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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?
IvanOpinion To me, the meanings outlined in other answers to this question are certainly there, but I'm surprised that adults find them profound. The book seems p…moreTo me, the meanings outlined in other answers to this question are certainly there, but I'm surprised that adults find them profound. The book seems profound in the same way that Aesop's Fables are profound: yes, slow and steady does sometimes win the race, but I'm not sure I need to re-read the Tortoise and the Hare to appreciate that.

But yeah, I know what some of you are thinking: I'm only saying this because I am just one of the 'big people' and, as the author points out, they are too cynical to appreciate simple truths. Maybe, but the author's use of this argument reminded me of what the tailors told the Emperor and his courtiers about the new clothes they sold him.(less)
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The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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