Valeriya+Timoshenko--LIttle+Prince+Essay

As the Little Prince from the book __The Little Prince__, by Antoine de Saint Exupery, journeys through life, he begins to naturally adjust himself to life's 'matter of consequence.' He begins with being a mere citizen of asteroid B-612 but ends up finding himself as an outcast among all others, as a naive identitiy that is accused of never knowing anything about life's 'matters of consequence.' Perhaps __The Little Prince__ is a Bildungsroman, which introduces a protagonist, in this case The Little Prince himself, who must undergo his first experiences in the adult world and adjust himself in such way that his mental understandings of his surroundings change along with the world around him, which he happened to have discovered not too long ago. Saint Exupery expresses each entity found in his book as a rather unique persona and particularly extraordinary to the Little Prince, for which reason he pays such close attention to each one and carries off with him that small piece of knowledge, understanding, matter of consequence, and experience. By the end of the book, The Little Prince is capable of making his own decisions and understands the meaning of his life, just like the personages he's met, they also, understand the meanings of their life, although some, in the wrong context. Only the adults seemed to lack any understanding, of culture, of appearance, and of basic morals. The Little Prince felt that many of the arguments the adults brought up were rather pointless and carried no meaning, they were vague and held no primary foundation. Grown-ups are represented by silly questions, important figures, and a drained imagination, they don't give one care as to what type of friend one has, only as to how much of something they have, they give no care as to how one is on the inside, only what they show on the outside, in this way the Little Prince would soon begin to perceive the adults as. The Little Prince would not begin to learn of the many new ways of life until he began to journey through the outside worlds. It was the flower he acquainted first, in his very own world, which made him rethink his own life, and felt the urge to explore every other. The love between him and the flower came out to be as inseperable, until the Little Prince had every reason to believe that life could be different, it could be changed, and it may just be better somewhere else. "If you would have the kindness to think of my needs...I suppose you wouldn't have a screen for me...at night I want you to put me under a glass globe...I am not a weed..."(Saint Exupery, pg. 33-35) Only when the flower had at last escaped it's lengthy creation did the Little Prince have the full opportunity of acquainting her. Her four thorns, she would say, were far too little to serve as protection and the drafts were far too damaging for her, it was at this point that the Little Prince began to remark her excessive needs. Although he still continued to care for her, it was so incredibly clear to him then, that vanity lied beneath her immense beauty. He stated, "flowers are so inconsistent," because above all he began to learn from his mistakes, but even more importantly, he began to step into the world of matters of consequence. Next, the Little Prince will become familiar with the consequences of patience and the devotion of friendship, this will originate from the fox. "You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I had made mine my best friend, and now he is unique in all the world." (Saint Exupery, pg. 86-87) He will not know what "tame" means and his knowledge will not be capable of yet understanding the consequences that follow, but through experience he will gain that knowledge with each day, thanks to the fox. The fox plays a very positive and meaningful role in the life of the Little Prince, for he allows him to understand something nobody else has taught him, and he succeeds at it. The Little Prince could have traveled through the planets and asteroids meeting only conceited men, bussinessmen, and lamplighters, but then, what kind of impression would he have on the worl around him? It is possible that the Little Princes' visit to the Earth and his meet with the various creatures and people on it was the very factor that allowed him to understand, understand life and it's matters of consequence. The Fox's matter of consequence was the secret of life. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." (Saint Exupery, pg. 87) It was then and there, after he'd met all of the odd yet equally unique people from all over the Universe, did the Little Prince realize that when he had been with his flower on asteroid B-612, nothing was important, her beauty, her appearance, he vanity, none of it, only the time they had spent together, it was more valuable than anything; it was their friendship. No matter how many roses there were on the whole planet Earth, the Little Prince knew that he was responsible for what he tamed, not one thing could replace the time spent between him and the rose, and that made all the difference. Ultimately, the Little Prince has crossed the paths of many, but took away only the positive. This only goes to show that it's the people around you that you befriend, which will stay with you for eternity and the qualities they attain, which will be remembered, rather than the amount of stars from the Universe they own. If it wasn't for this journey, how would the Little Prince continue his life on his asteroid? Would the sheep eat the rose? Although we don't know the answer to such a matter of importance, we can certainly conclude that the beginning of the Little Princes life in the adult world started out as innocent and adolescent, but as he came closer to the conclusion of his journey, he attained more knowledge than all of the adults he'd met in the first place. It was a wonderful opportunity the Little Prince took advantage of, and thanks to that, we were able to enjoy ourselves in another dimension of our very own world, yet also hear the tale of the Little Prince, that I now admire so much.

Valeriya--Nicely done! Very good points! You have used the quotes well to support your points and have put your own perspective to the journey. One thing I noticed-- be careful of run together sentences. There are several places where you need semi colons or separate sentences to improve sentence structure. Also, try to re-word the very last sentence to remove "I". Well done!