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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?
Krandall A thing of beauty doesn't need to have a message. Like the Little Prince's flower, it may be enough simply to experience this story, to take it inside…moreA thing of beauty doesn't need to have a message. Like the Little Prince's flower, it may be enough simply to experience this story, to take it inside you respectfully and let it live in you and do its work in silence. To paraphrase Ezra Pound, sometimes a flower is simply a flower. Its beauty is all we need to"know" about it. Not everything needs to be"explained".(less)
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The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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