Little Prince
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The well-known and successful book "Le Petit Prince" by the Frenchman Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was written during his exile in New York. On 6th April 1943 the first edition was published in English and French. The first German-language translation was published in 1950. Since then, the story of the little prince enchants countless generations.
LITTLE PRINCE
We learn from the narrator, whose name is unknown, how he completed a drawing at the age of six. He drew a snake devouring an elephant. But as proud as he is about the drawing, the adults do not recognise the two animals and the situation. They just see a hat and give the nameless narrator the advice to stop drawing because he has no talent for it. He takes this advice to heart and adapt by itself to the adult world. But he feels lonely and misunderstood.
After an emergency landing in the Sahara, he unexpectedly meets a human in the desert. The person who meets him is the little prince. The narrator is to paint a sheep at the request of the little prince. After several unsuccessful attempts that do not satisfy the little prince, the narrator draws a box for him. This box has a few holes and contains the desired sheep. With this drawing, the little prince is finally satisfied. In the days they spend together, the narrator learns more and more about the little prince.
He tells him about his trip to Earth, about his home planet, that he is mainly busy cleaning the volcanoes there and keeping the planet free of baobab trees otherwise they will grows all over his planet… and then there's the talking rose. It is the only social contact the little prince has on his home planet. To find friends, the little prince embarks on a journey and visits the surrounding asteroids at first. There he meets different people, who all of them living in their own little world. When he meets the geographer on his journey, he tells him to go to Earth. Once there, he encounters a poisonous snake, which offers him help in order to get back to his home planet. The little prince quickly realizes that the help of the poisonous snake consist a mortal bite to him. The little prince thus continues his journey and sets out on his way through the desert.
In the meantime, he meets the fox, who reveals his secret and at the same time the most famous quote from "Le Petit Prince": "One sees clearly only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes."
The narrator and the little prince go in search of a well after his supply of drinking water is empty. Meanwhile, the Little Prince reports again that he can return to his planet with the help of the poisonous snake and finally to meet the speaking Rose again. On his journey the little prince recognizes how much the rose means to him and how much he misses them. He advises the narrator to work on his plane to complete the repair and restore the flying ability. The narrator follows the advice from the little prince and puts his plane in a ready-to-use state. Before leaving, he revisits the well he found with the little prince before. Once there, he finds out how the little prince makes an appointment with the poisonous snake.
A beautiful but also thought-provoking story that enchants us with values about friendship, love and affection.
