《小王子的旅途》的象征意义

Abstract

The Little Prince，known as “The French Rose”, is not only a world—famous philosophic fairy tale，but also a fable pregnant with the meaning of life．The little prince is distressed，and then he explores what real mean to him．In the process of the experience, he observes those “adults” who are occupied with a lot of valueless things such as hunting for power，being in vain and searching for too much owning，working and learning．The little prince pursues the true value of life and true love without any obstacle．The subject of this paper is mainly about the little prince’s course of realizing love and responsibility．It begins with escaping from the love restricting，experiencing the course of taming others，and ended with returning of love and responsibility．In the society of lacing of human touch, searching for love and responsibility has a profound meaning indeed．

Keywords：the lithe prince; philosophic fairy tale; love and responsibility; tame

Contents

I. Introduction 2

II. Introduction to the Fairy Tale 3

2.1 Introduction to The Little Prince 3

2.2 Introduction to the Little Prince's Journey 4

III. Different Kinds of the Symbolic Meaning 4

3.1 The Symbols of the Little Prince and Inhabitants. 5

3.1.1 The Little Prince: the Symbol of the Childhood 5

3.1.2 The Inhabitants on the First Six Asteroids: Kaleidoscope of the Grown-ups 5

3.2 The Symbols of the Animals and Plants 5

3.3 The Other Symbols 6

IV. The Symbolic Meaning of the Little Prince’s Journey 7

4.1 A Surface Sense of the Little Prince’s Journey ---A Satire to the Grown-ups 7

4.2 A Deep Sense of the Little Prince’s Journey ---Escape from and Return to Love 8

4.2.1 Escape from His Flower 8

4.2.2 Journey 8

4.2.3 Apperception---Tamed 9

4.2.4 Return to Love 10

V. Conclusion 11