The Little Prince Ch I & Ii

The Little Prince and the Fox

The Meeting of the Little Prince and the Pilot

Characters: Little Prince - A pure, innocent, yet mystical traveler from the outer space(B-612)

Fox - an important character because he teaches the little prince the most important lesson in the story

Pilot - he crashed in the desert

Setting: Sahara Desert

Plot:

The pilot, crashes in the Sahara desert. He attempts to fix his engine, knowing that he only has a limited supply of water. As he begins to work on the engine, he hears a small voice asking him to draw a sheep. He turns around to meet the little prince, and after making several attempts at drawing the sheep, he settles on sketching a box—he tells the little prince that the box contains a sheep, and to the pilot's astonishment, the little prince is delighted. Through their short time together, a relationship was built between them.

The little prince then meets the fox, he asks the fox to play with him because he is so unhappy. The fox asks the Little Prince to “tame” him. He explains that one is tamed by being loved and valued. Since the Prince invests time and energy into the fox, the animal does become tame, and a close friendship develops between the two of them. The Little Prince always remembers the teachings of the fox, who proves that he is wise indeed. 

Theme:

Friendship, Truth, Open-mindedness

Moral:

-building relationships and deep connections with people requires patience and hard work; friendship is earned not bought.

- one cannot really see with one’s eye; instead one must feel with one’s heart in order to understand the true meaning of things. 

-friendship is established by building a relationship with a person and get to really understand him or her. A “friend” will always remain distinguishable for you from the hundreds of thousands of people in the world—and you, too, will be “unique” or special to him or her.