The Little Prince

As people get more and more mature, plenty of view points will be different from those in childhood. It’s not exaggerating to say that adults and children seem to be born worlds apart.Generally speaking, adults should be knowledgeable and have widespread experiences. They are able to face all kinds of problems and, say, find adequate solutions to the knotty tasks. Children, as a result, always deem their parents, their siblings or anyone elder than them to be the best imitative targets in daily life. However, not everything grown-ups behave is worthy of being respected or taken as a model for children.

For instance, in this book, the little prince said,” If you were to say to the grown-ups: I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof, they would not be able to get any idea of that house at all. You would have to say to them: I saw a house that cost $20,000. Then they would exclaim: Oh, what a pretty house that is!” That is, they tend to meditate everyone or everything they see. Just as parents judge a child’s achievement by scores, people measure one’s social status by earnings, or readers comment on a book only by its cover. Adults are so keen on digits that it seems a number can represent a person, a thing, or all efforts a man’s made. Nonetheless, for children, they are single-minded and much more innocent. They treat others with their whole hearts and behave straightforwardly without haggling over the reputation or profit.

What’s more, adults always request their kids to be diligent and hard-working in learning. In the future,they hope they can meet their parents’ expectations and be a successful man. But what exactly is “being successful”? Mundanely, it means to be a chief executive officer in a prestigious company or be a billionaire. Parents, henceforth, ignore what their kids like to do indeed. The little prince said, “It is not my fault. The grown-ups discouraged me in my painter’s career when I was six years old, and I never learned to draw anything , except boas from the outside and boas from the inside. I hope all parents can respect their children’s thoughts and support them till the last moment, letting them make the decision on their own as well as struggle to be the one they dream. Everyone has its own unique life, and without a doubt, no one has the privilege to change or to dominate it.

All in all, everyone is prone to be bewildered by the external factors of things. It causes some people to ignore to appreciate the inner beauty of human beings and to care for peoples’ inner feelings. Instead of having eyes set on money, fame, benefit, and money, we should regard anyone or anything in the world with open mind. To put it more blunt, we should stay as simple as a child. In conclusion, “One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.”