The Little Prince

 Hello, everyone. This is Chiho:) How was your midterm?

Today, I would like to share a novel called "The little prince." This book was published in 1943 by AntoineMarie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry. This novel is the first English novel I read in my whole life. I read it when I was in high school. Unfortunately, I could not understand what the author wanted to tell the reader throughout this book. It has been around five years from that time, therefore, I decided to reread this book to see how much my English improved and to challenge myself how much I could get to know the message from the book. 

Story 

    The little prince is a story about a lost pilot and the little prince. The pilot had an accident in the Desert Sahara with his plane. After one night, he came across a little prince from another planet. The little prince arrived on the earth after traveling several planets. Unlike grown-ups, the little prince had a dream, innocence, and an optimistic view of the world and himself. His way of thinking made the pilot recall the memories of his childhood. When the pilot was young, he dreamed of becoming a painter, however, it was destroyed by the grown-ups; he was also the one who disgusted the adults. Since they met, the little prince shared many stories about the planets he explored and the incomprehensive adults he met. Once, it was about the planet inhabited by a conceited man; once, it was about a tripler. While the pilot was listening to the little prince, he realized that he was also becoming an adult who used to hate when he was young. Additionally, as the little prince learned from a fox, the pilot discovered that the essential thing is always invisible to the eye. 

Reflection

    There is one phrase that touched my heart a lot. It is a phrase from a fox, 

"Only the children know what they are looking for." 

Since I entered university, I frequently lost what I was looking for in my future, what I was dreaming of. In the modern world, most of us are deadly busy doing daily tasks and looking at the social networks to be envious of others' lives. By working on our duties and stoking someone else online, the days keep going by very quickly, one after another. However, the important thing is that we need to explore our own lives and focus more on the things, people, and anything we love. These are the essential things we've all learned through childhood. However, it is easy to get lost in what is necessary for us in this busy world. This book reminded me to rethink my life and stopped me from losing myself in the swirling vortex of society.  In addition to that, at the end of the story, the pilot told us we might be able to find the little prince in the African desert. I immediately decided to put the African desert on my to-go list. I wish one day I would see a little man from a different planet and exchange the story of our lives. 

Since this book is well known worldwide, most of you had might already read this story when you were young like I did. However, I believe that you all can get further messages behind the sentence after you turn into adulthood. 

This story also draws us into the world where we were young and enjoyed our daily lives without crises. So if you are tired of your life, I recommend you to read this novel and stay far away from this crucial world for a bit to refresh yourself.