the little prince - my best

[DORRI]

have you ever read it?what do you think about it?you may say it's not leftiist,so here's not its place.but I think somehow it learns how to live.are you agree with me ?
have you asked yourselves what does that flower stand for (for example)

[Maaja]

I've read it. But my sister's husband did I doll's film of it. I haven't seen it yet but they'll even go to an international film festival with it!

[Pandore]

"on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur , l'essenciel est invisible aux yeux"

[razboz]

Its a really incredible book. If you havent read it yet, i highly advise you do. itll take 30 min tops.

[Don't Change Your Name]

Interestingly (?) enough, my mother read it to me when I was about 3 or 4 years old. I also remember seeing some movie about it back then or so. Although I don't remember shit about it (excepting for very few details) not so long ago I found this:


Originally posted by the infamous Wikipedia
The Prince leaves one day to see what the rest of the universe is like, and visits several other asteroids (numbered from 325 to 330) each of which is inhabited by an adult who is foolish in his own way:

* The King who can "control" the stars by ordering them to do what they would anyway. He then relates this to human subjects; it is the citizen's duty to obey, but only if the king's demands are good for the citizens.
* The Conceited Man who wants to be admired by everyone, but lives alone on his planet. Anything that is not a compliment he cannot hear.
* The Drunkard who drinks to forget that he is ashamed of drinking.
* The Businessman who is constantly busy counting the stars he thinks he owns. He wishes to use them to buy more stars. The Prince then goes on to define property. The Prince owns the flower and volcanoes on his planet because he cares for them and they care for him. Because one cannot maintain the stars, he argues, the Businessman cannot own them.
* The Lamplighter who lives on an asteroid which rotates once a minute. Long ago, he was charged with the task of lighting the lamp at night and extinguishing it in the morning. At that point, the asteroid revolved at a reasonable rate, and he had time to rest. As time went on, the rotation sped up. Refusing to turn his back on his work, he now lights and extinguishes the lamp once a minute, getting no rest. (The Prince actually empathizes with the Lamplighter, who is the only adult to care about something other than himself.)
* The Geographer who spends all of his time making maps, but never leaves his desk to explore (even his own planet), going on the pretext that it is the job of an explorer to do so. Even if an explorer were to visit the Geographer, the Geographer is very doubting of any explorer's character and would most likely disregard the report. He doesn't trust things he hasn't seen with his own eyes, yet will not leave his desk.

That's quite, umm...interesting for a children's book...

[razboz]

That's quite, umm...interesting for a children's book...

It looks and reads like a children's book but deconstructs like a philosophy essay.

The end is unbeleivably depressing.

[loveme4whoiam]

Wow - this book sounds fascinating - is it in bookshops? I can't remember seeing a book of that name on the shelves whilst tidying up the kids section :(

[Janus]

Read it in French and English over the summer for French class. It's a pretty nice story and short too.

[Ze]

I remember the cartoon and my mom has a spanish version of it. I'd like to read it again, thank you for this thread.

[che's long lost daughter]

Have read it 3 times already and it never fails to fascinate and touch me. I even made a poem about it. Superficially, it would look like a children's book especially with the illustrations but as you read on it is a commentary about the human condition. Read it, it is really great.

[Hate Is Art]

A lot of childrens stories work on a very deep level, Fairy Stories especially, are told to children in order to 'socialise' them.

[loveme4whoiam]

Originally posted by Digital [email protected] 02, 2007 08:48 pm
A lot of childrens stories work on a very deep level, Fairy Stories especially, are told to children in order to 'socialise' them.
Very much so - thats why I was never a fan of kids books. Well, obviously I didn't know that at the time, I just didn't like them, but that's why :D

Read Terry Pratchett's kids books if you want to see an alternate perspective of socialising kids.

[Hate Is Art]

If anyone's interested check out Jack Zipes 'Fairy Tales And The Art Of Subversion', I know Senate House Library at UCL in London has it, but I'm not sure if it's still in print.

[Pandore]

You can also read "The alchemist " (Author : Paulo Coelho), lots of people think that Paulo Coelho was inspired by "Le petit prince " to write his book ... its the same kind of book that is easily read, very nice , it takes an hour maximum to read it and is full of imagination , its for kids and grown ups at the same time ... but i liked the little prince more , i didnt really agree with things like "there are omens everywhere that guide you ... " but its a very popular book , nice to read it and expand ur knowledge ...

[Don't Change Your Name]

I had to read that one at school, it sucks

[midnight marauder]

I used to read it in French a lot when I was younger. Not for any class or anything, just because the only copy I had was in French.

I loved it. In fact, I used to have that same avatar of the Little Prince on this site.