Manny+G+III-Little+Prince+Essay

Some critics have stated that __**The Little Prince**__ is a "Bildungsroman." They are absolutely correct. A kid like him goes from knowing his own little asteroid, to being a very intelligent young man. He meets very interesting people on his journey and learns many things from them. He also learns some things before he leaves his home planet and when he enters ours. __I am going to explain why I agree with these critics and describe what he learned from his journey.__ Beginning from his home planet he met a rose who came there out of nowhere. During his many conversations it seems the flower was using him. Always asking for a favor that only pertains to her and no one else. He is blind to this due to the fact that he was so lonely for so long he did not care. During his time with the rose he learns how to take care of something special and how to treat something with care. Later he meets the king after leaving his home planet.Although not much intriguing conversations between these two happened he does learn the importance of obeying the law(or in this case orders.) Afterwards he meets a conceited man on a different asteroid. He insists that the little prince is an admirer of his and tells him to clap as he lifts his hat to him. He did not care about how the little prince felt, only about himself. Although we kind of know that he is not conceited due to his care of the flower, its still good to know what will happen if you becoome it. Then, he meets the dreaded tippler, a drunk drinking to forget he is ashamed of drinking. The little prince, trying to talk to tippler, is unable to know more than what is stated because the tippler just doesn't care. he would rather drink than talk. The little prince learns that if you do something unhealthy or bad for yourself, horrible side effects are just waiting to happen.Then, he meets the business man, what a joy. All he really talks about is that he owns the stars and his matter of concern which is couting them. He also ta;ks about what you own in life and that is what I think the little prince learned. He says that if you are the first to claim something than it is yours. Kind of like the prince's flower. So, then he takes his leave still with the same idea that adults are weird. Then he meets the only adult he could actually call a friend, the lamp lighter. The little prince is amazed at what the lamp lighter does for a living. Even though there is no one on his planet any more he still turns the light on and off. He learns devotion to work from the lamp lighter and that was the only time he thought adults are ok. The last asteroid he goes to is the geographer's. Now he is a very lazy one. He says that there is nothing on his map of the asteroid because there are no travelers there. I beleive in doing things yourself if you want them done. Don't expect someone else to do it for you. That is what the little prince learned from the geographer. Finally, we get to our beautiful home planet, Earth. Many thins go on as he is on earth. The one thing he does that keeps his soul alive is meet the pilot. But, on his own is mainly when he learned something. One is how to tame. The fox teaches him how to do that. Although it takes a while, The fox was tamed by the little prince. Unfortunately, the little prince did not have much time to play with the fox, as he had to leave soon after.The one he learned with the help of the pilot was what is important in life. It leads him to finally decide to leave back home. He made those decisions due to learning what was important in life and he would never think otherwise. That is all he learned throughout his wonderful journey. That is why I agree with the critics. He clearly learned a lot throughout his journey and everything is explained throughout the book. I can't say I like the book all that much, but it is an easy book to write about. Mainly what he learns his common sense to most people but coming from a little asteroid like he did, it doesn't hurt to get cought up the way he did. After all, he is just a little prince.

Manny- You detailed many of the people and places the little prince found, but you need to make a stronger statement of how they affected him. You touch on it a bit towards the end, but the focus needs to be more clear--what IS important in life?? What did he learn? Be specific--you are too vague. What does he realize about relationships? Why does he go back home? What points are made about the unimportant things in life? Also--please don't use the statement..."I am going to explain..." Just do it...don't say what you will do. You have some good points, but the focus must be stronger.