First, Prince's poetry invites us to see language as intrinsically tied to the group or collective that uses that language. There are many ways to answer this question, but a thorough answer will take account of multiple aspects of Prince's poetry. What does Prince's poetry teach us about the nature of language? This idea is reinforced by the conclusion of the novel featuring Prince, in which he understands his master Kim for the first time and loves him (171).
Together, this evidence suggests that love is not essentially human, but is rather shared by two beings with full understanding of one another and the clear language to communicate this understanding. Moreover, when Nira passes away and Majnoun meets with Hermes, Majnoun is able to understand what Nira meant by love when gifted with divine understanding and shown her formative experience (147-148). It is possible that these are feelings of love, but because there is no language to describe their feelings, Atticus feels as if they are a perversion.
Later on, however, we see that Atticus and Rosie share feelings for one another that go beyond the sexual and for which there is no canine name for (94-95). The novel begins its treatment of love with Nira's conversation with Majnoun, in which Majnoun expresses that he has never felt the emotion Nira describes (49-50). In the novel, while love first appears as something that only humans can experience, we learn over the course of the novel that the truth is far more complex. How is love presented in the book? Is it something that is part of the human condition, or can dogs experience it too?
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