The Little Prince is about a pilot who gave his career as an artist when people could not understand his drawing of a boa constrictor that ate an elephant when he six years old. The adults could not understand the drawing and told him that it looks like a hat. Then adults told him that he should set aside his passion for drawing and concentrate on matters of consequence. It was the beginning of the narrator’s comprehension that adults weren’t really all that smart.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince is a story of a man’s journey of life, from birth until death. Even with the perfection of his planet where he was his own man, a master of none, he was not satisfied for there was a lack of experience, of wisdom. He wanted to experience life, he wanted to understand. He knows that life has so much to offer and he wants to get the most out of it. He wanted to know more than what his little planet offered him. And so began his journey. All the characters represent something--the good, the bad, the best and the mediocre in human character.
The Little Prince is story of values and kind-heartedness. Most adults are so preoccupied with wealth, power, and other material things while children are more in touch with the more important things in life. The child can see clearly the goodness and the beauty in everything. Children see things with unbiased eyes and clear heart.
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