The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Book Details
Reading Progress
Reading Journey
Chapter 1
Adult lose how to see
The narrator draws a snake that swallowed an elephant.
Adults say _"_nice hat"
Growing up often means losing the ability to see a deeper meaning
Chapter 2
A different kind of prespective
prince ask pilot to draw a sheep
pilot draw a box instead and say the sheep is in the box
the prince is happy
What matters isn’t what’s shown, it is what you imagine and feel
Chapter 3
Communication is not straight forward
the pilot try to understand where the prince comes from
but the prince:
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doesn't answer directly
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jump between ideas
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focuses on what he finds important
Understanding someone requires patience and not forcing everything into logic
Chapter 4
Adult trust number not meaning
The pilot explains the Prince’s planet Asteroid B-612, but says adults would only believe it if you gave:
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a number
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a statistic
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something “official”
Adult think something matters only if it can be measured.
Chapter 5
Small problems that grow out of control
The Prince talks about pulling out baobab sprouts every day.
If he doesn’t:
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they grow huge
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they destroy his tiny planet
Small problems are easy to ignore but if you don’t deal with them early, they take over everything.
Chapter 6
Quiet emotional coping
The Prince says he watched 44 sunsets in one day bcs he was sad.
On his tiny planet, he can just move his chair and watch another sunset.
Don't fix sadness, sit with it
Chapter 7
Love makes you vulnerable
the prince is afraid that the sheep might eat his flower
Attachment creates fear of a loss
Chapter 8
The Flower is imperfect but special
the flower is very beautiful but dramatic and difficult
the prince doesn't understand her feelings and take her words too literally
but the reality is the flower is bad at expressing feeling
Sometimes you have to look beyond words to understand it
Chapter 9
Running away
The Prince decides to leave his planet.
Before leaving:
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he cleans the volcanoes
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removes baobabs
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prepares everything carefully
Then he leaves even though the flower quietly shows she cares
People often leave or give up on relationships before truly understanding them
Chapter 10
The King
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Claims he rules everything
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doesnt have subjects
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His power is meaningless without anu subjects
Some people chase authority, even when it has no real purpose
Chapter 11
The vain man
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only cares about being admired
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just wants praise
Living for validation makes your life empty and dependent on others
Chapter 12
The Drunkard
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Drinks to forget he’s ashamed of drinking
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its a loop
Escaping your problems often traps you deeper inside them.
Chapter 13
The Businessman
- count stars and says he owns them
Owning things doesn’t make life meaningful, it just creates the illusion of purpose.
Chapter 14
The Lamplighter
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Follows orders without questioning
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Lights and extinguishes a lamp nonstop
if you never question why, you lose your freedom
Chapter 15
The Geographer
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Records information about the world
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Never explores it himself
Knowledge without real experience is empty
Chapter 16
Earth
the prince arives on earth and realizes that :
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its huge
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full off people
Being surrounded by many people doesn’t mean you feel connected
Chapter 17
The snake
THe prince met a snake who can send him back in one bite
the snake also says that he is more powerfull than a king
When everything is quiet, you start thinking about life and death
Chapter 18
Single flower on desert
the flower says :
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human dont have roots -> lack of stability
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get blown around -> people don't stay / commit
Many people drift in life without a direction
Chapter 19
The Prince climbs a mountain hoping to see people but instead he only hear his echo
The world often reflects what you give
Chapter 20
Garden of rose
the prince thought that his rose are special
the prince feels disapointed and betrayed
Something can look ordinary from the outside but still be unique because of your relationship with it
Chapter 21
The fox
The prince met the fox and ask the prince to be tamed
The fox explains:
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you can’t rush relationships
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you build them slowly (same time, same rituals)
The fox says "You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”
“What is essential is invisible to the eye”
Chapter 22
The railway switchman
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The switchman sends trains full of people back and forth
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No one seems satisfied with where they are
Only children:
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look out the window
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actually enjoy the journey
People are always chasing the next thing, without knowing what they actually want.
Chapter 23
The salesman
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A man sells pills that remove the need to drink water
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Saves 53 minutes a week
The Prince says:
- he’d rather use that time to walk slowly to a well
Saving time is meaningless if you don’t use that time to live.
Chapter 24
What matters isn’t visible
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The pilot and Prince search for water in the desert
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The journey itself becomes meaningful
The desert is beautiful because of the hidden well
This mirrors the fox’s lesson:
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meaning isn’t obvious
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it’s hidden beneath the surface
The value of things often comes from what you can’t see.
Chapter 25
The well
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They finally find water
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It tastes special—not because of the water itself
It’s meaningful because:
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of the journey
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the effort
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the shared experience
Experiences become meaningful through the time and emotion you invest in them
Chapter 26
The prince's death
The prince meets the snake again and allow him self to be bitten
At this point, the prince realized from the conversation with the fox that
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relationship means taking responsibility
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his rose is unique because of the relationship
So he returns home
The Prince doesn’t leave because life is meaningless, he leaves because he finally understands what gives it meaning
Chapter 27
The pilot reflection
The pilot looks at the stars differently now
The stars become:
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reminders of the Prince
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something filled with meaning