Summary Of Antoine De Saint Exupery's The Little Prince

The genre of this book entitled The Little Prince are Parable, Fable and Fantasy that is clearly shown in the story. The author of the book is Antoine de Saint-Exupery. He is a writer, poet and aviator. He was born in Lyon, France on June 29, 1900. When he was 12 years old he took his first airplane ride and he immediately fell in love to it. He has given an opportunity to become an airforce pilot in the North Africa. His adventures as a pilot is his source of inspiration on his literary works. During World War II he made the book The Little Prince that is written in French and English and published in the United States in April 6, 1943. Later on the book was considered as one of the greatest book and one of the best-selling book of all time.

The story begins when a pilot falls with his plane in the Sahara Dessert, when he was about to repair his plane a little boy suddenly appear and ask to draw him a sheep. After 3 tries he just draw a box and he stated to the little boy that the sheep is inside the box. The little boy agrees to him and the pilot knows that this little boy is from an asteroid named B 612 that he owns and known to be The Little Prince. He said that he leave

The book is well known because of its moral lessons. This story pertains to the importance of life and love. The story shows that life is important but it is more important and meaningful when it lives for other not just for oneself just like the lamplighter. It also teaches us that living and non-living things can be similar to each other but it will be unique when some tamed it or expresses his or her love and care for it. Lastly, the quote that is given by the Fox “what is essential is invisible to the eyes”. This quote made many people realized that material things is no longer important and the more important here is what to other people feel and that is love and