Posted: April 15th, 2015

Creative writing – The Little Prince

Prompt:

As a group, your job is to construct a planet that represents our school. Notice how St-Exupery uses the innocence of the Little Prince to illustrate and criticize some of the hypocrisies or ironies of the adult world. Now the Little Prince will visit your world. What will he see? What questions will he ask? What will he find funny or sad or simply ridiculous? Keep your focus narrow, but don’t be afraid to ask the hard questions and go deep. Deceptively simple, The Little Prince analyzes the adult world with keen understanding. Don’t mistake simple for superficial.

Write your paper as if you were St-Exupery himself. Use the same perspective, narrative voice, and dialogue to tell the story of the Little Prince’s visit to MCPHS. The closer you imitate St-Exupery’s style, the more you’ll prove your understanding of his writing. Keep in mind that St-Exupery uses a lot of symbols and metaphors to communicate seemingly simple ideas with a lot of depth and complexity. Writing a story that effectively communicates your message without oversimplifying your ideas is difficult, and requires skill and hard work.