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Book Review of the Little Prince
Book review of The Little prince

The day i came upon with The Little prince was anything but by chance.i was strolling slowly in a bookstore when i found The Little Pricess lying on the best---seller bookshelves. i flicked casually though as the drawing of a little boy with golden hair, a scarf and a lovable laugh caught my attention. Not knowing why, i have a strong impulse to buy this book, deciding to have a quick read. So i bought immediately, then read it at a quite and pleasant corner in a park. There was such a depth of attraction after a few paragraphs that i have read. I knew this was a book i had to own, for i have fallen in love with it deeply. The Little Prince is a book for child, but this is also a book for the child every adult has inside. The little prince is a unusual beautiful tale, but it is unusual for realistic observations about life and human nature. The Little Prince is a profound book, in which some of us maybe don’t totally appreciate. However, it tells us something much important related to love and responsibility. Written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a French writer, The little prince was created during World War II, after Germany’s invasion of France had forced him to give up aviation and flee to New York. In addition to his torturous thoughts of the war in Europe, having to leave his homeland and no longer being able to fly planes affected Saint-Exupéry deeply. The novel’s nostalgia for childhood indicates both Saint-Exupéry’s homesick desire to return to France and his hope of returning to a time of peace. This wartime stress undoubtedly contributed to the sense of urgency in Saint-Exupéry’s message of love and responsibility. Published in 1943, The Little Prince tells a story in a narrator’s tone: The narrator, an airplane pilot, crashes in the Sahara desert. The crash badly damages his airplane and leaves the narrator with very little food or water. As he is worrying over his predicament, he is approached

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