In my opinion it is a social commentary. The Little Prince is about holding on to childhood, ignorance and innocence. A social critic once said, ?We are born into a state of grace, it is the environment and society that corrupts us.? I think that that quote partially sums up my opinion of this book. The little price woul

As the prince starts his journey he encounters six different people on six different planets. He learns something about ?grown-ups? at each stop. He meets six people that all represent a facet of society or adult life and behavior. The people he meets, in order, The King, The conceited man, The tippler (a drunk), The businessman, The lamp lighter and The geographer. At each stop his knowledge of the worlds around him becomes more vast. He learns from the king that grown-ups like to be obeyed no matter the fairness of the issue. From the conceited man he learns that people that don?t listen to their faults do not grow as a person. The drunk teaches him that ?grown-ups? will try to solve problems in the short term but actually cause bigger problems long term. The business man helps him discover that grown ups sometimes get so caught up in business that they don't think about what they are actually doing.The prince learns from the lamp lighter that grown ups can some times devote themselves so completely to a task, they will not rest until they are done. Last he visits the geographer. He learns from him that he should not take special m

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