What is

Happiness?
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 The Little Prince
A simple tale of a child, the little prince, who travels
the universe gaining wisdom about happiness,
adulthood, love, and friendship.

a child’s fable for adults reminding us that the best

things in life are still the simplest ones and that real
wealth is giving to others.
 The
Author
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
(1900-1944)
Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupéry

French aviator and writer whose works are

the unique testimony of a pilot and a warrior
who looked at adventure and danger with a
poet’s eyes.

most of his works feature his adventure in

the skies or pilots as characters.

He views aviation as a source for heroic

action and a new literary theme.
The Setting
The Sahara Desert
The pilot crashed his plane in
the Sahara Desert and met the
Little prince.

They spent most of their time

here.

This is also where the story

ended - where the little prince
"died" (died?)
 The Planets
When the little prince decided
to leave his planet, he travelled
to each planet.

Each planet is inhabited by a

certain type of grown-up.

He learned some wisdom from

them.
 Asteroid B-612
The little prince’s home.

A small planet with 3 volcanoes.

Infested with weed and baobab

saplings that’s why the little
prince needed a sheep.

This is also where the beautiful

rose grew out of nowhere.
 Main
Themes
Look beneath the surface and understand the
true importance of things.

“Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.”

 Notable
Characters
The Little Prince
One of the two protagonists in the
story.

He symbolizes the hope, love,

innocence, and insight of childhood
that lie in all of us.

Even though he left his rose to find

himself out there in the universe, he
never stopped loving and missing
her on his home planet.
The Narrator
The lonely pilot who befriended the
little prince.

He gave up becoming an illustrator

because adults couldn’t understand
his drawing.

He symbolizes a grown-up who

views the world as a child.
The Rose
A vain flower who had trouble
expressing her love which
consequently drove the little prince
away.

Symbolizing love and beauty - easy

to feel and difficult to understand.

She constantly occupies the little

prince’s heart and mind.
The Fox
The fox is a knowledgeable beast
who helped steer the prince
toward what is important in life.

It imparted important lessons:

-Only the heart can see correctly.
-Love entails responsibility.
-His time away from his planet
makes the rose more important
to him.
The Snake
The first character he met on
Earth.

Offered a solution for the prince

to return where he came from - a
snake bite.

Symbolizing death, temptation,

and cunning.
Symbolisms
 Drawings
Symbolize “Language”
Subjective and confusing at
times.
Stars and Flowers
Symbolize “Possessions”
no matter how many there are
in life, we only care about a
meaningful few -
or a special one.
 Baobabs
Symbolize “Problems”
They start off as harmless
weeds/saplings. If not
uprooted, they can split a
planet apart.
The Well
The Little
Prince
Summary
 The book starts with the narrator sharing his childhood
memory about his fascination with boa constrictors and how
they digest their food. He drew this:
 it was in fact a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. The
adults thought it was a drawing of a hat. He thought that
adults always need explanation and lack imagination. So, he
gave up his dream of being an artist and pursued aviation.
 He recalled the time he crash landed in the sahara desert
with no one to help him. he was greeted by an extraordinary
young fella with a weird request.

Could you draw me

a sheep?
The narrator started drawing sheep
but they were not the ones the
little prince was looking for.

Finally the narrator drew a box with

3 holes on it and said “the sheep
you are looking for is inside."

That’s the sheep I

was looking for.
The pilot and the little prince became friends after that.

Just like you, I also came from the

skies…from a planet called
Asteroid B-612.
 The little prince always used the sheep to stir up
conversations and to share a little bit of himself to the pilot.
Just like you, I also came from the
Do sheep eat shrubs? I
skies…from a planet called
have a baobab problem
Asteroid B-612.
in my planet. They start
small and end up like big
trees that could destroy
my planet.
When he asked if the sheep eat flowers, they talked about
why flowers needed to have thorns.

Thorns are just the

flower's way to be rude.
the pilot also learned that the little prince paid close attention
to a small sprout in his planet that appeared from nowhere. At
sunrise, this small sprout became a beautiful elegant rose.
the little prince couldn't contain his admiration and gave all
his love and care to this one rose on his small planet.
Even though the rose perfumed his planet and brought so much
joy to him, her vanity and demands made the little prince doubt
the sincerity of her love.

I am starting to feel I am sorry. I want you to know that I

lonely and unhappy love you, but it’s too late now. Don’t
here. I have to leave. worry about me. I’ll be fine on my
own.
 The little prince travelled across the stars where he met
different grown-ups inhabiting their own planets. He gained
important pieces of wisdom from them.
 Firstly, he met THE KING who liked to command and rule. the
little prince learned that what makes a leader good is by being
reasonable and that rulers usually make a big deal about the
power they have.
 On the second planet, he met the
VAIN MAN who always likes to be
recognized, admired, and praised.
He learned that there are grown ups
who thought that the world only
revolves around them.
On the third planet, he met the
DRUNK MAN who always
drinks and always looks
miserable. The little prince
learned the convoluted logic
that grown-ups drink to forget
their shame, and that they are
ashamed that's why they drink.
 On the fourth planet, he met
the very busy BUSINESSMAN
claiming he owns all the stars
because he counts them and
puts them on paper. He learned
that grown-ups are very
obsessed to own a lot of things
too quickly instead of owning a
few ones that truly matter to
them.
 on the fifth planet he met the
LAMPLIGHTER whose only job was
to light the lamp at night and
extinguish the lamp at day. The
little prince admired him out of all
the other ones he met. He valued
the lamplighter's task as
something "beautiful" and "useful."
On the sixth planet, he met the narrow-minded GEOGRAPHER.
He listens only to "experts" and not to the “experienced.” The
prince learned that this grown-up is only interested with facts
but not real truths.
 I know how far
away you are from
The seventh planet your planet. I can
he reached is Earth. bring you back
home with just one
He landed in the bite.
Sahara desert where
he met no one
except for a snake.

I don’t want to go
home yet. I’ll think
about it.
 The little prince journeyed on and met several
characters that taught him the value of love and the
true meaning of happiness.
all the flowers in
the world become Anything essential is
insignificant when invisible to the eyes.
you have one rose
that truly matters
the most.
These were the things that happened to the little prince
before the pilot met him in the desert. On the eighth
day in the Sahara, they felt thirsty and looked for a well.
 After finding the well,
they drank the water
and felt better. The pilot
appreciated the water
not because it had
quenched their thirst,
but because it was a
reward from their effort.
I landed near the well
and tomorrow is the
first anniversary of
my arrival. The pilot felt a strange feeling
of grief and dread. The pilot
shrugged it off and left the
little prince there as he went
back to fix the plane.
 When the pilot came back the
next evening after successfully
fixing the plane, he saw the little
prince sitting on top of a ruined
stone wall and talking to a
snake. He became worried and
felt scared for the young boy.
Congratulations for fixing your plane.
But I, too, must leave tonight. I know
you understand. My star will just be
right above the place where I fell
tonight for my anniversary

Even though the pilot was hugging him tight, he felt

the prince drifting into the abyss without anything to
hold him back.
 So, the next time you look up to the
stars, my planet will be one of them
up there. Among the billion of stars in
the universe, one planet mattered.

After thanking the pilot for such memorable time and

adventure, it was time to go. Something yellow
flashed close to the little prince’s ankle.
The prince fell gently....motionless....soundless.
 The story ended with the pilot, after six years, being
able to console himself that the prince indeed has
returned to his planet.
It's all a great mystery...and
that if one imagines
whether the sheep has
eaten the flower in the little
prince's planet or not
makes all the difference.
"Anything essential is
invisible to the eyes."
“In case you travel some day to the African desert. And,
if you should come upon this spot, please do not hurry
on. Wait for a time, exactly under the star. Then, if a
little man appears who laughs, who has golden hair
and who refuses to answer questions, you will know
who he is.

If this should happen, please comfort me. Send me

word that he has come back.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry