The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery is a story adored by adults and children alike. That is what makes The Little Prince such a good and popular story. The story has so many levels of meaning that it can be taken however the reader feels it should. It might depend on their mood or age or knowledge. What makes it so great is you take it the way you want to. To a scholar who's life is about learning it might be a quest for knowledge. If you are feeling lonely and need something to cheer you up it might be about a great friendship. To a priest or rabbi it might be a religious tale. If one doesn't feel like taking it as something deep and just a child's fairy tale or simple fantasy. What matters the most is what you feel like.
In my opinion it is a social commentary. The Little Prince is about holding on to childhood, ignorance and innocence. A social critic once said,We are born into a state of grace, it is the environment and society that corrupts us.? I think that that quote partially sums up my opinion of this book. The little price would be innocent his whole life were he not to meet the people and things he did in this tale. He would not have been able to be corrupted. I am not saying that his trip was in vain only that it did change him. .
I believe Antoine de Saint-Exupery was voicing, or should I say writing, his distress with being an adult and the ways of the adults that surrounded him.He didn't like the way he or others were taking their childhood for nothing. People that think that they are now better that they have grown up and become mature and knowledgeable. When they have actually gotten worse, and it is some of that knowledge is pushing the decline. .
Antoine de Saint-Exupery often refers togrown-ups?; to kids its is exactly as it seems it is talking about their parents a babysitters and teachers. He makesgrown-ups? an analogy for society. This is how most children see it there two groups kids and grown-ups.
The little prince was written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. ... He woke up and saw the little prince. ... One day the prince decided to go on a trip. ... The man wanted the prince to admire him. ... The little prince arrived to earth and meet a snake. ...
The story ends with the little prince's departure from Earth on the anniversary of his arrival. ... And how one day he met the Little Prince. ... Yet every time the little Prince asked him a question he had to answer. The Little Prince revealed everything to him very slowly. ... (page 10-11) CLIMAX: The climax of this story is of when the fox teaches the little prince his secret, and the little prince realizes the value of his rose....
There are two main characters in this story, the author, who is an aviator, and the little prince. The aviator is a lonely adult, and the little prince is a mysterious and cute child. ... There was a tippler lived in the third planet the little prince visited. ... Next, the little prince met a businessman. ... The little prince met a geographer at the sixth planet he visited. ...
PRINCE CASPIAN The book that i chose to read for this book review was Prince Caspian. Prince Caspian is a part of a Trilogy called The Chronicals of Narnia. ... They were once Kings and Queens, and Prince and Princesses of Narnia. ... Now the Dwarf and Edmund, Peter, Susan, and Lucy are in search for Caspian, and their is very little time till the King finds Caspian. ... The second main character is Prince Caspian. ...
Prince Hal's representation of "self" in Part I Henry IV is deceiving to the reader. ... Little did he know, Hal has been preparing for this battle for quit some time. ... With the confidence from his father, Prince Hal goes on to battle Hotspur. This battle will prove that Prince Hal is the rightful heir to the throne. ... Throughout the play, Prince Hal's "self" was in question by the reader. ...
Prince Hamlet V.S Machiavelli's Prince "The Prince" by the Italian aristocrat Niccolo Machiavelli is a highly controversial piece of work that summarizes the qualities a prince must have in order to fulfill his pose. Machiavelli believes that a prince must use his power for beneficial means, opposed to objectionable ways in order for the prince to maintain his power. "The Prince" both compares and contrasts Shakespeare's "Hamlet". ... Hamlet struggles to maintain his position as prince because he lacks the essential qualities of a prince outlined by Machiavelli. ... Hamlet realizes ...
The Little Mermaid While watching The Little Mermaid I noticed that the females were portrayed as physically appealing in many inappropriate ways. ... Arial also used body gestures to convince Prince Eric to fall in love with her at the young age of 16. ... There are many things in The Little Mermaid that exists in our everyday society. ... Back to her physical features, Arial used her body gestures to seduce Prince Eric into falling in love with her without ever speaking a word which could be the reason why females in today society thrive on beautiful look sand acceptance. ... Also, P...
The Little Prince has respect for one of the characters he meets far above the rest. ... The main example of love in this book is when the Little Prince nurtures his rose on his little planet. ... The Little Prince was sad, as was the fox, when they had to leave one another. ... The Little Prince really does show a child's love when he tells the pilot this. The Little Prince teaches the wrecked pilot a very valuable lesson. ...
However, a prince that is both feared and loved is considered to be noble. Free-spending or Parsimonious The next attribute of a Machiavellian prince is whether the free-spending prince or the parsimonious, tightfisted prince makes for a better ruler. ... In "The Prince," Machiavelli claims that "I say that every prince ought to wish to be considered kind rather than cruel. ... He goes on to explain that a little cruelty for those deserving of punishment, for example criminals and malcontents, they suffer alone. ... Christ is the Prince as well as the Savior, Prince of the world and of th...
