The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery philosophically teaches what real matters of consequence are. Learning is something not easily done while teaching others but throughout this book The Little Prince has taught others what life is made of and has learned along the way from others. The prince meets men of higher intelligence or so they think, like the conceited fellow who demonstrates pure arrogance showing he misunderstands life. The prince stumbles upon a railway switchman and a fox too. The switchman teaches the prince of how everyone seems to always be unhappy with what they have and if they don't put enough time into it then they will never find affection for it and the fox shows him that to gain a friend you must use time and moments and that the secrets to life contain only what the heart sees.

When the Little prince came...