the little princess by antoine de saint exupery

The boy told him that in his world everything is small and then the pilot accepted to draw him a sheep. He was very surprised when the boy told him he does not want an elephant inside a snake emperor because the elephant was big and the emperor was dangerous. The pilot was confused because he did not know how to draw that so he drew the only thing he knew how to draw. He did not seem lost or frightened and only wanted the pilot to draw him a sheep in the sand. After the first night, he actually slept a boy with golden hair woke him up. He met a lot of people and whenever he showed somebody the drawing they would still see a hat.Įverything started changing when his plane crashed in the middle of nowhere and he had to fix it for himself. He then decided to become a pilot and travel everywhere. He was disappointed by their reaction so he drew another drawing with and elephant in it and after that one many advised him to quit drawing. The problem was that all of the grownups only saw a hat on the drawing and not the emperor.

The writer starts the story with an experience he had in his childhood when he drew a snake emperor and he was very proud of that drawing. The author plays around with the time saying that something happened 6 years ago which means nothing to us because we do not know when is the plot taking place. The desert may just be a symbol of the desert that is our life.Īlso, we do not have a specific time and the only important thing is the growing up of a man. The problem is that at the end even the author drew a place with two lines. This fairytale has the typical characteristics of a fairytale - no specific place and time even though we have mentioned Sahara. Place: Sahara desert, a few asteroids in Space When The little Prince realized that he could die in peace because he knew he will be back with his rose again.Īll of that is very important in today's world of fake bliss where only pleasure is of matter. The afford we put into someone and the responsibility we feel is love. The little prince, through his love for the rose, found out what love is and how important it is. We should only see love because that is the only way we'll ever be happy. It is important to put afford into someone and to do it out of love and if we cry out of love those tears will do us good. The little prince learned a lot of thing from his friend the fox. Nothing matters to the people living on the planets but power and making themselves look busy and important. It talks about human power thirst and greed.

The story is primarily written for grownups as a leader to the children's opinion of the world. The author's message can be interpreted in many different ways, depending on the reader. We can see the story as an allegory that leads us to the moral of the story.

The little princess by antoine de saint exupery