Taking a pilot as the narrator, the book tells the story of all kinds of adventures the little prince experienced when he set off from his own planet to the earth. With the childlike eyes of the little prince, the author reveals the emptiness, blindness, stupidity and rigidity of adults, and writes the lonely and rootless fate of human beings in simple and childish language.

Creation background

Although the fairy tale "Little Prince" is only the author's work in one go for three months, it has a profound creative background, which is the accumulation of the author's life and emotions for several years or even decades, and is the product of accumulation. It is not only a children's fairy tale, but also a "crystallization" of philosophy and thinking, full of feelings about life.

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Narrator

The narrator of this novel is a pilot. He told the story of the little prince and their friendship. The pilot told the reader frankly that he was a visionary and he was not used to being an overly practical adult. Instead, he likes to get along with children, who are very natural and likable. The pilot was forced to land in the Sahara desert because of plane trouble, where he met the little prince. The pilot wrote this story to calm his sadness of parting with the little prince. What happened to the little prince made the pilot sad and cheered himself up.

Little Prince

The novel is named after the little prince, who is a mysterious and lovely child. He lives on an asteroid named B-6 12 and is the only resident on that asteroid. The little prince left his planet and traveled in the universe with his beloved rose, and finally came to the earth. In the Sahara desert, the little prince met the narrator of the novel, the pilot, and became good friends with him. In the novel, the little prince symbolizes the hope, love, innocence and childlike wisdom buried in each of us. Although the little prince met many people during his trip, he never stopped thinking about roses.

fox

The little prince saw a fox in the desert. The clever fox asked the little prince to tame it. Although the fox is more knowledgeable of the two, he makes the little prince understand the essence of life. The secret that the fox told the little prince was: only by looking with your heart can you see clearly; It is separation that makes the little prince miss his rose more; Love is responsibility.

rose

Don't understand love, slightly "melodramatic" flowers. She loves, depends on and longs for the little prince, but her own personality defects prevent her from fully expressing her friendship with the little prince, which leads to the little prince's departure. But in the days when he left, the little prince always had flowers in his heart. She spent a long time with the little prince, symbolizing troublesome but beautiful love.

snake

The snake was the first character the little prince met on earth. It was he who finally bit the little prince and sent him back to heaven. The snake told the little prince that he was lonely on the earth, which made the little prince feel that the snake was weak. But the snake told the little prince that he held the secret of life. He also told the little prince that he spoke like a riddle because he knew all the answers. In the book, the snake seems to be an absolute authority and an eternal mystery, which reminds people of the biblical story: Adam and Eve were lured by snakes to steal the forbidden fruit and were expelled from the Garden of Eden.

astronomer

The Turkish astronomer mentioned in Chapter 4 first discovered an asteroid named B-6 12 through a telescope in 1909. The narrator believes that the little prince is from this planet. When a Turkish astronomer first showed his discovery at an international astronomical conference, no one believed him because of his Turkish clothes. A few years later, he put forward the same argument in an elegant suit. This time, everyone echoed his opinion. The two different treatments of Turkish astronomers exposed the dangers of ignorant people's xenophobia and narrow nationalism.

king

The king is the only resident of the first small planet 325 visited by the little prince after he left his own planet. The king said that he ruled everything, and his rule must be respected and disobeyed; However, in fact, he is just a hollow reputation. He can only let others do what others want to do.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-little prince