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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} * [[Faux Symbolism]]: Okay, he's Jesus. The Fox is a willing convert to faith. The snake is THE Snake. The Sheep in the box is an allegory. Or a parable, the college studies group hasn't gotten back on that. The Rose is [[Author Avatar\|Saint-Exupéry's wife]]. But that leads to the question of who the Pilot is supposed to be. * [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory\|The Pilot is all of us]], [[Growing Up Sucks\|grown up!]] *The little prince is arguably Jesus because he talks in somewhat ambiguous parables and dies for a noble cause only to be resurrected and go home. As well, Jesus says that one must enter the Kingdom of God as a child in order to truly grok it, which is similar to the recurring theme of children understanding what is really important in life and [[Adults Are Useless\|adults being useless]]. [[Tear Jerker]]: The end when {{spoiler\|the little prince returns to his asteroid}}. Or, if you interpret it differently, {{spoiler\|the prince returns post-mortem}}. And on a meta level, {{spoiler\|interpreting the narrator as Saint-Exupéry himself, who died in [[World War II]] soon after writing this novel. Then read the epilogue where the Narrator asks for word if the Prince ever returns...}} Not to mention when the prince finally realizes that he must return to his rose, and consequently must abandon his now-tame Fox. It's worse if you've seen the movie, where the Fox is played by gentle [[Gene Wilder]]. {{quote\| "Ah," said the Fox, "I shall cry."}} * And then of course the Fox's last lesson for the prince, especially if you think of its importance near the ''end'' of the book... say with the laughing stars: {{quote\| And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: {{spoiler\|It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye}}.}} ** The exchange between the narrator and the Prince in chapter 6. {{quote\| "One day," you said to me, "I saw the sunset forty-four times!" And a little later you added: "You know -- one loves the sunset, when one is so sad..." "Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?" But the little prince made no reply.}} * [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~It's Not for Kids?]]: [[Word of God\|According to the author]], it's a philosophical book under the disguise of a children's book. Then again, there's nothing saying that a philosophy book can't be for children. {{reflist}}