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The Little Prince Analysis and Insights
Leyte Normal University
Tacloban City

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Personality Development
“The Little Prince “

Submitted by:
Precious Viloh B. Dadap
BSSW-I
Submitted to:
Mrs. Lilibeth Faliorina, RSW
Assistant Professor 3

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Summary of
The Little Prince
By: Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The story begins when the narrator tell about his childhood, when he drew a boa constrictor digesting an elephant and showed them to adults but was discourage by their crude comments. As such, he then gave up his dream of becoming an artist and instead became a pilot, because it was what the adults believed was sensible. One day, his plane crashes in the Sahara Desert. There he meets the little prince, who instructs him to draw a sheep. Trough conversations, the narrator pilot finds his little friend has come from an asteroid. The little prince took great care of his asteroid, preventing baobabs – destructive plants - from destroying his home. The little prince's home asteroid, is the size of a house, has three volcanoes (two active, and one dormant) and a rose, which he loves. One day, the little prince then leaves his asteroid and rose. As he lands on many asteroids, each one is occupied by a different adult. First, he meets the king, a man attempting to rule over the universe and the stars. As he continues his journey, he meets more people - a conceited man who believes the little prince is only an admirer; a tippler who is drinking to forget his problems away; a businessman too busy to stop his work for anything; a lamp lighter who does nothing but light his lamp, day and night; and a geographer who cannot complete his work because there is no explorer .Next, the little prince goes to earth, where he meets a snake, who is very much pleased in the

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