The Little Prince is a juvenile fiction novel following the story of a young boy dealing with loneliness and struggles with understanding how to grow up, as well as what it truly means to be a child. The unnamed little boy leaves his tiny planet whose only other inhabitant is a singular rose whom he had befriended. He leaves in search of finding out what it means to love. The little boy goes to many planets, and they all show a part of the evil of adults until he lands on Earth, and how they only want the prince to serve them and their selfish agenda. The little boy meets the narrator, a pilot who has been stranded in the Sahara Desert after his plane crashes. The little boy asks the narrator to draw him a sheep, and only after the narrator becomes frustrated after a few failed attempts does he draw a singular box where he states that the sheep is inside. Much to his surprise, the little boy is happy and says that was exactly what he was asking for. Showing how creativity is lost the more you grow up, the little prince shows the narrator how to live freely and see things from a new perspective. He realizes that he loves his rose, and he wants to return to her. He felt hurt as she told him she was the only one of her kind, and the boy ended up seeing more. He learns that she was one of a kind because she was his rose.
The reason I rate this book 5 stars is because it was thoroughly enjoyable and deals with so many topics that make you sit and think about them. Although it was written a long time ago, it deals with very serious themes and addresses them beautifully. The book shows the cruelty of growing up and shows how innocence can be destroyed.