1. Written and illustrated by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince

2. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Born in Lyon, France on June 29, 1900
Fond of writing and Flying
Became a Pilot in 1926
Wrote “The Little Prince” in New York City in 1940
Died during one flying mission on July 31, 1944
1900 ~ 1944

3. Plot Summary
The texts are selected from the book.

4. I had an accident with my plane in the Desert of Sahara.

5. And I saw a most extraordinary small person.

6. “I am responsible for my rose,” the little prince repeated.

7. “Approach, so that I may see you better,” said the king, who felt
consumingly proud of being at last a king over somebody.

8. “Ah!Ah! I am about to receive a visit from an admirer,”

9. “Why are you drinking?” “So that I may forget.”
“Forget what?” “Forget that I am ashamed.”

10. “And what do you do with these stars?” “Nothing. I own them.”

11. “But why have you just lighted it again?” “Those are the orders.”

12. “The planet Earth,” replied the geographer.
“It has a good reputation.”

13. “Whomever I touch, I send back to the earth from whence
he came,” the snake spoke again.

14. “I thought that I was rich, with a flower that was unique
in all the world; and all I had was a common rose.”

15. “To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand
other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other.”

17. Then I am happy. And there is sweetness in the laughter of all the stars.

18. Major Characters

19. The Little Prince A pure and innocent traveler
Search for answers is more important than the answers themselves.

20. The Narrator An adult, but used to be an imaginary child
A human being grows and develops over time.

21. The Rose A crucial character A symbol of universal love
Love comes from investing in other people

22. The Fox A friend and a instructor
His encounter with the little prince displays an ideal friendship

23. The Snake Master life’s mysteries
Poisonous bite indicate the unavoidable phenomenon of death.

24. Plot

25. Chapter 1 Drawing Number 1 Drawing Number 2
Perception of an item varies from person to person
Why did the pilot give up the idea of becoming a painter?
Grown-ups are tiresome to children
Enlightened adults

26. Chapter 2
Sahara Desert
Little Prince

27. Chapter 3-4 Where is the Little Prince from? Turkish astronomer
Asteroid B-612
Questions grown-ups ask
Author has grown up

28. Chapter 5-7 Baobab trees Sunsets “If a sheep eats bushes,
does it eat flowers, too?”
Flower’s thorns

29. Chapter 8-9
The rose
The Little Prince leaves
3 volcanoes

30. Chapter 10-15
Asteroid 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330
King, Vain Man, Drunkard, Businessman, Lamplighter, Geographer
7th planet - Earth

31. Chapter 16-20 The snake The flower with three petals The echo
‘more powerful than a King’s finger’
‘I can help you, someday’
The flower with three petals
The echo
The rose garden

32. Chapter 21-23
The fox – “One sees clearly with only the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes”
The Railway switchman
The salesclerk

33. Chapter 24-27 The pilot’s 8th day in the Sahara Water well
The snake’s promise
A year’s time
6 years later
No leather strap on the muzzle

34. A Flashback Plot
Conflict
The conflict between the childlike perspectives of the prince and the beliefs of the adult world
Climax
The fox teaches the little prince his secret, and the little prince realizes the value of his rose.

35. Theme

36. The major theme is the importance of looking beneath the surface to find a real truth and a meaning of a thing.