Athena+V,-Little+Prince+Essay

In the book, __The Little Prince__ by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, when The Little Prince traveled to escape the Flower's inordinate pride, he found himself upon a few peculiar asteroids. Amongst those asteroids, he met the Tippler from planet 327, and The Lamplighter from planet 329. They were all a bit strange...some more than others.

On planet 327, the little prince found himself standing before a tippler..it was a short visit, but definetally odd. There he was, surrounded by half empty glass bottles that seemed to entrance him. Curious, the little prince asked what he was doing. The tiplers reply left him very puzzled, "I am drinking," -"Why are you drinking?" "So that I may forget." -"Forget what?" "Forget that I am ashamed," -"Ashamed of what?" "ASHAMED OF DRINKING!"

Just by reading this, you're already aware that the man lacks self-esteem, responsiblity, and self-control. On our planet, Earth, there are many examples of people whom get stuck in ruts they cant get out of. The author purposefully used the tippler to show that some cannot bring themselves to take responsibility for their own actions. The tippler is ashamed of drinking, but he cant stop...its an addiction. And so, He drinks some more, feeling alone and hopeless. He represents the Adults who feel that there is no possibility of stopping an addiction. For example, both my parents smoke. They've been telling themselves over and over again that they'd quit cold turkey, and yet...there they are, puffing smoke out of a cigarette. The stress of realising that its not heathy and its slowly killing their lungs makes them, by habit, light another so they can "relax". The little prince learns that anything is possible as long as you try to take responsibility for your own wrong-doing. Therefore, "The grown-ups are certainly very,very odd."

The fifth planet, Asteroid 329, was inhabited by the most reasonable man...The Lamplighter. His job was to turn on & turn off the lamp. But, his planet is soo small, it could barely fit two people, and the lamp.On his planet, every minute that passed was a day! Therefore, he followed his orders that were given in the old days, but never had any time to rest! The most tragic part is that he is the only man on his planet! This man is the most sensible out of all the other characters that the little prince meets because he is loyal, and isnt concieted. He could easily disobey the orders that were given since no one is around, but chooses to keep his word and continue his duties. The author chose the lamplighter to represent the few people out there that are responsible and keep their promises.

"That man," Said the little prince to himself,"That man would be scorned by all others: by the king, the concieted man, by the tippler, by the buisness man. Nevertheless he is the only one of them all who does not seem to me ridiculous. Perhaps that is because he is thinking of something else besides himself."

The Lamplighter taught the little prince to keep his word and stay loyal, so that others will respect him.

The little prince encounters many peculiar adults on his journey, but they all taught him very important life lessons. It taught him to not only learn from his own mistakes, but from others as well.

Nice job, Christina...you covered all the points you were asked! A few things to be careful of---don't use the pronoun "you" or "you're" in an essay on a piece of literature, and watch for words with apostrophes--it's/can't. Nice use of the quotes from the novel.