I’ve read done the book until chapter 27, I also already watched the movie (which distributed

by Paramount Pictures in 2015). The movie version was different, due they added 2 main
characters into story, who are a little girl and her mother. Maybe to give a clarity pictures to
convey the story.

I found some wise quotes in the movie, such as:

• Growing up is not a problem, forgetting is.
• Never forget being a child.
• It’s only the heart that can see righty. (by the fox)

This book also has a high definition of analogy that I need to digest (analogy is a comparison
between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification).

Here is the book review:

The Little Prince, French Le Petit Prince, fable and modern classic by French aviator and
writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry that was published with his own illustrations in French
as Le Petit Prince in 1943.

Fable is narrative form, usually featuring animals that behave and speak as human beings,
told in order to highlight human arrogancies, ignorance and weaknesses.
A moral or lesson for behaviour is written into the story and often explicitly described in the
end.

The simple tale tells the story of a child, the little prince, who travels the universe searching
for wisdom. The little prince often found the oddness of the grown-ups during his journey.

The Plot Summary

Chapter 1:

The narrator introduces himself as a man who learned when he was a child that adults lack
imagination and understanding. When he was still a boy, he drew a boa constrictor
swallowed the elephant. But the grown-ups told him that his picture was not something that
should be frightened of. They saw it looked like a hat. That is why, at the age of six, the
narrator gave up to have a magnificent career as a painter. Grown-ups never understanding
anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining.

Chapter 2:

He is now a pilot who has crash-landed in a desert. While he was stranded, he met a small
boy who asks him for a drawing of a sheep, with his preferences version. After refused his
sketches until 3 times, finally the small boy agreed with the fourth sketch which the picture
of the sheep inside the box with 3 holes has conveyed the small boy’s expectation. He
thought, the sheep will have a great deal of grass due everything in the place where he lives is
very small. It’s unusual but I believe, it’s the point of view of a child.

Chapter 3:

The narrator, who calls the child the little prince, found out that the boy always asked so
many questions, about his airplane and he never stop asked until he got the answer. He was
so eager to know more about the narrator’s airplane without taking his eyes from it.
Chapter 4:

The narrator, found out that the little prince comes from a very small planet, which the
narrator believes to be asteroid B-612. The next conversation in between the narrator & the
little prince can be concluded that grown-ups always ask the children any questions about
essential matters only. During the course of the next few days, he spent the days with the
little prince tells the narrator about his life.

Chapter 5:

As each day passed the narrator would learn, in their talk, something about the little prince’s
planet, his departure from it and his journey. On his asteroid-planet, which is no bigger than
a house, the little prince spends his time pulling up baobab seedlings, in order, they don't
grow big enough to swallow the tiny planet.

Chapter 6:

The narrator became understood the secrets of the little prince’s sad little life. The little
prince asked the narrator to look at a sunset. And he didn’t want to wait until the sunset’s
time. Because he thought in his planet, usually he saw it until forty-four times.

Chapter 7:

The narrator and the little prince had a tough deal of debating about the flowers. The little
prince also commented on the narrator just like any other grown-ups because he was too
busy with a matter of consequence. The little prince was rage and upset when the narrator
thought that the warfare between sheep and the flowers are not important to him. The
narrator felt awkward and blundering and did not know how to reach the little prince, where
he could overtake him and go on hand in hand with him once more.

Chapter 8:

The narrator soon learned to know the flower better. The flowers had always been very
simple. One morning they would appear in the grass, and by night they would have faded
peacefully away. One day a beautiful flower grows on the planet, she cast her fragrance and
her radiance over the little prince. To him, flowers are so inconsistent, and he was too young
to know how to love her.

Chapter 9:

The little prince really loves the flower with all his heart. However, her demands and vanity
become too much for the prince, and he decided to leave her. But before he left, he covered
the flower with a glass globe to protect her from an animal's attack or anything else that
could harm her. The flower was too proud and she did not want the little prince saw her
crying when he left.

Chapter 10:

The prince travels to a series of asteroids, each featuring a grown-up who always prioritize
the function in every aspect of life above everything else.
In the first planet, there is a king who requires obedience but has no subjects until the arrival
of the prince. The king even wanted to make the little prince be a judge or ambassador, but
he refused. Moreover, he thought the grown-ups are very strange.

Chapter 11:

The only inhabitant of the next planet is a conceited man who wants nothing from the prince
but his admiration and flattery. Again, the little prince thought that the grown-ups are
certainly very odd.

Chapter 12:

And then, in the second planet, the prince met a tippler, who explained that he must drink to
forget how ashamed he is of drinking.

Chapter 13:

The fourth planet introduced the prince to a businessman, who claimed that he owns the
stars, which makes it very important that he knows exactly how many stars there are. The
little price concluded that the grown-ups are certainly altogether extraordinary. Then, he
continued his journey.

Chapter 14:

The fifth planet, the little prince then encountered a lamplighter, who followed orders that
required him to light a lamp each evening and put it out each morning, even though his
planet spins so fast that dusk and dawn both occurred once every minute. The planet was
blest every day with 1440 sunsets. He compared with the king, the conceited man, the tippler
and the businessman that the lamplighter is the only one of them who does not seem to him
ridiculous.

Chapter 15:

The sixth planet was ten times larger than the last one. It was inhabited by an old gentleman
who wrote voluminous books. His profession is a geographer. However, he knows nothing of
his own planet, because it is his only function to record what he learned from explorers. He
asked the prince to describe his home planet, but when the prince mentioned the flower, the
geographer said that flowers were not recorded because they are ephemeral. Then, the
geographer recommended that the little prince visits Earth. While he went away, he was
thinking of his flower.

Chapter 16:

The seventh planet was Earth. It was not just an extraordinary planet that he found. It was a
magnificent place that the little prince ever beyond experienced. In this planet, there are 111
kings, 7000 geographers, 900.000 businessmen, 7.500.000 tipplers, 311.000.000 conceited
men that is to say, about 2000.000.000 grown-ups. By saw it from a slight distance, it would
make a splendid spectacle for him.
Chapter 17:

The grown-ups fancy themselves as important as the baobabs due they occupied the earth by
filling it with a great deal of space. They adore figures, and that will please them. But do not
waste their time on the unnecessary extra task. At first time arrived on earth, the little prince
noticed there were no people and he thought he came at the wrong place. The first creature
that he met was a snake in Africa. The little prince thought that the snake is a funny animal
that haven’t any feet and cannot even travel. The snake then claimed that he is more
powerful than the finger of a king by twinning himself around the little prince’s ankle, like a
golden bracelet.

Chapter 18:

The little prince crossed the desert and met with only one flower with three petals. The
flower explained to him that one never knows where to find people due the wind blows them
away. They have no roots, and that makes their life very difficult to survive.

Chapter 19:

The little prince climbed a high mountain. It was the only mountain he had ever known.
There were three volcanoes. Two were active and one was extinct that he used as a footstool.
He saw nothing but peaks of rocks that were sharpened like needles. When he said good
morning and something else courteously, it echoed back to him. He thought it was a queer
planet. And the people have no imagination. They repeat whatever one says to them. Then he
compared with a flower on his planet who was always the first to speak.

Chapter 20:

After walking for a long time through sand, rocks, and snow, the little prince, at last, came
upon a road. He found himself standing before a garden, all abloom with roses. When the
roses said good morning to him, he couldn’t believe his eyes that all the five thousand roses
in one single garden look like his flower. Then he knew that the flowers called themselves as
a rose. As a result, he was overcome with sadness due to his flower ever told him that she was
the only one of her kind in the universe. He realized that he was not as rich as he thought,
with a flower that was unique in all the world, but he was wrong. Then he cried abruptly.

Chapter 21:

Then the little prince met a fox that told him that if he tames the fox, and had a relationship
with him, they will be unique and a source of joy to each other. At first, the little prince so
curious about the word “tames” from the fox which actually means to establish ties. But the
little prince said to him that he has not much time due to discover friends and gaining for a
great many things to understand. Before they are apart, the fox said a wisdom quote to him,
“It is only the heart that can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” The little
prince learned one thing from this meeting, that he becomes responsible for what he has
tamed, forever. And he is responsible for his rose.
Chapter 22:

The next morning, the little prince met the railway switchman. The man has responsible to
arrange the traffic of the trains. He learned a new thing that apparently the grown-ups are
pursuing nothing at all in this travel by train. Only the children know what they are looking
for, and they are lucky.

Chapter 23:

The little prince met the merchant who sold pills that can save a tremendous amount of time.
These pills will give fifty-three minutes every week for anyone who consumed it to spend
whatever they like to do to make it worth it.

Chapter 24:

The narrator and little prince have now spent eight days in the desert and have run out of
water. The two then traverse the desert in search of a well, which, miraculously, they find.
They talked about everything beautiful usually it hides precious secrets. Such as the beautiful
desert that hides a well, so as the house, the stars that give them their beauty is something
that is invisible.

Chapter 25:

The well that the narrator & the little prince found was like a well in a village complete with
the pulley, the bucket, and the rope. They thought they were dreaming. The little prince also
thought the well can sing. He drank the water from the well since he was thirsty. He enjoyed
the water as it was as sweet as some special festival treat. The little prince assumed that the
grown-ups did not find whatever they are looking for even though there are five thousand
roses in the same garden. Actually, they can find it in one single rose, or in a little water. The
grown-up's eyes are blind. They must look with their heart. The little prince commented and
laughed on each sketch that the narrator draw such as the baobabs looked like cabbage and
the fox’s ears looked like horns. But the little prince said that children will understand it. The
little prince remembered of his descent to the earth as tomorrow will be its anniversary. And
once again, the narrator had a queer sense of sorrow. Maybe because he already tamed with
the little prince.

Chapter 26:

When the narrator back from his work, he saw his little prince sat on top of a wall, with his
feet dangling. He talked to a yellow snake underneath the wall. The little prince knew that
the aviator’s work for the engine already done and he can go back home. The little prince also
said that he wants to go back home. Returning to his planet requires allowing the poisonous
snake to bite him. The narrator felt so sad, it seemed to him that he was rushing headlong
toward an abyss from which he could do nothing to restrain his little prince. He has to return
that night to his planet and beloved flower. The little prince cried when he said the narrator
will have five hundred million little bells, and that now the stars will be meaningful to the
narrator, because he will know that his friend is living on one of them.
Chapter 27:

The story resumes six years later. The narrator says that the prince’s body was missing in the
morning, so he knows that he returned to his planet. When the night falls, he loved to listen
to the stars. It felt like five hundred million little bells. and he wonders whether the sheep
that he drew him ate his flower. But he then realized that it couldn’t happen because the little
prince was shut his flower under the glass globe. And no grown-up will ever understand that
this is a matter of so much importance. This is, to him, the loveliest and saddest landscape in
the world. It is here that the little prince appeared on earth, and disappeared. The aviator
wants the reader to look at his last drawing carefully so that they will be sure to recognize it
in case they travel someday to the African desert. He ends by imploring the reader to contact
him if they ever spot the little prince.

Analysis and Interpretation

The Little Prince interpreted unflattering pictures of grown-ups as being desperately

shallow-minded. They only concern with essential matters. On the other hand, children
become wise through open-mindedness and a willingness to explore the world around them
and within themselves. The main theme of the fable is revealed in the secret that the wise fox
tells the little prince: “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly: what is essential is
invisible to the eye.”

Character Role Analysis

The Little Prince

The prince is our hero. He has adventures, makes friends, and even finds love with his rose.
All this adds up to positioned him as protagonist central. After leaving his home planet and
his beloved rose, the prince journeys around the universe, ending up on Earth. Frequently
confused by the behaviour of grown-ups, the prince symbolizes the hope, love, innocence,
and insight of childhood that lies dormant in all of us. He always eagerly asked questions and
didn’t stop until he got the answers. Although the prince is sociable and meets a variety of
characters as he travels, he never stops loving and missing the rose on his home planet. On
each planet, the prince meets a different type of adult and reveals that character’s
carelessness and weaknesses. Once on Earth, however, the little prince becomes a student as
well as a teacher. From his friend the fox, the little prince learns the meaning of love, and in
turn, he passes on those lessons to the narrator.

The Narrator
A lonely pilot, while stranded in the desert, befriends the little prince. They spent eight days
together in the desert before the little prince returns to his home planet. Although the
narrator gave up to have a magnificent career as a painter due to the grown-ups never
understanding his drawings, the narrator continues to illustrate his own story and makes
several drawings for the little prince. The narrator is a grown-up, but his point of view of the
world is more like a child’s than an adult’s. After the little prince left, the narrator feels both
inspired and saddened.

The Rose
A flirtatious flower who has difficulty expressing her love for the little prince and
consequently throws her out. Along with vanity and naivety, she told the little prince about
her love it was too late to persuade her to stay at home and not travel. Throughout the story,
she occupies the mind and heart of the prince.
The Fox
Although the fox asks the little prince to tame him, the fox is in some ways the wiser of the
two characters, and he helps direct the prince toward what is important in life. In the secret
the fox tells the little prince before they say their good-byes, the fox sums up three important
lessons: only the heart can see rightly, the prince’s time away from his planet has made him
appreciate his rose more, and love requires responsibility.

The Snake
The first character the prince meets on Earth, who ultimately sends the prince back to the
heavens by biting him.

The Baobabs
Baobabs, harmless trees on Earth, become a great threat to smaller planets like the prince’s if
left abandoned. They can swallow the whole planets with their roots. Although baobabs have
no malicious intentions, they represent the grave danger that can befall people who are too
lazy to keep a wary eye on the world around them.

The King
On the first planet the little prince visited, he met a king who claims to rule the entire
universe. Even though not unkindly, the king’s power is nothing due to the planet has no
other subjects. He is able to command people to do only what they already would do.

The Conceited Man

On the second planet the little prince visited, he met the lonely conceited man and craves
admiration from all who pass by. However, only by being alone is he assured of being the
richest and best-looking man on his planet.

The Drunkard
The third person the little prince met after leaving home was a drunkard, who spent his days
and nights lost in vain. The drunkard is a sad figure, but he was also foolish because he
drinks to forget that he is ashamed of drinking.

The Businessman
The businessman was the fourth person that the little prince met. He was too busy even to
greet his visitor, then he claimed that he owned all the stars. Yet he could not remember
what they are called and contributes nothing to them. Although the little prince comments
on the oddness of the grown-ups he met, the businessman was the only character the prince
actively judges.

The Lamplighter
The lamplighter was the fifth and most complex figure the prince met before landing on
Earth. At first, he appeared to be yet another ridiculous character with unreal purpose, but
his selfless devotion to his orders earned him the little prince’s admiration. Of all the adults
the little prince met before reached Earth, the lamplighter was the only one the prince
thought he could befriend.
The Geographer
The sixth and final character the little prince met before he landed on Earth was the
geographer, who was apparently well-read, he refused to learn about his own planet, said it
was a job for explorers. His opinions on the ephemeral nature of flowers revealed to the
prince that his own flower would not last forever. He recommended that the little prince
should visit Earth.

The Railway Switchman

The railway switchman worked at the enormous trains that rush back and forth carrying
dissatisfied adults from one place to another. He had a perspective on the life of the unhappy
passengers on the trains that mostly slept during the rides. He agreed with the prince that
the children were the only ones who appreciated and enjoyed the beauty of the train rides.

The Salesclerk
The salesclerk sold pills that quench thirst on the reasons that people could save up to fifty-
three minutes a day if they don’t have to stop to drink. He symbolized the modern world’s
misplaced priority on saving time and taking shortcuts.

The Roses in the Rose Garden

The sight of the thousands of rose in a garden first convinced the prince to believe that his
flower was not, actually, a unique one. However, with the fox’s guidance, the prince realized
that even so many similar flowers could not stop his own rose from being unique.

The Three-Petaled Flower

The three-petaled flower lived alone in the desert, watched the occasional vehicle passed by.
She informed the prince that there were only a few people in the world and that their lack of
roots caused them were often blown by the wind.

The Turkish Astronomer

The Turkish astronomer was the first human who invent Asteroid B-612 which was the
prince’s home. When he first showed his invention, no one believed him because of his
Turkish costume. Years after, he made the same presentation wearing Western clothes, and
his invention was well received. The scientific community’s treatment of the Turkish
astronomer revealed that ignorance encouraged hatred of foreigners and racism.

Conflict

When the narrator has a plane accident in the Sahara, where he met the little prince, and he’s
thrilled that someone eventually understood him. While the narrator attempts to fix his
plane, the prince shared his travels and his adventures. He also told the narrator about his
love for a flower and how she irritated him, which was why he left his planet in the first
place.

Climax

The narrator learned about the prince’s encounter with a fox. The wise fox taught the prince
about trust, love, and friendship. As a result, the prince realized that his love for his flower
was true. The prince and the narrator went on a search for water and end up finding a well.
Also, the narrator succeeded in fixing his engine. In order to return to his planet, the prince
was bitten by a snake and disappeared from the Earth.
Resolution

Six years after the prince disappeared, the narrator kept looking for him in five hundred
million little bells of stars. He still wondered what was going on with his little friend. He
wanted the readers to keep these questions alive and asked them to contact him if they ever
spot the little prince someday.

Mood

The mood is generally mysterious or magical and adventurous, with a philosophical within
some parts of the story. At first, the Little Prince does not reveal his identity, creating an
initial sense of mysterious. Then as the Little Prince shares his travels, the mood becomes
adventurous. As he questions the fox and the narrator, the mood becomes deeply
philosophic. In the end, when the Prince requires allowing to be bitten by the snake so he can
get back to his planet, the mood again becomes mysterious and magical. Although he seems
to die from the snake bite, the narrator could not find the little prince’s body when he looks
for it the next morning. He believed that the Prince successfully returns to his star.
The narrator and little prince have now spent eight days in the desert and have run out of
water. The two then traverse the desert in search of a well, which, miraculously, they find.
The little prince tells the narrator that he plans to return that night to his planet and flower
and that now the stars will be meaningful to the narrator, because he will know that his
friend is living on one of them. Returning to his planet requires allowing the poisonous snake
to bite him. The story resumes six years later. The narrator says that the prince’s body was
missing in the morning, so he knows that he returned to his planet, and he wonders whether
the sheep that he drew him ate his flower. He ends by imploring the reader to contact him if
they ever spot the little prince.

Analysis And Reception

The Little Prince draws unflattering portraits of grown-ups as being hopelessly narrow-

minded. In contrast, children come to wisdom through open-mindedness and a willingness
to explore the world around them and within themselves. The main theme of the fable is
expressed in the secret that the fox tells the little prince: “It is only with the heart that one
can see rightly: what is essential is invisible to the eye.”