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Language Arts-The Little Prince-Symbols, Purposes, and Representations Flashcards

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The Turkish Astronomer- Symbolizes

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Grown-ups judges people based on appearance

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The Turkish Astronomer- Purpose

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Even strange looking people can do great things

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The Baobab Trees- Symbolize

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How problems can continue to grow out of control if they are not dealt with imeadiately

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The Baobab Trees- Purpose

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People must be more responsible and fix problems they started. Otherwise, one person’s problems can begin to affect others.

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The Rose- Symbolizes

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Work hard at important things because they don’t com easily in life.

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The Rose- Purpose

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Negative events make us stronger, even if they hurt

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The King- Symbolizes

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Corruption of government; Adults feel the need to be in control

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The King- Purpose

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Government doesn’t care about the individual, but only the power; Adults think they know best

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The Vain Man- Sym.

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Adults need constant gratification

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The Vain Man- Purpose

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Adults want to stand out and be noticed

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The Vain Man- Represents

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How adults push away companionship because of vanity

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The Drunkard-Sym.

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How irrational adults are

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The Drunkard- Pur.

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Problems cannot be solved by creating more problems

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The Drunkard- Rep.

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Adults need to stop dwelling on problems and just confront them.

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The Businessman- Sym

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Adults take things seriously and often lose sight of what makes them happy

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The Businessman- Pur.

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Adults often get caught up in material wants; It does not matter what it is, adults just want to own it.

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The Businessman- Rep.

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Greed; meaningless pursuits; possession being valued more than power

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The Lamplighter- Sym.

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Adults are unwilling to change and do not listen to suggestion

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The Lamplighter- Pur

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We need to make time for the important aspects of life

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The Lamplighter- Rep

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Adults are unwilling to change with the world

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The Geographer- Sym

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Adults believe that titles make them important. Adults only view things on surface level, and do not look deeper.

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The Geographer- Pur

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Adults get caught up in non-important things that they do not notice the beautiful things; Adults are only concerned with concrete things, not abstract ones.

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Earth- Sym

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Embodiment of all human flaws

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Earth- Pur

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People in general are all the same even though we believe we are more important than others.

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The Snake- Sym

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death; Temptation; Adults’ inability to understand children and vice versa

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The Snake- Pur

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Forshadowing

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The Three-petal Flower-sym

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Unwillingness of adults to settle down and enjoy their lives; Adults are always on the move and never enjoy anything

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The Three-petal Flower- Pur

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We need to settle down to avoid loneliness

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The Little Prince’s Echo- Sym

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Adult personality (all dry and sharp and hard)

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The Little Prince’s Echo- Pur

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Adults have no creativity, they only repeat things that have already been done

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The Roses in the Rose Garden- Sym

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Our uniqueness

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The Roses in the Rose Garden- Pur

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Even ordinary things can be extraordinary to someone; you do not have to stand out to be special

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The Fox- Sym

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The unwillingness of adults to make friends

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The Fox- Pur

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Things/people are special because we put time and effort into them

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The Railway Switchman- Sym

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Adults are always in a hurry to get places they will not be satisfied with anyway

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The Railway Switchman- Pur

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Sometimes the trip or experience is jus as important as the destination or lesson learned

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The Salesclerk- Sym

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Adults are always looking for shortcuts even when they are not needed. They are always in a hurry

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The Salesclerk- Pur

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Adults often neglect even the most paramount things in life

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The Well- Sym

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En the things that seem impossible are possible

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The Well- Pur

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the long roads we take make the destination that much more important

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The Well- Rep

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The revival of imagination

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Saint-Exupery- Sym

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Transformation from childhood to adulthood back to childhood

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Saint-Ex- Pur

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You are never too old to have an imagination

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The Little Prince- Sym

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Knowledge and understanding are gained through experience, life lessons, and hard work

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Bonus!

The Little Prince- Pur

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You can always set a goal and change into a better person

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Bonus!

What is the Little Prince’s gift to Saint-X at the end of the book?

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Imagination

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Bonus!

What is the fox’s secret?

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One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.

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