Answers To Guide Questions in Reading Antoine de Saint Exupery

Chapters 10-18
a. Who uttered the line, ‘One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform’? What is the real life significance of this line?
- The king uttered the line, ‘One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform’.
- The real life significance of this line is one must do only works/duty that he/she can perform.
b. What is the meaning of “It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others?
-It meant that it is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others because probably our judgment to our selves is positive, but when we judge others we are just giving our opinions based to our observations.
c. What is meant by “Conceited people never hear things but praise”? Does this kind of people actually suffer from this hearing problem?
- it meant that even conceited people never hear things but they admire people who acclaim them.
-No, it doesn’t.
d. What is the irony of the line,” I am drinking so that I may forget”? Could you relate similar line that you hear from people?
- “I am eating so that I may remember”
- Yes I could,” I am working so that I may forget”
e. Why does the businessman want to become rich? How the character is related to real life people?
- The businessman wants to become rich because he wants to buy more stars if any are discovered.
f. What is meant by,” There is nothing to understand. Orders are orders”? What is its real life significance?
-It meant that orders should be followed even you don’t understand it because it I an order.
-The significance of it in real life is we should followed orders because they are orders.
g. How did the little prince perceive the character of the lamplighter? Do you agree with him? Why?
-the little prince perceives the character of the lamplighter by looking at the lamplighter doing orders.
-Yes, because some characters of a person can be perceive by looking at him/her doing something.
h. What truth about adults does the geographer represent? How does he represent this truth about adults?
-They are concerned and concentrating to works that are assigned to them.
-He works only on works assigned to him as a geographer.
i. How did the pilot describe planet Earth? How would you describe it?
- The pilot said that the Earth is big than more reputation.
- The Earth is a wonderful and habitable place.
j. The snake describes himself to be more powerful than the finger of a king. He also said that he speaks in riddle because he solves all of them. What made him say these statements?
- He thinks he can bring back human to where they come from and he also thinks he is so powerful so that made him say those statements.
k. What truth about life is reflected on Chapter 18?
- Flowers cannot move so they know anything beyond their sight.

Giovanni M. Monte de Ramos I- Archimedes
ANHS, B.C PHILIPPINES