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Comparing Misunderstood Perception In Le Petit Prince And The Alchemist

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Everything we see is a perception of what truly is. When we one sees something, they do not see what is, they see what they perceive. Color, sounds, matter are all things that people perceive. This thought is paralleled to more then just perceptions of reality, but perceptions of things and people. Things are more then what we see them as. The concept of a misunderstood perception is seen at the basis of many stories, fiction and non-fiction. It is seen in mystery when a wrong person is accused. It is seen in fantasy when something good is considered a monster. The stories, “Le Petit Prince”, “Wicked”, and “The Alchemist”, show the concept of an incorrect perception of what people or things truly are, and how you should see what they truly …show more content…

The narrator talks about how the grown ups misunderstood what it was. They were confused, so he redrew it and showed what it truly was, a boa constrictor eating an elephant. The people could have seen this, but saw only what they could. “Le Petit Prince” is a short French story by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. “The Little Prince is written in a condensed style that is overflowing with symbols, and full understanding of the author’s meaning requires careful reading and pondering” (Mataric). The story goes as such, a narrator, whom some consider to be Saint-Exupéry himself, crashes his plane in the Sahara Desert and meets a Little Prince. This prince is the first one to understand the narrators picture. The prince tells his story of living alone on a tiny asteroid, falling in love with a rose, and then traveling throughout space looking for a way to end his loneliness. He goes to many planets and learns about the narrow-minded world of grownup. Eventually he makes his way to earth and understands the role of his rose and his own life. The Little Prince’s thoughts on the grown ups and there actions see, to reflect the views of the narrator

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