The English name of "The Little Prince" is "The Little Prince".
"The Little Prince" is a famous children's literature short story written by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in 1942. The protagonist of this book is a little prince from an alien planet. The book uses a pilot as the narrator to tell the story of the various adventures the little prince experienced during his journey from his own planet to the earth.
With the child-like vision of the little prince, the author reveals the emptiness, blindness, ignorance and rigid dogma of adults, and writes in plain and innocent language the loneliness, loneliness and fate of human beings wandering in the wind without any foundation. . At the same time, it also expresses the author's criticism of money relationships and his praise of truth, goodness and beauty.
The little prince is the center of the whole story, a mysterious and lovely child. He lives on a small planet called B-612 and is the only inhabitant of that small planet. After a misunderstanding occurred between the little prince and the rose, he left his own planet and his beloved rose and started traveling in the universe, and finally came to the earth. In the Sahara Desert, the little prince met the narrator of the novel, the pilot, and became a good friend with him.
The little prince is carefree and has never been contaminated by the adult world. So the little prince's heart is so pure and noble. At the same time, the little prince is also lonely. The little prince climbed a high mountain, eager to see the whole planet and all the people at a glance.
But when he said: "Be my friend, I am a person", there was only a cold reply. The little prince had no partners in the adult world. Because the little prince is a symbol of childhood. He shows the most innocent and kind childhood shadow in people's life. In the adult world, the lack of childlike innocence makes it impossible for adults to communicate with the little prince.
The Little Prince is an angel sent by Saint-Exupéry to the adult world to help adults rethink and feel life again. The little prince appears as a carefree child, expressing the author's nostalgia for childhood and desire for innocence.
In the adult world, adults’ hearts are filled with the desire for money and power, and they emphasize practicality and utilitarianism. The little prince is here to save these adult souls who are lost in the secular world of greed and desire. The author hopes that people can see the innocent and simple side of life from the little prince, and hopes that people can escape from desire and greed and discover their own innocence and love.