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What Is The Characterization Of The Little Prince

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Identification with the Little Prince’s Fox Throughout the short children’s novel, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the Little Prince encounters a variety of different characters, all showing him or teaching him something about life. My favorite character and the one that I can connect to most is the Fox. The fox enlightens him on what it is truly is to be tamed. He shows him that you are responsible for whatever you have tamed, whether it be a pet, a person, or even a rose. When the Little Prince first stumbled across the fox, he would not go anywhere near him. The fox informed him that if he wanted to get to know him, he would have to have patience and tame him. He then further explained how he has never been tamed before, and requested that the Little Prince would do so. Little by little, each day the Little Prince would get closer and closer to the Fox, at last being able to pet him. The Fox grew to anticipate seeing the Little Prince at the same time daily, located in the same place. He grew to love the Little Prince, leading them to establish ties. The Little Prince was not just any little boy to him anymore. Now that the Fox was tamed, it is time for the Little Prince to leave. The Fox begins to weep and the Little Princes worries that taming the Fox did not do him any good. However, the Fox goes onto explain that because of him the golden color of the wheat fields will bring him joy, because it evokes memories of the Little Prince’s

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