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__The Little Prince Essay:Option 3__

While __The Little Prince__ might seem like an overly superficial and imaginative novel, in truth, the actual story is of how the little prince grows within himself, finding more revelations of how most adults think or act everywhere he visits. In the book, the protagonist, the little prince(with no other name known), goes on a journey to explore other places besides staying on his tiny, miniscule planet with his overbearing rose. With uncertain hopes in his heart, the little prince sets out on his journey, finding somewhat of both disappointment and also gaining something more than he expected to get. The little prince first recongnizes the true nature of most human beings when he encounters a king with his majestic ermine robe wrapped all around himself. The king orders the little prince to approach him and forbids the little prince to yawn in his presence. After demonstrating that he really couldn't order anyone about unless they followed what he said, the king bored the little prince with his increasingly demanding orders. When leaving the small planet, the little prince makes a remark," The grown-ups are very strange." On it went, the little prince visiting seven asteroids in total. The conceited man resembles people in our lives who are full of vanity and admire only themselves. The tippler drinks to forget everything; the geographer blames others for his mistakes. A businessman is involved in materialism; the lamplighter has no judgement on his part. Yet, for the prince, only the lamplighter felt useful because of his one redeeming characteristic: he didn't light the lamps for himself. At last the little prince visits the earth, where the geographer suggests to go to the prince. There, the little prince would find something astonishing. On the planet Earth, the prince wanders around and spots a garden full of roses that look like his own back on his planet. The roses make him realize that his "unique" rose had lied to him. Knowing that, the prince feels morose and reflects on how he is not a very magnificent prince, with nothing special on his planet. After crying his heart out, a fox appears and tells the prince what taming means, and to tame the fox. The prince learns the real meaning of being unique and when he visits the roses once again, the prince understands that to him alone, his rose was special to him. He had tamed his rose, watering her everyday, nurturing her with his presence. This was where the prince had already transformed, not physically, but mentally, understanding what really matters to him. What began as an escape from his duties on his planet became a pilgrimage to settle the matters in his heart for the little prince.

Sarah--Your conclusion is well done--you clearly make the point we are to see about the little prince. I like the last line of the introduction also--nicely worded. Overall, it could be a bit stronger with a statement of how the men on the asteroids affected the prince in his search. There are a few spots with awkward wording or sentence structure, but for the most part, nice job! Mrs. Muldoon- looking back, i found that sometimes i overdid it with the "vocab" and i also wished that i had included more important details instead of concentrating on the specific details.