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The Little Prince Character Analysis

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There are many things that make people feel and believe that they are alone in the world. Adulthood is one of the major things that makes people believe that they are alone in their feelings about adulthood and life in general. There are many resources that help and they are not that hard to find. But none seem to work quite as well as the novel, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. These lessons taught in the short novel even helped Saint-Exupery’s great nephew improve and learn in his life (Inman). An analysis of The Little Prince shows that there are many lessons to be learned about adulthood and how to better live your life. It teaches children how to be grown-ups and it teaches grown-ups how to become better grown-ups. The …show more content…

The second lesson was not to hide your real feelings. Both the Little Prince and his Rose hid their true feelings from one another, the Rose most of all. Once the Little Prince realized that he was unhappy, he started talking about seeing and exploring other places and planets. This made the Rose mad and she acted like she did not need him to love her or care for her. Once the Little Prince starts to leave she tells him she was wrong, that she does need him, but she was too late (Saint-Exupery). All of their pain could have been stopped if she had not hidden her real feelings from the Little Prince. But, it is also a good thing that they went through that pain. Life is never painless. Most everyone will go through heartbreak at some point and The Little Prince teaches that good things can come from pain. The third lesson was there is very little to be found in seeking the admiration from others. In chapter eleven of The Little Prince, the Little Prince has made his way to the second planet. This planet is inhabited by the very vain man. All the very vain man did was admire himself and seek the admiration about himself from others. This was all he wanted from life (Saint-Exupery). But that is not a life worth living. If you live only for admiration or approval of others who cannot live for yourself or be yourself completely. But if you live only for yourself, you will become selfish and you will never truly care

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