EXPLAIN THE 7 PLANET

1. In Chapter 10, the little prince first visits the planet

inhabited only by a king, who assumes that the little
prince is a subject. "To them, all men are subjects," the
narrator explains. This king who loves to give orders and
demand obedience and yet thinks of himself as a
reasonable, good man probably represents how
ridiculous and petty people get when they're
obsessed with being in charge

2. Chapter 11 focuses on the prince's visit to

the conceited man's planet, where its resident is only
capable of hearing words that are spoken in praise toward
him. This conceited man assumes that the prince is an
admirer coming to adore him, and so he represents how
unrealistic and irritating people get when they have an
overblown opinion of themselves.
3. Chapter 12's very brief description of the tippler (an
alcoholic) reveals a pitiable character who drinks to forget
his shame, and who feels shame because he drinks. This
tippler represents not just the futility of addiction but
also the human tendency to "solve" problems by
making them worse.
4. The little prince meets the businessman in Chapter 13,
who's very self-important and busy in the "work" of
counting the stars. The little prince notes that the
businessman's thinking is just as illogical and circuitous as
the that of the tippler—this businessman is focused on
counting and owning things and putting them into an
imaginary bank. He represents how useless it really is
when people focus on amassing wealth instead of
being happy.

5. Chapter 14 is about the lamplighter, who spends every

moment of his life lighting the lamp, then extinguishing it,
then lighting it again, and so on and so on. He does this so
often because a day only lasts for about a minute on his
planet, so he's lighting up the nighttime and extinguishing
the light for the daytime. He's really, really exhausted but
won't stop doing this meaningless work. Because of this,
the lamplighter probably represents the futility and
exhaustion brought on by a foolish devotion to habits
or to work that is ultimately unimportant.

6. Lastly, the prince visits the geographer in Chapter 15. This puzzling

character calls himself a geographer, but actually hasn't created any
maps because he's just sitting around waiting for someone else to do
the work of exploring, so that he can know what to put onto his maps.
He's obsessed with the distinction between an explorer and a
geographer, so this man probably represents the futility of clinging to
rules or definitions that have no practical importance .