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=The Little Prince= By. Antoine De Saint-Exupery

=Antoine De Saint-Euxpery (1900-1944)= Antoine De Saint-Exupery was born on June 29, 1900 in Lyons and died on July 31, 1944. Antoine De Saint-Exupery was a french aviator and writer. He most famous work is called __The Little Prince__, written in 1943 and has become one of the classic of children's literature. Saint-Exupery severed as a pilot during World War II and was shot down on a mission over France in 1944.

In 1921 Saint-Euxpery began serving in the military. He was stationed in the Strasbourg, that was the place were he learned to become a pilot. In 1926 he signed on as a pilot for Aeropostale, which he flew mail from Toulouse, France to Dakar, Senegal. In 1935 Antoine De Saint-Euxpery tried to break the speed record for flying from Paris to Saigon. During tohe flight Saint-Euxpery's plane crashed in the desert. Also in 1938 Saint-Euxoery tried to fly between New York City and Tierra del Fuego, Argintina, but he was seriosly injuried. The crash resulted in a long time for recovery in New York. During the beginning of World War II Saint-Euxpery flew arounf to gather military information for France. He went to New York to ask the United States to help his country, France, when the German came and occupied his country. He wrote __Flight to Arras__ and __Letter to a Hostage,__ based on his war time experinces and both of the books were published in 1942. Later in 1943 Saint-Euxpery insisted on being given a mission and on July 31, 1944, Antoine De Saint-Euxpery went on his mission and he never returned.

=Plot= __The Little Prince__ is about a pilot whose plane crashed inthe desert and is stranded. Waking up one day the pilot sees "the nost extradinary little fellow" (Saint-Exupery). In the beginning of the book the Pilot tells about his childhood dream, becoming an atrist. He was inspired when he saw a picture book, called __True Stories,__ with a boa constructure devouring a wild beast. The Pilot was so fascinated with the picture book that he drew his own and called it Drawing Number One. "I showed the grown-ups my masterpiece, and i asked them if my drawing scared them" (Saint-Exupery, 1). The adults answered "why be scared of a hat?" (Saint-Exupery, 2). The Pilot then decides to draw what was inside his first drawing, to explain his first drawing to the adults, he named it Drawing Number Two. Still the adults did not understand his drawings. With the discouraging words he received from the adults, he chose another career, he became a pilot. Though he gave up his dream in becoming an artist, his opinion on adults were still the same. The Pilot was alone as he got older. he had no one to talk to.

When the Pilot made a crash landing in the Sahara Desert his life changed. His plane engine was broken. For the first night he slept on the sand and by daybreak, when he awakens he heard a voice. "Please...draw me a sheep..." (Saint-Exupery, 3). This was his encounter with the Litlle Prince. The Pilot wondered how could this little bot be out in the desrt alone. Most of all he does not seem to be "lost or dying of exhausstion, hunger, or thirst; nor did he not seem scared to death" (Saint-Euxpery, 4). The Pilot asked why the little prince was in the desert. The little Prince did not respond to the question, instead he asked if the Pilot could draw him a sheep (Saint-Exupery, 4). The Pilot told the Little Prince that he did not know how to draw a sheep, nut the Little Prince did not care all he wanted was a sheep. The Pilot's first attemp was the drawing he made when he was a child. The little prince said "' No! No! I don't want an elephant inside a boa constructure'" (Saint-Exupery, 6). As the Pilot makes his first drawing of a sheep the Little prince declares that the sheep is sick and he wants another one. The second drawing of a sheep the prices says that it is a ram because it has horns. The third sheep was too old. The Pilot at his wits drew a crate, telling the Little Prince that the sheep was inside. The Little Prince was amazed. He exclaimed "'That's just the kind I wanted!'" (Saint-Exupery, 6). The Little Prince wondered if the sheep needed a lot of grass. The place where the Little prince live, everything was small. On the Little Princes' planet there was nothing to do, except tending the plant. All what the Little Prince had to do was watch the sunset for entertainment. Inspite of the only entertainment on the plaent, the Little Prince still loves to watch the sunset. One day the Little Prince saw the sunset forty-four times. The little Prince also added that a sunset is great for a sad day. The Pilot asked "'on the day of fourty-four times, were you feeling very sad?'" (Saint-Exupery, 19), but there was no answer from the Little Prince. The Pilot continues to learn more and more about the Little Prince, on the fifth day the Pilot learns about the Little Prince's flower on his planet. He found out when the Little Prince asked "if a sheep eats bushes, does it eat flowers too?" (Saint-Exupery, 19). The Little Prince was devasted and started bursting into tears. The Pilot takes the Little Prince into his arms and offers him to draw a muzzle for the sheep, to prevent the sheep from eating his flower. The Pilot learns about the importance of the flower to the Little Prince. On the Little Prince's planet, there are very simple flowers. This flower was different, it was came from a seed. The Little Prince kept a close watch the flower. When the flower bloomed, the Little Prince admired the beauty of the flower. He cared for the flower and provided shelter with a glass jar. However no matter what the Little Prince sis for the flower it was never enough, so he decided to leave. Before the Little prince left the flower asked for forgiveness and told him to be happy.

As the Pilot listens to the Little Prince's adventures, he learns more about the Little Prince. The Pilot learns about all of the intersting people the Little Prince met, when he traveled to seven planets. The seventh planet was Earth. The Little Prince landed in the desert. The Little Prince searches for people, but instead he meets a snake. The snake suggest that he could sent the Little Prince back into the heavens with one touch, but decide not to because the Little Prince was innocent. The Little Prince continued on his jorney to find any humans. He climbs a mountain and yells "hello" (Saint-Exupery, 53), but all he heard was his echo. The Little Prince soon found a road "And all roads leads to humans" (Saint-Exupery, 54). As the Little Prince continues to walk on the road he notices a rose garden. The Little Prince was disappointed when he learned that there were more than one kind of his rose, then a fox appeared. The Little Prince asked the fox to play with him, but the fox replies "I'm not tamed" (Saint-Exupery, 58). The Little Prince wonder what tame meant and the fox said "it means 'to create ties'..." (Saint-Exupery, 59). Slowly, day by day the Little Prince tamed the fox. A few days have passed and the Little Prince was leaving, but before he left the fox told him his secret "One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes" (Saint-Exupery, 63). The fox explains to the prince about the time the Little Prince spent on his rose is way his rose is very important. The Little prince continues to explore the different parts of Earth. It resumes back to the Pilot and the Little Prince at the Sahara Desert. it is the eight day and the narrator still did not repair his plane. Dying of thirst, the Little Prince and the Pilot went to find a well. As they kept walking the Little Prince was falling a sleep. The Pilot took him into his arms and carried him, by day break he found the well. With the sip of water they were refreshed. The Little Prince reminded the Pilot about the muzzle he was suppose to draw. The Little Prince tells the Pilot "You know, my fall to Earth...Tomorrow will be the first anniversary..." (Saint-Exupery, 72).

What will happen to the Little Prince and the Pilot?

=Criticism=

What worked
The elements in the book brought the story together. The author describes the characters on how their personalities and thoughts through out the book. Antoine De Saint-Exupery uses the Little Prince as a child, so people will be able to see from a childs' perspective. With the Little Prince's perspective it brings out his personality and thoughts about the many wonders of the universe. Especailly what he thinks about the way adults react to things. As for the Pilot, he provides the adults perspective. This allows the reader to understand not only the characters but the different veiws between an adult and child. Also the point of view of the book, which is first person, creates the relationship betwwen the Little Prince and the Pilot. This allows the narrator (Pilot) to tell about his experience with the Little Prince and retell the Little Prince's own experience of traveling the world. Also, it helps shows the growing relationship the Little Prince and Pilot has even though there is a is a difference between the perspective or understanding they have. Which allows the reader to look with in both mind of the protagonists.

What Didn't Work
There were some things that could be improved in the book. First is the tone of the book. The tone for the Little Prince is some what like a bittersweet tone. On the other hand the tone for the adults was more of a regretful tone. The tone can get confusing, even though the Pilot is narrating the story. When he talks about the Little Prince's vists to other planets, the Little Prince meets different people. During this time the tone switches between the adult and the Little Prince. Also during this time, the author switches from the narrator telling about him and the Little Prince to just the Little Prince. Then when the narrator comes back to telling about the Little Prince and himself it's already been the eighth day the narrator (Pilot) was in the dessert. The author makes the tone for the Little Prince more agreeable than the adults, which makes the reader pay more attention to the Little Prince's thoughts than other. This is one of the main point which didn't work in the book __The Little Prince.__

=Why Read __The Little Prince__?= I would recomend this book because many people can relate to this book. Most kids has had many disagreement with their parents, teachers, aunts, and unlces. The kids feels like the adults just don't uncerstand and also won't give them the time of day to explain. __The Little Prince__ might just be able to mend the relationship. Saint-Exupery builds up the story with the Little Prince feeling starts to reject his flower, to travel the world. When the little Prince land on Earth and meets a fox, the fox teaches him the value of his rose. With this section, Saint-Exupery brings out the relations between adults and children.

=Why is this book outstanding?= __The Little Prince__ is an outstanding book because of the theme. The theme of this book is relationships teaches responsibility. It shows the reader that every relationship has meaning and each person in the relationship, weather big or small, has smoe sort of responsibility to go alone with it. The characteristic of the Little Prince helps emphasize the theme. The Little Prince learns that his flower is not like all of the other flowers. Also his flower is more percious than any other because he took care of it. Saint-Exupery also incuded the travel of enlightment. With out the travel, The Little Prince would not have reliazed the responisbiltiy his flower and him shared together. Saint-Exupery ties the theme relationships theaches responsibility together perfectly, which puts this book on the outstanding book list.

=Literary Works= The book __The Little Prince__ is written by Antoine De Saint-Exupery. It was published in 1943 by Harcourt Inc. The gemre of this book is fiction and the point of veiw in __The Little Prince__ is first person. Also Saint-Exupery used metaphor in this book. He uses the narrator to tell the story of the Little Prince and his experiences (Saint-Exupery).

=Reviews Of The Book By Others= "My favorite book as a young girl was //The Little Prince// by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, and it is still one of my favorites. This is a book that can be read by both children and adults. It has a message of love that is true and touching, and it is a book that has stood the test of time." //Reviewed by Barbara W., Broadcast Journalist//

=Other Ouutstanding Books= Elizabeth - Shizuko's Daughter

=Work Cited= Liukkonen, Petri. "Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944) - in full Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupery" __Home Page.__ Mar. 2009 [] W, Barbara. "Book Reveiw for The Little Prince" __PLCMA.__ 26 Mar. 20099. [] Saint-Exupery, Antoine De. __The Little Prince.__ Orlando: 1943. = = = =