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☯Emily Ginder asked this question about The Little Prince:
Many reviewers say this book has deep meanings, but not one person has indicated what those deep meanings are. What do you think the author was trying to tell the reader?
kinga I understood this book in a way that as we grow older and get pushed into the world, our dreams and passions are being restrickted and shut down by ot…moreI understood this book in a way that as we grow older and get pushed into the world, our dreams and passions are being restrickted and shut down by other people. We view our life in a more realistical way from the responsibilities put down by e.g. parents and guardians who would be hateful towards a child always-seeking answers and questions mind and tell them to grow up. So, with age this childlike innocence dies, and we become these adults ourselves (not everyone of course).
When the pilot's plane crashes , he comes back to the memories of his childhood and reminisces about the past where his mind was wildfree. Then, the Little Prince isn't in fact a physical person that just randomly popped up on the desert, but the little boy the pilot once was. Meeting him (Little Prince/ his inner child) made the pilot survive throughout the book on a lonely desert with his imagination, and nurturing this side of him that he forgot even existed.(less)
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The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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