This
book is about a young prince fallen to Earth from an asteroid, who
met a pilot crased in the dessert. I decided to read this book
because it is one of the most important book in France, in fact it
was translated into 250 languages, baille included.
This
is a philosophical book which makes readers think about differences
between adult's world and children's one, and it includes little
tales with social criticism.
The
book is based on a Little Prince story and it has a lot of new
vocabulary: pryck (espina),
stand daughts (mantenerse en
pié), fib (mentira),
tricks (engaños), latch
(enganchar), scarf
(bufanda), yawn (bostezo),
cloack (manto), cope
(hacer frente), stammerd
(tartamudear)...
The
books deals with the narrator explaining that a child drew a Boa
Constrictor with an elephant inside its stomach. Adult people
wouldn't know what the draw really represents; so he realized when
the Little Prince interprets it correctly that only children are able
to understand it right.
The
narrator is a pilot who has crashed into a dessert due to an accident
with his plane. The Little Prince asked him to draw a sheep because
he wants one to take it to his asteroid.
Over
the course of eight days, while the pilot was trying to repair the
plane the Little Prince was telling him the story of his life.
He
had visited some asteroids before landing on Earth and he found on
them different kind of people. Each of this people with a very
different behaviour, this point tries to critize and make us think
about life and human nature.
The
main characters in the story are:
The
little Prince: He is a
precious eight years old child with curly blond hair. He is not from
Earth. His young age makes him being inocent. When he ask a question,
he don't give up until has an answer.
The
pilot: He is supposed to be
Antoine De Saint-Exupery, because he lived at the same time and he
had the same experiences.
The
fox: its messages are
probably the most important quotations of the book, because they deal
with human relationship.
Other characters are people who lived in the astroids:
The
King:He
wanted to regin over everything.
The
Show-off:
He wanted to be admired by everybody.
The
Drunkard:He
drunk because he was ashamed of drinking.
The
Bussinessman:He
waa always counting stars because he wanted to own as much as
posible.
The
Lamp-lighter:He
was all day lit on and lit off his lamp. He couldn't rest.
The
Geographer:His
job was to count all the cities, rivers, mountains, etc... without
leaving his desk.
Antoine De Sant-Exupery was a French aristocrat, writer, poet and
pioneering aviator. He is best remembered for his novel “The Little
Prince” and for his lyrical aviation writings.
He was a succesful commercial pilot before World War II working
airmail routes. He desappeared over the Mediterranean on his last
mission and he is believed to have died at that time.
I would recomend this book for all people age from childhood to
adult age, not only because it is easy to read and understant for
everybody but also because from my point of view it lets you enjoy
reading.
The story is made by some little tales that made a fast and
entertaining lecture. Besides the book makes you think about people's
daily behaviour .
