In the journey of the little prince he meets with many characters that were in …show more content…
The king refers to the government, chiefs, authorities, and the power. The conceited man is the ego, who always calls the attention of everyone else. The tippler represents that people who don’t deal with their problems and try to forget them with alcohol or other substances. The businessman refers to materialism, grief and persons who say that they never have time. The lamplighter represents the person that do things that they don’t like but they have to; it represents the necessity of accustoming for this new times. The geographer represents word persons with a lot of knowledge, but few practice. Finally the Earth represents everything that was set before. Here we have kings, conceited mans, tipplers, businessmen, lamplighters and geographers too. In the earth the snake represents the mysterious face of life, the things that we don’t understand. The fox represents the philosophy, poetry and wisdom; he teaches the little prince the most important things about life that are friendship and family. The baobabs are the problems, difficulties that we have to get rid of. The volcanoes are the daily works that makes you improve discipline. The desert is loneliness that sometimes we need to organize ourselves emotionally. Also the fails that make you feel alone and lost. The well is the positive thing that we can take out from the negative ones. The message that every error leaves. Next, I am going to explain the most important symbol, which is the …show more content…
The pilot that is the narrator of this story is a grown up that tries to get back his “ hide child” in himself or at least thinks about him very much. The little prince is that “ hide child”, the innocence, idealism, pure minded. It shows us that we need to live with values, good habits and not to fall in the materialism in which grown ups always tend to fall. The pilot can also refer that we are our own aviators, rollercoasters; we can determine our own ride. Knowing all the symbols, we can think of our life and how we met with every person like