Universidad Politécnica Salesiana

Biotecnología de los Recursos Naturales

Name: Santiago Rodríguez

Course: 4 “A”

Date: 09-02-2016

Summary of a Book

Title: The little prince

Author: Antoine de Saint Exupéry

Original Release Date: April 6 of 1943

Summary:

The narrator of the story tells that when he was a child, drew a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant
that; However, all adults who saw the drawing erroneously interpreted it as a hat. When the narrator tries to
correct this confusion, you are advised to set aside the drawings and are engaged in something more productive.
The narrator then laments the lack of understanding that adults have for creativity.

When was already an adult, the narrator has become a pilot and one day his plane was damaged in the Sahara
desert, far from civilization. However, out of nowhere a little boy the narrator calls "the little prince" appears.
This asks you to draw a lamb, but instead, the narrator decides to show his old drawing elephant in the boa,
which, to his surprise, the prince interpreted correctly. After several failed attempts to develop a lamb, the
narrator, in his frustration, he finally draw you a box and explains that the lamb is inside; the prince accepts it and
replied that that was what he wanted.

As the days and while the narrator tries to repair the engine of his plane, the little prince tells his story of how he
came to Earth. This begins by describing his small home planet: an asteroid-the B 612, according to a little bigger
than a house narrator. The prince that has small volcanoes, one of which is inactive, and plant varieties. Prince
passing score volcanoes cleaning and removing certain seeds that infest the ground, especially the seeds of the
baobab trees that are constantly trying to grow. At this, the prince speaks of esteem for a rose mysterious that
suddenly began to grow on the surface of the asteroid some time. Prince explains that cares for and protects your
rose with a screen and a glass dome and although I was delighted with it, suddenly began to feel he was taking
advantage of him. Thus, the prince decided to leave his planet and explore the rest of the universe. Although the
Rose apologized for his vanity and both were reconciled, this encouraged him to go ahead with the trip and the
prince obeyed.

Since then, the prince had visited six other planets, he found a king without subjects and later with a vain man that
the most admirable person in your desolate planet, a drunk who drank to forget the shame of being a drunk was
believed, a businessman who claimed to own all the stars. Then he found a lamplighter that turned on and off
every minute lighthouse, and finally came to the planet of a geographer old man was so focused on the theory that
had never really explored the world that both claimed to know.
On Earth, the little prince met a yellow snake who claimed to have the power to return people to where they came
from. Later, he found a flower that told people I had not seen for some years. In his travels, he met a garden full of
roses that made him feel miserable, thinking that his rose was unique in the universe. Sorry, the prince cried until
suddenly appeared a fox who wanted to be tamed and that in turn explained that his rose was really unique and
special because he loved her. The fox also explained that, in a way, the prince had tamed rose and why he felt so
responsible. The prince then took the time to tame the fox, but then had to be separated.

Back in the present, it's been eight days since the plane broke down and the narrator has already exhausted its
supply of water, so they begin to thirst; fortunately, quickly they manage to find a well. One day, as he heads to
where the prince is, the narrator discovers that he is talking to a snake on his return home. Prince explains what
happens and then the narrator dismisses emotionally, as well as claims that may be seen as if he had died, but
because his body is too heavy to take it with him. In addition, he says he does not see it from, as it could disturb,
but the narrator, to realize what is going to happen, refuses to move away from the prince, who consoles him by
saying that only has to look at the stars and remember his charming laugh, and so all the stars seem to laugh. The
prince then moves away from the narrator, allows the snake bite and falls to the ground without even making
noise. The next morning, the narrator tries to find the body of the prince, but cannot find it.

Critique

The prince is dedicated to pose as main theme the dispute between childhood and adulthood. The book speaks to
us even as dreams are abandoned to the extent that the only thing that grows and becomes important are science
and numbers, no longer worth draw, but we should strive to be the best in arithmetic, grammar or geography, as if
life depended on it, as if that was really live.

Once the prince began his journey through the universe visiting different planets, he finds that he can not
understand because of their pure and innocent child status: adulthood and vices that eventually take over our lives.
Every last chapter presents an instance of reflection, phrases like "only looks good with the heart. What is
essential is invisible to the eye. "He teaches us that friendship can do anything for the simple fact that having
friends, we must be aware also that" we are responsible for what we domesticate "respecting that friendship will
always be durable, or time or distance will be impaired.

In addition it is impossible to feel a strange affection for the character, a mixture of purity, innocence, loyalty,
friendship, idealism.