Thank you so much Paul for creating this post to be featured on my blog! As someone who has never read The Little Prince, this post has definitely made me want to pick it up and read it!
Why “The Little Prince” Quotes are Still Actual?
There are so many books, though so little time to read them all, but nearly everybody has got a book they are thrilled about with delight and want to read it from cover to cover over and over again. I am not an exception, and this is why today we will speculate about the most famous work of XX century, called The Little Prince. You must have been acquainted with it, for sure, as it is a world bestseller, although the work was published a long time ago, in 1943. Many people can’t stop asking me why so many readers have a crush on this handbook, tearing it into quotes and retelling about its uniqueness to everybody. My answer is simple, “Read it, and you will find an answer.” But indeed, why it is happening then?
- Le petite prince still rings true today
The little prince story is treated to be a book for kids, but it is unfair to think like this because it lies at the intersection between literature for children and adults. This is a text, where double reading appears, and both children and adults can find their own meaning there. The kids like a plot of the bestseller, a fairy tale, where a petit prince has flown from the other planet and tells his amazing and exciting stories, whereas grown-ups see the other side of the coin – it is full of metaphors, deep allegory and is of a parable nature. I can even say that all the quotes, you might have read in this work or heard somewhere, are, in most cases, popular because of this, an inner adult layer of the book. People, who haven’t read this masterpiece, but having discovered one of those brilliant and catchy phrases, can’t even predict they are from an ordinary children book written by a real genius.
- When pictures speak louder than words
The pictures, you can find in little princes book, have very a metaphorical meaning as they were created by the author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry himself. We may study it from two perspectives: one as illustrations being an integral part of the story plot, and the others that have an inside meaning. I am speaking of the portraits of the boy, painted by the author now. His pictures are tightly connected with the author’s vision; a Prince is creator’s nostalgia for a carefree childhood, where you, unfortunately, can’t go back. The images are an indivisible part of the book, so we can’t view it separated from the text, but have to perceive it as a whole.
- The value of the Little prince quotes in our fast-paced world
As in all the parables, a quote is at the heart of the whole book, raising deep philosophical issues that have been an enduring concern of all humankind throughout history. The little Prince is and will continue to be a storehouse of knowledge for many generations for centuries. Just remember the little Prince and the fox moments or the end of the story, have them tugged on your heartstrings?
This book contains all the most important aspects of everyday life: childhood, relationships, friendship, love, loyalty, and self-devotion. But it also reminds us the simple truth – as adults, we sometimes completely forget about a little child, who lives inside of us and the fact that we are from our childhood.
This is one of the wisest, kindest and eternal book having read once; you will always catch yourself pondering about rereading it once more. It is not just a book of quotes; it has become a handbook for many people because of the worldly wisdom it contains, written in such a simple manner, then even a child will understand it. If you have procrastinated reading it in childhood, you should make up for lost time and enjoy it now, no matter how old are you because age is never an issue.
BIO:
Paul Calderon is a freelance writer from Texas, who is writing for https://eduzaurus.com. He has obtained a Master’s degree in English Literature. He is a creative person, who is always in search of self-development and constantly hones his writing skills. His life motto is “do what you love and love what you do.”