The Little Prince

By: Didimus Estanto T.

The Little Prince

A novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

·         Summary

This novel began with the little boy that try to draw a boa and boa with an elephant in its stomach. Everybody cannot see the boa and think that it was a stupid panting and suggested him to learn about something else like mathematics, arithmetic, geographic, etc. Couple years after that, the boy get lost in desert with his broken airplane. He has water supply for a week, so he have to fix all the airplane for a week or die in desert.

The next morning after he get lost in desert he was awaked up the requesting to draw a ship. He was confusing. He open his eyes and found a little young boy standing in front of him and keep asking the same. It was little prince. After that he woke up and do his wanting. As much he draw the prince become unsatisfied and ask for the other one. He gave up and just draw a box and said the sheep and the little prince satisfy later. Unique that the little prince can see the elephant inside the boa on narrator’s first drawing when he was six.

Then, the little prince and the narrator become closer and closer. They talk so many things. He ask about the airplane and he started to tell his own story walking the universe. He said that he comes from the planet, little asteroid which already been sawn by Turkish scientist. He said that he has three volcano, a rose and the others things named B-3612.

The next part of the story is telling readers about the little prince’s adventure to face six asteroid. In first asteroid he met a greedy king who want him to be his prime minister. In the second asteroid he found selfish men who just want to hear his glory and exhausted of praising. The third one he met a drunken man. Next asteroid he face a man who just care about his property and wealth (stars), that disgust him. The fifth journey he found a loyal person who keeps a light for his planet. He really appreciated and respect this person, but that planet is too small for staying together. In the last asteroid he met a geographer who really depends on someone to draw a map. The geographer asked him to tell about his planet but the little prince reject it, then the geographer suggested him to go to earth.

Landing on earth show the little prince so many things. He learn about hard, beauty, reverberate, etc. He also met the railway switchman who said the only person that know what they want and go is the kid. The other one who he met is salesman that told him about saving 53 minutes a week until he catch desert. They were exhausted now, both the narrator and little prince. Because the narrator fail to fix the plane they were trying to find some well. They find it and in that moment the little prince said that he have to come back to his planet. He said an important message that “it is only with the heart that one can be right, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

The end of the story describes the little prince leaving earth by letting the snake beat him and back to his planet. The narrator make an announced for everyone who found the weird boy asking for some painting please call him. The narrator write the story six years after he survived from that accident.

·         Characters

There are two main characters in this novel, there are the little prince who the wise little boy that looking for the adventure traveling universe. He has some many experience and great concept of living. The second one is the narrator. He is the one who cannot draw well, good person and good listener. There are also some minor characters like king, greedy man, geographer, railway switchman, salesman, light keeper, fox.

·         Setting

Place: forest, desert, 1-6 asteroid, stars, railway station, earth, volcano.

Time: six years old, six years ago, a year, morning, noon and night.