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The Little Prince
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True enchantment and lessons for life…
A deeply philosophical children's book which should be read by all. I read it years and years ago, and watched a musical version shown in 2004 on BBC2, and just today watched the new Netflix stop motion movie (picked up by Netflix after Paramount dropped it). And so, I reread it today. It’s a very quick read, just half an hour for an adult, and one that touches me. So many words that both enchant and teach me.
Right from the beginning you realise that your imagination is worth a huge amount, and that we need to remember the magic of childhood, and not only remember it, but live it – live with adventure, wonder and meaning!
The Little Prince teaches us about responsibility, the wonder of seeing beauty in something ordinary, and seeing with our hearts.
The little prince doesn’t understand his flower, his rose, (how many of us truly understand those around us?) and he leaves his planet and his rose to explore, but later when talking with the aviator/narrator he worries about his sheep destroying his rose while he’s away. He learns about responsibility and then discovers how to see and find beauty in his rose.
He learns to find meaning in the simple things – he comments to the aviator:
“The men where you live,” said the little prince, “grow five thousand roses in the same garden … and they do not find what they are looking for…”
“They do not find it,” I replied.
“And yet, what they are looking for could be found in a single rose or a little water.”
“Yes, indeed,” I replied.
And the little prince added: “But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart.”
We are also taught volumes about friendship as the little prince develops a relationship with the fox, who allows himself to be tamed, and I quote one of my most favourite lines from the narrator: ‘But I was not reassured. I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed…’ We should be ‘tamed’, embracing friendships and love.
There is so much I could write about this book, like the whole of chapter twenty-three – about how important the simplicities are and how we should recognise them… and so much more. There are many hidden meanings and ideas within this text, peppered with the authors own illustrations which are renowned and recognised worldwide. If you love the surreal, the beautiful and the meaningful, this is for you.
A deeply philosophical children's book which should be read by all. I read it years and years ago, and watched a musical version shown in 2004 on BBC2, and just today watched the new Netflix stop motion movie (picked up by Netflix after Paramount dropped it). And so, I reread it today. It’s a very quick read, just half an hour for an adult, and one that touches me. So many words that both enchant and teach me.
Right from the beginning you realise that your imagination is worth a huge amount, and that we need to remember the magic of childhood, and not only remember it, but live it – live with adventure, wonder and meaning!
The Little Prince teaches us about responsibility, the wonder of seeing beauty in something ordinary, and seeing with our hearts.
The little prince doesn’t understand his flower, his rose, (how many of us truly understand those around us?) and he leaves his planet and his rose to explore, but later when talking with the aviator/narrator he worries about his sheep destroying his rose while he’s away. He learns about responsibility and then discovers how to see and find beauty in his rose.
He learns to find meaning in the simple things – he comments to the aviator:
“The men where you live,” said the little prince, “grow five thousand roses in the same garden … and they do not find what they are looking for…”
“They do not find it,” I replied.
“And yet, what they are looking for could be found in a single rose or a little water.”
“Yes, indeed,” I replied.
And the little prince added: “But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart.”
We are also taught volumes about friendship as the little prince develops a relationship with the fox, who allows himself to be tamed, and I quote one of my most favourite lines from the narrator: ‘But I was not reassured. I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed…’ We should be ‘tamed’, embracing friendships and love.
There is so much I could write about this book, like the whole of chapter twenty-three – about how important the simplicities are and how we should recognise them… and so much more. There are many hidden meanings and ideas within this text, peppered with the authors own illustrations which are renowned and recognised worldwide. If you love the surreal, the beautiful and the meaningful, this is for you.
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August 13, 2016
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August 13, 2016
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August 13, 2016
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