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    The Little Prince

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    The Little Prince The novel The Little Prince is a fictional novel written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. In the story the author contrasts the two different worlds of adults and children. In the first chapter‚ the speaker makes a sharp contrast between the ways in which grown-ups and children view the world. He shows grown-ups as unimaginative‚ superficial‚ dull‚ and stubbornly sure that their restricted perspective is the only one. He illustrates children‚ on the other hand‚ as open-minded‚ imaginative

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    The Little Prince

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    Whether you think The Little Prince is for adults‚ children‚ or both‚ it is hard to deny the preval!ent themes of death‚ evil‚ and despair that are a central force in the story. Rarely is any character truly happy. Even the corrupted adults‚ like the king‚ are pathetic creatures‚ exceedingly lonely. Indeed‚ Saint-Exupery emphasizes that loneliness occurs even around other people‚ not just by oneself. For example‚ the little prince never meets two people at the same time--everyone is always on their

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    The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery I. Introduction The Little Prince was first published in 1943. It is a novel and the most famous work of the French aristocrat‚ writer and poet Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The novel is the most read and most translated book in the French language‚ and was voted the best book of the 20th century in France. The Little Prince is also an indictment of the spiritual decay Saint-Exupéry perceived in humanity. Some of the story of The Little Prince uses events

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    Little Princess

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    A LITTLE PRINCESS The most interesting book I read recently is "A Little Princess". Little Princess is called Sara Crewe; she is a student at Miss Minchin’s fancy boarding school. When her rich father dies; she’s left without a penny .Now Sara lives in the attic and works for crusts of bread. Only magic could make her A Little Princess! Sara Crewe was born in India .Her father was so rich and her mother died when she was born. Sara left India

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    The Little Princess

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    A Little Princess In Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess‚ Sara Crewe arrives at her English Boarding School at the age of seven. Sara is treated like a little princess from the day she got to the school and everyone was envious of her fancy clothes that were “ridiculous for a child.” Her father‚ Captain Crewe‚ told the headmistress to give Sara anything she wanted. Though she was spoiled‚ Sara was always nice and polite and never had a bad temper. In the end‚ however‚ all is lost from

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    A LITTLE INCIDENT

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    A LITTLE INCIDENT  Lu Hsun Six years have gone by‚ as so many winks‚ since I came to the capital from the village. During all that time there have occurred many of those events known as “affairs of the state”‚ a great number of which I have seen or heard about. My heart does not seem to have been in the least affected by any of them‚ and recollection now only tends to increase my ill temper and cause me to like people less as the day wears on. But one little incident alone is deep with meaning

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    Little Seamstress

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    Little SeamSTRESS-ED     Butterflies in some cultures symbolize change‚ a “new self;” while butterflies in Chinese culture symbolize “new love.” A character who is a protagonist will change the most out of any character in a book. Throughout the book‚ Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress‚ we follow the narrator and his best friend‚ Luo‚ through their adventures of thievery and dangerous jobs. But‚ neither of them are the protagonist. The Little Seamstress is the protagonist‚ because like a butterfly

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    The Little Mermaid

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    Summary: In “The Little Mermaid‚” Hans Christian Andersen depicts the life of a mermaid‚ and her aspirations to live life on land as a human. The little mermaid lives deep in the dark depths of the sea with the sea king (her father)‚ her father’s subjects‚ her five sisters‚ and her grandmother. The little mermaid longed for nothing more than to see the world above the surface of the water‚ but a mermaid is not allowed to go up to the surface until the age of 15. The little mermaid waited patiently

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    Little Infinities

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    Little Infinities Lonely under the dome of stars and the striking moonlight‚ I gaze into the hollowness of pitch darkness. Lost in the midst of lurking shadows‚ nights without you is the circle of overwhelming gush of pain. Aeons of time‚ wondering‚ painting the face of yours deep in my heart‚ your absence seems to shrink away the life of mine. Everytime I am mirrored to your individuality‚ your skin‚ your eyes‚ your beautiful soul. Desparation of parting is as frustating as being crippled‚ handicapped

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    The Little Prince

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    THE LITTLE PRINCE In the eyes of a child‚ there is joy‚ there is laughter. But as time ages us‚ as soon as we flowered and became grown-ups the child inside us all fades that we forget that once‚ we were a child. The story begins about drawings of closed and open boa constrictors. Later‚ the author relates a story about the Turkish astronomer who discovers the little prince’s home‚ Asteroid B-612. When he presents his findings to the International Congress of Astronomy‚ dressed in

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