Name: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery (Review) - Minute Book Report
Uploaded: 2014-09-16T14:41:49.000Z
Duration: 1 min 57 s
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This is a story about a man who crashes his plane in the Sahara Desert. As he attempts

to repair his plane, he encounters a little prince with golden hair.

The prince shares that he is from a distant planet, a small planet with a rose and three

volcanoes. The prince then shares that he has travelled from planet to planet, meeting

The man is dying of thirst and the prince suggests that they walk in the desert to find

a well. They eventually find a well and the man's thirst is quenched.

In the end, the prince returns to his planet and the man returns safely to civilization.

The majority of the story is immersed in a sense of isolation and solitude. The prince

travels alone from planet to planet, each planet is occupied by one individual, and

However, the story's essence shifts from solitude to friendship when the prince learns what

it means to be "tame" from a fox. The fox explains that to tame someone or something

means to set it apart from the others like it, to treat it special and as an individual.

The prince realizes that the rose on his planet is unlike any on Earth and he learns to cherish

The author also uses satire and caricatures to portray how different adults may view life.

As the prince travels from planet to planet, he meets people who are characterized by their

extreme flaws, such as the proud king, busy banker, drunk, and lamplighter. Each of these

individuals views their world and the surrounding stars differently.

The author spends a lot of time talking about the stars. Stars can represent life and in

this story, the author illustrates that stars, or life, have different meanings to different

people. The prince views the stars as something that is free and to be enjoyed by everyone.

He encourages the man to view the stars as little bells. But by the end, the author proposes

that the stars can represent tears and sadness.