I. Summary
In the first part of the novel, a man, who is the narrator, is disappointed with the world of adults because they have no
imagination and have all the wrong priorities. He’s had no one he could really
talk to, and has led a pretty lonely life.
And viola! A kid who is sitting in the sandy floor of the hot dessert he found. The narrator meets this little guy in the Sahara, far, far away
from all human habitation. The narrator, who is a pilot, has had an accident
with his plane and has been forced to land in the desert. The little prince, he
discovers, is visiting from another planet. The two immediately hit it off and
become good friends over the course of a week.
So, the
little prince is prince of what, anyway? We learn that he lives on an asteroid
named B-612, which is as big as a house. On it, there are three tiny volcanoes
that come up to his knees: two are active, and he uses them to warm his breakfast;
one is extinct, and he uses it as a footstool. And most importantly, on his
planet is a flower whom he loves.
This
flower is ill-tempered and vain, and her all-round bad behavior drives the
prince away. But on the day of his departure, she admits she loves him and
regrets that she never expressed it before. In any case, the prince has decided
to leave, so leave he does, though the whole situation has that icky-sickly
sheen of a bad break up.
The
prince visits several tiny asteroids/ planets, which are inhabited by all sorts
of strange characters—a king, a conceited man, a merchant, and so on—who are
selfish and petty and successfully convince the little prince that adults are
weird. Finally, he makes his way to Earth where he meets a wise fox who teaches
him about trust and friendship. The fox’s lessons help the prince realize that
he loves his flower, and that she is unique and special because of the
relationship they share.
When he
meets the narrator, the prince recounts his adventures to him and the narrator
gets to share in the truths on life and love that the little guy has picked up
along the way. After eight days in the desert, the narrator is out of water and
the plane engine is starting to look unfixable. He and the little prince trek
in the desert looking for a well and miraculously find one; also, the engine
makes a speedy and surprising recovery.
So, all’s
well that ends well, right? Hold onto your pants. We’re not done yet.
The
little prince wants to return home to his tiny planet and his beloved flower.
The way this is done, apparently, is to get bitten by a poisonous desert snake.
This method sounds dubious to the narrator, but the prince is
all about it. The snake bites the prince, who then collapses and disappears.
The book
ends six years after the narrator met the prince. Of course, the narrator still
misses his friend. So he wants us to keep looking for the prince, just like he
is, and he asks us to inform him immediately if we ever spot the little guy.
II. Reflect – It is funny to think of when we were kids, we did everything
we can just to let our emotions get
through; crying, shouting, throwing tantrums and even acting out. But now that
we have finally grown up and mastered the skill of speaking, why does it is
hard for us to say or express how we really feel. This is what I have realized
by reading this book. Grown-ups are really weird. We tend to tongue-tied
ourselves thinking it is the best way to end up things-but it is a fallacy. We
are creating our own advance presumptions, consequently, we are scare to know
what the truth is. We cannot even decipher the things that are obviously IMPORTANT,
unless it is too late.
Connect – like the Little Prince, we
share the same emotional estate; leaving the one whom you treasured. The month
of February is said to be the Love Month, but I guess it is not. By this root,
I have realized two things I should always embedded in my mind for now on; we
could not say what will be the future whatever we try to avoid things to mess
up; and do not expect things in optimistic deem with, nothing more nothing less.
In this constant bizarre world, the word “forever” does not exist at all.
Maybe, this word was formulated by someone who was daydreaming and afraid of reality.
However, I believe that things happened for certain a reason.
Question – I wonder where would be
the Little Prince now. Is he still roaming around our planet or rather on other
planets? or in other dimension or other universe? Is he would visit someday his
earthly being friend? By chance, if his earthly being friend will meet their
paces again, I guess this is fate for them to reconcile. Another thing, why did
the Little Prince bestow “attachment” to his earthly friend when he was
planning to leave him in the first place? Did he do it for the sake of his
friend or he did it for his selfish justification?
Predict – I assume, the next time the
Little Prince will love again (as he did to the Rose), he will love that one
like it’s his first love, thus than to play safe with it. Taking up risk is not
bad at all; it is not a sign of ignorance but rather is a symbol of a strong
person who was challenged and trained by time.
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