The Little Prince The Little Prince question


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Help me understand this book.
Kuruk Kuruk Jun 29, 2020 05:55PM
I just finished this book yesterday, and quite frankly, I really don't understand this. I read articles, listened to podcasts, watched videos but it is still to vague for me.



The book, to me, is essentially an exploration of human society. The prince, who symbolises a child, and a child's perspective, goes on this marvelous trip around the galaxy where he meets all sorts of adults. He doesn't understand many of the adults he meets, finding characters such as the drunk and the conceited man to be puzzling. He is a child and doesn't understand the processes that lead to such outcomes. He meets people like kings and geographers, eventually meeting a lamp lighter. The prince fails to understand the adults, and thinks them to be quite silly. Each encounter the prince experiences, is a different part of society, and a different sort of person. In the book, the prince represents the authors younger self, and his experiences in navigating the world and the people within it .The little prince is a reminder of all that is pure and good in the world, and also the terrible evil that exists.


In my opinion, this is a book about an adult rediscovering his younger self, and all of the things that adulthood made him loose. It's a conversation and a rediscovering of innocence, relationships and true happiness between the narrator and his younger self (the aviator and the prince)


the book has a lot offer, it may be love - the - commitment,
can be about you - how we must accept things that change without notice
it can also about dream-how we must restore the fire we had like a child
and also each planet the prince visited has a hidden (or can also be satirical)message
i super love this book because i read it many times but i really do not unerstand, but back in highschool in the noisy classroom of ours i finally did i don`t know if it is out of boredom or i`m just being too sentimental that day, but finally i did!


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