that expresses his idea on how child development is a long process but the results are significant and beautiful. In the book, Carle uses only one character, the caterpillar, that goes on a journey to discover its own beauty. In the very beginning, Carle writes, “One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and-pop!-out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar”(Eric Carle 2). Carle indicates to the reader that the caterpillar is tiny and very hungry which infers that it is only a baby and needs food in order to survive such as when small, human babies are born who are precious and have their own desires such as food for comfort. Later
