Written and illustrated by

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Presenter: Fanny Yang

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

• Born in Lyon, France on

June 29, 1900

• Fond of writing and Flying

• Became a Pilot in 1926

• Wrote “The Little Prince” in

New York City in 1940

• Died during one flying

mission on July 31, 1944 1900 ~ 1944

The three most popular books in the

20th century — the Holy Bible,

Muslim Koran, and The Little Prince

This book is dedicated to Leon Werth,

the best friend of the author.

I had an accident with my plane in the Desert of Sahara.

And I saw a most extraordinary small person.

“I am responsible for my rose,” the little prince repeated.

“Approach, so that I may see you better,” said the king, who felt

consumingly proud of being at last a king over somebody.

“Ah!Ah! I am about to receive a visit from an admirer,”

“Why are you drinking?” “So that I may forget.”

“Forget what?” “Forget that I am ashamed.”

“And what do you do with these stars?” “Nothing. I own them.”

“But why have you just lighted it again?” “Those are the orders.”

“The planet Earth,” replied the geographer.

“It has a good reputation.”

“Whomever I touch, I send back to the earth from whence

he came,” the snake spoke again.

“I thought that I was rich, with a flower that was unique

in all the world; and all I had was a common rose.”

“To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand

other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other.”

Then I am happy. And there is

sweetness in the laughter of all the stars.

Analysis of Major Characters

Reference:

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/l

ittleprince/canalysis.html

The Little Prince

• A pure and innocent

traveler

• Contracts with different

adult characters

• Search for answers is more

important the the answers

themselves.

The Narrator

• An adult, but used to be

an imaginary child

• A human being grows and

develops over time.

The Rose

• A crucial character

• A symbol of universal love

• Love comes from investing

in other people

The Fox

• A friend and a instructor

• His encounter with the little

prince displays an ideal

friendship

The Snake

• Master life’s mysteries

• Poisonous bite indicate the

unavoidable phenomenon

of death.

The major theme is the importance of looking

beneath the surface to find a real truth and a meaning

of a thing.