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    The document provides a detailed summary and critique of the book "The Little Prince". It summarizes the plot, which follows the Little Prince as he visits 6 planets and encounters various characters before crashing in the desert where he meets the narrator. It analyzes the characters, identifying the Little Prince and Narrator as round characters, and others as flat. It also discusses the literary elements of allegory, symbolism, and irony used in the story. The critique provides insights into how symbols in the story like the sheep, desert, and fox can represent innocence, the difficulties of life, and wisdom.

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    The document provides a detailed summary and critique of the book "The Little Prince". It summarizes the plot, which follows the Little Prince as he visits 6 planets and encounters various characters before crashing in the desert where he meets the narrator. It analyzes the characters, identifying the Little Prince and Narrator as round characters, and others as flat. It also discusses the literary elements of allegory, symbolism, and irony used in the story. The critique provides insights into how symbols in the story like the sheep, desert, and fox can represent innocence, the difficulties of life, and wisdom.

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    The document provides a detailed summary and critique of the book "The Little Prince". It summarizes the plot, which follows the Little Prince as he visits 6 planets and encounters various characters before crashing in the desert where he meets the narrator. It analyzes the characters, identifying the Little Prince and Narrator as round characters, and others as flat. It also discusses the literary elements of allegory, symbolism, and irony used in the story. The critique provides insights into how symbols in the story like the sheep, desert, and fox can represent innocence, the difficulties of life, and wisdom.

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    The document provides a detailed summary and critique of the book "The Little Prince". It summarizes the plot, which follows the Little Prince as he visits 6 planets and encounters various characters before crashing in the desert where he meets the narrator. It analyzes the characters, identifying the Little Prince and Narrator as round characters, and others as flat. It also discusses the literary elements of allegory, symbolism, and irony used in the story. The critique provides insights into how symbols in the story like the sheep, desert, and fox can represent innocence, the difficulties of life, and wisdom.

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    Critique

    Mina, Japheth Kyle G.


    HUM15-AC1 9/1/12


    The Little Prince
    Summary:
    The story starts with the narrator crash-landing in the desert where he meets the little prince. The
    little prince asked the narrator to draw him a sheep, and after several attempts, he draws a box
    and says that the sheep is inside. To the narrators surprise, the little prince is happy with the
    result. The plot then turns to the little princes origins, he comes from a small asteroid where
    there are 3 volcanoes, 2 active and 1 dormant, and a single rose which the little prince fell in love
    with. After the little prince found out that the rose lied to him, he decided not to trust her
    anymore and to also leave the asteroid. Even after making up with the rose, the little prince still
    left the asteroid because of his loneliness. The little prince visited six other planets before
    coming to Earth. On the first planet, the little prince meets The King who claims he rules the
    entire universe. On the second planet, the prince meets The Vain Man who wants admiration
    from others but is alone on the planet to ensure that he was the most beautiful being on his
    planet. On the third planet the prince visits, he meets The Drunkard, a man who drinks to forget
    that he is ashamed of drinking. The businessman is the man on the fourth planet that the prince
    visits; he owns the stars and was too busy to even greet the little prince. The Lamplighter, the
    person on the fifth planet the prince visits before coming to Earth, had a sense of great duty and
    was the only one that the prince didnt have any negative reactions to. The sixth planet had The
    Geographer who tells the prince that flowers dont last forever and suggests that the prince visit
    Earth. The little prince decides to visit Earth but lands in the middle of the desert and cannot find
    any humans around. While the prince wanders the desert, a snake that speaks in riddles says that
    he can send the little prince back home. The prince refuses the snakes offer and continues with
    his adventure through the desert. He meets the desert flower which tells him that there are few
    humans on Earth. After the prince climbs to a high mountain and thought he had a conversation
    with his echo, he visits a rose garden which made him depressed because he thought that his rose
    was unique. A fox befriends the prince soon after and explains to him that some things are seen
    through the heart and not through the eyes. The little princes rose was unique because he loved
    it, making it special and not like the others. The princes story ends when he tells of his
    encounter with a salesman and a railway switchman. The story then shifts back to desert where
    the narrator and prince just found a well for them to drink water. The prince makes plans to
    return to his planet with help from the snake. The narrator figures out that the snake will bite the
    prince and send him back to his asteroid, he never left the princes side and was there when the
    snake bit him even though the prince said for him to look away because it will be sad. The story
    ends with the narrator taking comfort that he did not find the princes body the next day and was
    busy looking for signs that the prince has returned to Earth.

    Characters:

    Round Characters:
    1. The Little Prince main character
    2. The Narrator the princes story is being told to him

    Flat Characters:
    1. The men on the 1
    st
    six planets that the prince visits shows the diff. aspects of adults
    2. The Snake only there to send the prince home
    3. The Rose the one that the prince loves, only appears in the beginning, mentioned
    throughout
    4. The Fox befriends the prince
    5. Flowers in desert talked to the prince
    6. Other people on Earth little interaction with the prince
    Literary Elements:
    1. Allegory
    2. Symbolism
    3. Irony
    Insight:
    The story has several instances where the prince as the child character finds out about the
    personality and attitude of the world of adults. His adventures make several references to the real
    world at the time the novel was written. Overall the story is heavily allegorical as it pertains to
    real world elements as well as using symbolism to further the deeper meaning behind the novel.
    The sheep that the prince asked the narrator to draw can pertain to the innocence of a child with a
    sheeps coat as a symbol of purity with the prince being the symbol of the purity of a curious
    child. The desert they were in can represent the largeness of life and the dangers that come with
    it. Like with most stories, the snake represents a manipulative being, talking in riddles hoping to
    trick the prince, promising to send him back to his planet, but bites him only sending his soul to
    the heavens. The fox can be a symbol of wisdom, as the fox helped the prince figure out his
    feelings for the flower. The rose can symbolize affection when a boy likes a girl. The irony in the
    story is that the prince travels all the way from his asteroid far from the rose he loves only to find
    out that he wants to be there for the rose as he can care for her.

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