STUDENT REVIEW: THE LITTLE PRINCE
BOOK VERSUS MOVIE
TITLE
Opening
When and where did story start?
Which opening do you prefer?
WHY?
Characters
Identify MAJOR characters
Setting
Plot
What are the differences in the
storylines of book and movie?
Ending
How does endings differ in book
and movie?
Describe your emotional
response to the endings?
Themes
Summary
Evaluate the story in the book
BOOK:
The book was about a man who
crashes his plane in the desert,
and he meets the little prince.  up who has been reduced to a
The prince is from another planet,
a small world that he eventually
leaves after an estranged
relationship with a rose.
The Little Prince
The Narrator
The Rose
Asteroid B-612
Sahara Desert.
The book is dedicated to Leon
Werth, so this made-up academy
for the film is an homage of some
kind.  It shows that the film
respects the source material,
which is a point in its favor.   into Werth Academy.
There is a planet of the drunkard
and the lamplighter in the book.  the planet of the drunkard and the
The ending of  The Little Prince is
super sad. There’s no two ways
about that. The prince has left the
Earth, it looked like he died when
the snake bit him, but his body is
nowhere to be found. The
narrator’s made it out of the
desert, but that seems like small
potatoes compared to wondering
what happened to the prince.
The main theme of The Little
Prince is the importance of
looking beneath the surface to
find the real truth and meaning of
a thing. It is the fox who teaches
the Prince to see with one's heart
instead of just with one's eyes.
Because the Little Prince has
loved and nurtured the flower, she
is very special.
The prince is from another
planet, a small world that he
MOVIE:
The prince travels to a series of
asteroids, each featuring a grown-
function. The first is a king who
requires obedience but has no
subjects until the arrival of the
prince.
The Little Prince
The Conceited Man
The Pilot
The prince's planet
has tiny volcanoes and plenty of
sunsets.
The film is an unusual story with
completely unbelievable
elements.  Now, the way the film
starts out is it shows a mother
attempting to get her daughter
The movie didn’t show
lamplighter.
The Aviator says that it's coming
close to time for him to join
the Little Prince, and indeed he is
eventually rushed to the hospital.
The movie suggests that he,
too, dies, though the Little Girl
can hear both he and
the Prince laughing when she
looks at the stars.
Throughout the movie it is very
critical of many of the
characteristics of mankind. He
claims that humans are too
preoccupied with wealth,
power, and technology,
missing the important things in
life, beauty, love, and
friendship.
From the opening shot of The
Little Prince, we see a world
as differentiated from story in
the movie.
Which version would you
prefer? WHY?
eventually leaves after an
estranged relationship with a
rose.  After exploring many
worlds, he settles on Earth and
meets the pilot, after meeting a
fox and a snake.  The aviator has
to see the little prince die, or at
least leave the world somehow.  place. It’s a world of hard angles
preoccupied with Matters of
Consequence. We see a city from
high in the air, looking for all the
world like a microchip. As the
camera closes in, we see ant-like
cars scurrying through the streets,
people hurrying from place to
and gleaming gray, of cool lines
and clinical beauty.