Reading log - The Little Prince

The book depicts the journey of a prince from one planet to another planet in search of a friend. After feeling unhappy for not able to please his very demanding friend, the flower, the little prince commences his journey to other planets to find a new friend who will appreciate his care and love. He meets many different kinds of men who have characteristics that puzzled him a lot. He meets the king who is an absolute monarch, the conceited individual who is arrogant, the drunkard, the busy business man, the lamplighter and the geographer before he eventually settles down on the earth. It’s the snake that he meets on earth that makes him understand that something important to us is actually invisible. He also realized that he should never leave the flower all alone in his own planet if she is really her friend. Therefore, he makes the decision to return to his planet and he does it on the one year anniversary of his arrival on earth.

People nowadays are just too busy. They have hectic lifestyle and they are constantly looking for more pots of gold in this world. They have forgotten about many other things because they are blinded by greed and their own arrogance. Life is actually more than just figures and money. They are too obsessed in making money until they have no time to just sit down and enjoy the beauty of nature. They missed every sight of wonderful scene and they lost their imagination. Everything they see is related to money only while it can actually be more than that. They never treat people sincerely. They care for no one and that’s why they seldom feel for others. They thought they are gradually approaching success but actually they are in the opposite way. They are a great loser in drawing their journey of life because they have no feelings. This is a great sorrow to this civilized society.

I especially like the little prince because he is a brave person. He dares to leave his planet and explore the other planet which he knows nothing about. Besides, he is a loving prince. He cares for everything on his planet even just the small and only flower on his tiny planet. He water the flower everyday and he never forget to put her under the glass dome every evening to shield her from the strong wind. Besides, I admire his attitude in learning. He asks for everything that he doesn’t understand and he will not satisfy until he gets reasonable and logic answers for his questions.

People view things in different manners. A star which is so silent and ordinary for most of us can be special to somebody. For travelers, star is useful for guidance and for scholars; star can be the food for thought. As for the author, star is the evidence of his friendship with the little prince who has made him realized that thing that is important is invisible. There is always something that we especially like and we are willing to sacrifice for it. We can simply replace it with a similar one but somehow, we will feel that it is irreplaceable. We like it not because of its physical appearance but maybe the time that we have spend with it, the care and love that we have been spilling on it or maybe the difficulty that we have gone through to look for it. In other eyes, it might be just a simple and normal thing but for us, it is always special in any ways.