The Little Prince tells the story of a pilot who crashes in the Sahara desert and meets a young prince. The prince explains that he comes from an asteroid and has been visiting other planets inhabited by eccentric adults. On his travels, the prince encounters people obsessed with trivial matters like rank and possessions. He develops a friendship with a fox who teaches him about responsibility and what is truly important. The story uses the prince's journey between worlds to comment on human nature and the importance of retaining childhood innocence and wonder.

1. THE LITTLE
PRINCE
GREAT BOOKS
GROUP 1

2. AUTHOR

3. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French
aviator and writer, real life hero who looked at
adventure and danger with poet's eyes –
sometimes from the viewpoint of a child. In
this particular book, he dedicated this to his
friend Leon Werth. According to him, as it was
written on his book, he has three reasons why
he wrote it.

4. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
His first reason is that, he wrote the book
because Leon Werth was his best friend.
Another reason he pointed out was his friend,
Leon Werth understood everything, even
books about children. And his third reason is
that his friend lived in France where he was
hungry, cold and needed to be
cheered up.

5. UNLOCKING
DIFFICULT
WORDS

6. Difficult Words
Depicts
To represent or show
something in a picture,
story, movie, etc.
Crude
Rude and offensive.

7. Difficult Words
Disheartened
Having lost determination or
confidence.
Monarch
A person who reigns
over a kingdom or
empire.

8. Difficult Words
Conceited
Showing too high an opinion
of oneself
Pathetic
Causing feelings of
sadness and sympathy.

9. Difficult Words
Tippler
A habitual drinker of alcohol.
Tame
Changed from the wild
state so as to become
useful and obedient to
human beings.

10. Difficult Words
Peculiar
Unusual and strange,
sometimes in an unpleasant
way.
Quench
Satisfy (one's thirst) by
drinking.

11. Difficult Words
Merchant
A person who buys and sells
commodities for profit.
Dreadfully
*Very badly.
*In a shocking, or
disagreeable manner.

12. CHARACTERS
* The Little Prince
*The Narrator
*The Rose
*The Baobabs
*The King
*The Vain Man
*The Drunkard
*The Businessman
*The Lamplighter
*The Geographer
*The Snake
*The Fox
*The Railway Switchman
*The Salesclerk

13. Characters
The little prince
*The prince symbolizes the hope, love, innocence and insight of childhood.
*The little prince is from another planet. He works hard to care for his planet, and is deeply loyal to his flower.
His curiosity causes him to choose a season of travel.
KEY FEATURES OF LITTLE PRINCE
The little prince represents the open-mindedness of children. He is a wanderer who restlessly asks questions.
The novel suggests that such inquisitiveness is the key to understanding and to happiness.
The narrator
*A lonely pilot stranded in the desert. The narrator is a grown-up, but his view of the world is more like a
child's than an adults.
The Rose
*Vain(high opinion) and naive (lack of experience), she informs the little prince of her love for him too late to
persuade him to stay homr and not to travel.

14. The baobabs
Harmless tress on Earth, pose a great threat to smaller planets like the prince's if left unchecked.
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 visits, he encounters a king and it's power is empty because he command
people to do only what they already would do.
The vain man
The sole resident of the second planet the little prince visit and craves admiration from all who pass by.
The drunkard
The third person the little prince encounter, a person who spend his days and nights drinking to forget his
problems.

15. The businessman
A caricature of grown-ups who is the fourth person the little prince visits.
The lamplighter
The fifth and most complex figure the prince encounter. At first he thought the lamplighter has no real purpose
but his selfless devotion to the prince's orders earns him the little prince admiration.
The geographer
The sixth and the final character the little prince encounters before he lands on Earth.
The snake
The first character the prince meets on Earth, who ultimately sends the prince back to his planet by biting him.

16. The fox
The second character the prince meets on Earth, who asks the little prince to tame him. The fox is in some
ways the knowledgeable. He helps steer the prince toward what is important in life. The fox sums up three
important lessons: only the heart can see correctly; the prince's time away from his planet has made him
appreciate his rose more; and love entails responsibility. (the importance of looking beneath the surface to
find the real truth and meaning of a thing).
The Railway Switchman
Works at the enormous train that rush back and forth carrying dissatisfied adults from one place to the other.
He has more perspective on life than the unhappy passengers and agrees with the prince that the children are
the only ones who appreciate and enjoy the beauty of the train rides.
The salesclerk
Who sells pills to quench thirst. He symbolizes the modern worlds misplaced emphasis on saving time and
taking shortcuts.

17. THE LITTLE
PRINCE
BY: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

18. The story begins when the narrator's plane crashes and lands in the middle of Sahara Desert. There he meet
the little prince who instructs him to draw a sheep. The narrator pilot find out that little prince came from an
asteroid B612. The prince took great care of his asteroid preventing baobabs plants from destroying his
home. Then a rose appears on his asteroid he cares for it deeply thinking she is the most wonderful creature
ever, but he is depressed because he thought the rose does not love him back so he decided to left his
asteroid and rose.
As he land on many asteroid, each one is occupied by different adult. First he meet the king who attempt to
rule over the universe. As he continues his journey he meet pathetic people. A conceited man who believes
the little prince is only an admirer. A tippler who is attempting to drink his problems away. A business man too
busy to stop his work for anything; A lamplighter who does nothing but light his lamp day and night; and a
geographer who cannot complete his work because there is no explorer.
Next he goes to Earth, where he meet a snake, who is very pleased by the prince innocence and honesty in
all matters. And says his bite can send him back to his home where he truly belong. He then finds a flower
which depress him, because the rose on his planet told him she was the only one of her kind in the universe.
He also meet a fox whom he befriend and attempts to tame. After they become friends, the fox asks the Little
Prince to 'tame him, which is what the latter does. He also meets some humans, a railway switchman who is
unsatisfied and knows children are the only ones that know what they are looking for. Lastly a merchant who
sells pills that will quench thirst and save valuable time.

19. PLOT
● The story follows a young prince who
visits various planets, including earth,
and addresses themes of loneliness,
friendship, love, and loss. Despite its
styles as a children’s book, the little
prince makes observations about life,
adults, and human nature.

20. SETTING
● The main setting of the story is in Sahara Desert
where the narrator met the Little Prince looking
for answers about life and in particular, he wants
to understand the existence and pastimes of
adults on Earth. The Asteroid B-612, where the
Little Prince came from, and the other asteroids
he visited are the minor setting of the story.

21. SYMBOLISM
● The character of the little
prince symbolizes the purity,
sincerity, and curiosity of
childhood.

22. THEME
“It is only with the heart that one
can see rightly: what is essential
is invisible to the eye.”

23. —Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“ Every problem has a
solution”

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