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Taking Things For Granted In Saint-Expery's 'The Little Prince'

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Taking Things For Granted In Saint-Expery's 'The Little Prince'
1. Prologue
In the novella The Little Prince, Saint- Expery explored the thought of taking things for granted. He first sent the prince away from his own planet because the flower was using him for her advantage and not being nice about it. The prince feeling not at all happy with her left and visited other planets. But the prince also to the flower for granted once he realized that his flower lied about her being the only one of her kind. He said “all I own is one ordinary rose,” when really she isn’t ordinary because she’s the one that he’d watered and “tamed.” Not only does the author explore it in the view of taking people for granted he also explores it in taking objects for granted. When the narrator needs water he only thinks he needs it to survive but he doesn’t realize he’s going to savor every bit of it. We take for granted that we have food and water so when we drink it we never realize how great it’s going to taste.
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I took my brother for granted and now he’s gone. I miss him so much but I can’t bring him back to life. When he was with me I was such a spoiled brat and “tattle tale” that I never really knew him. Most people who have brothers tell me all the time that “Oh their so annoying”, “I wish I didn’t have a brother”, and “I wish they’d die and leave me alone” but all I can do is be jealous of what they have. People also take for granted electronics when some people in the world can’t even afford food or a home. Humankind is spoiled. Everyone takes for granted everything and need to realize others’ point of

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