Le Petit Prince / The Little Prince

The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
1943
Novella
Children's Literature
Belles-lettres

The book tells the story of the pilot who has crashed in the Sahara Desert and the Little Prince whom the pilot meets there. The pilot and the Little Prince who doesn't answer the questions directly become a friend. The pilot has just 8 days of water and the Little Prince doesn't understand what does water means to people and also he doesn't understand the grown-up world we see during his travel around the other planets.
During his journey, The Little Prince teaches so many things about life. The planet which he meets with the king who tells that " It is much more difficult to judge yourself than others". We see that judging yourself is the most important thing if you can judge yourself then you are a wisdom

On the second planet, he meets with a conceited man who looks for an admirer. His reaction to the conceited man is "no one else lives on this planet" and that reflects conceit brings the loneliness.

On the third planet, he meets with a drunkard who drinks to forget that he's ashamed and the reason of he's ashamed is drinking. We lean that drinking to forget is a weakness.

The fourth planet belongs to a businessman, We see that possession obsession. People should see the beauty of the stars or what they have. Having is not much a thing.

On the fifth planet, there is a lamplighter who has the order to put out the lamp and light it again in the morning. We see a little criticism to the people who do the orders even though they think that they are ridiculous.

The sixth planet which he meets with a geographer who knows the location of the seas, rivers, towns, mountains, and deserts but doesn't know his own planet. You should do your job with the passion that makes you different from others. You cannot see the others unless you can see yourself no matter how real your job or life is...

The seventh planet is Earth which he sees millions of men whom he sees on the other planets. And a fox tells him that what is important is not visible to the eye. Earth is an interesting place for the Little Prince. He sees that men are aimless and they don't know what they are looking for.