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Little Prince Essay- Choice 1.

The little prince, a lonely boy, who we found to live on an asteroid far in space, has taken us on a journey that has shown us the differences between the imaginations of adults and children. When we were introduced to the little prince, we quickly learned of his life. How he spent his days, tending to his small planet. We also quickly learned of how lonely the little prince had become. Although he had the company of his unique flower to temper the sting of loneliness, the little prince wanted more. So, one morning, after tending to his planet and biding his farewell to his oh so precious rose...he took off into space, in a search of a new journey. On this new journey, before he had arrived to a much larger planet than his own, earth, the little prince visited six other asteroids, inhabited by six very, very odd grown-ups. On one of the various asteroids, the little prince found a conceited man. A creature who prays on the praise he recieves from others. Standing on his small planet, he awaits people like the little prince to roam by and salute him.

“’ Do you really admire me very much?’ he demanded of the little prince.’” “’ What does that mean-‘admire’?”’ “’ To admire means that you regard me as the handsomest, the best dressed, the richest, and the most intelligent man on this planet.”’ “’ But you are the only man on your planet!”’

On asteroid 326, lives a conceited man. This man is similar to the types of people that we have on earth. A grown-up with no imagination. The difference between children and adults. When we are young, imagination flows through our minds and makes us who we are. When we grow up, our imagination becomes lost and the sense of pride fills the lack of our imaginations. Which shows that adults are more self-absorbed and focus their attention more around themselves. To the conceited man, and many adults, they act as if they are above everything and everybody else. They tend to take the credit of others and not care for others. Their pride overwhelms them, and that’s what confused the little prince. What interests people so much about being admired? Upon departing from asteroid 326, and leaving the conceited man to dwell in his pride, the little prince learned an important lesson: care about others, not just yourself.

On the following asteroid, asteroid 327, the little prince ran into a tippler. Another creature who thought only of himself. The tippler, sat on his small planet huddled around empty bottles, full bottles, self-pity and an addiction.

“’ Why are you drinking?’ demanded the little prince.”’ “’ So that I mayforget,’ replied the tippler.”’ “’ Forget what?’ inquired the little prince, who already was sorry for him.”’ “’ Forget that I am ashamed,’ the tippler confessed, hanging his head.”’ “’ Ashamed of what?’ insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him.”’ “’ Ashamed of drinking!”’

The tippler, is a character that is similar to people in society today because his situation dealt with an addiction. In our world today we have people of all ages dealing with addictions. People who are like the tippler, usually pity themselves and don’t care if others admire them like how the conceited man does. They feel bad for themselves and leave their feelings out in the open to have people, like the little prince, come along and try to find out what’s wrong, or make an effort to help in some way. The tippler and the rose are somewhat alike. They both have flaws, however one lets his flaws out in the open and the other puts an effort in to try and hide them, so she can seem perfect. And as the little prince left the tippler to his addiction, he learned another important lesson: don’t pity your mistakes, and from there, the little prince went on to continue his journey.

Diana--You have some very interesting points. I am just a bit confused, though... in the first parpagraph, you mention the differences between adults and children, so I thought that was your topic; however, you proceed to discuss two of the characters and develop another topic. I'm guessing you focused on topic #1, but it is unclear at first. I see how you make connections between the two, but the main focus needs to be more clear. The lessons you mention the little prince learned are good ones.