In The Little Prince, the author magnifies children's keen intuition and explores the "real" meaning of life through the little prince's constant knowledge of the world. "The author endowed the little prince with the wisdom of adults and the innocence of children, went in and out of the adult world with the identity and perspective of children, and told the forgotten and lost beauty in the process of children's growth" in order to achieve the purpose of "appealing to the lost spiritual home of modern people". The little prince's innocent perspective, like a child, penetrates the superficial appearance of life, goes straight to the inside of life, and explores the simplest truth of life from the depths of his soul.
Creation background
Although the fairy tale "Little Prince" is only the author's work in one go for three months, it has a profound creative background, which is the accumulation of the author's life and emotions for several years or even decades, and is the product of accumulation. It is not only a children's fairy tale, but also a "crystallization" of philosophy and thinking, full of feelings about life.
When the author wrote "The Little Prince", he had passed the age of no doubt, experienced several ups and downs in his life, and gradually matured. After retiring from the Air Force, whether it is a dull salesman's job or the thrill of opening up a new route, whether it is a heavy and dangerous flight task of the air post office or several chances of passing by death, it has become a precious life wealth of Saint Exupé ry.
Saint Exupé ry's The Little Prince is also the author's reflection on his marriage, and his wife, Consuro, is the prototype of the rose that the protagonist has been worried about when he was in a foreign land. Anthony used this fairy tale to pour out the depressing marital problems and the emptiness of the affair. Since the author married Consu Luo Jye on 193 1, they once fell into a marriage crisis because of their huge personality differences. The fairy tale The Little Prince emphasizes the importance of love and responsibility, which is also the author's attitude towards marriage.