Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Five: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

The last instalment of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series is more of a battle report than a novel. As a fantasy reader, I’d rather have a bit of both. But for the most part, it is a gripping read.

Author: Rick Riordan

Released: May 5, 2009

New York Times children’s best seller series

Synopsis

The entire plot can be summarized by one word, war. Manhattan is destined to witness a contemporary Greek battle. Nico di Angelo, son of Hades, convinces Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, to bear a well-known curse, which could be the remaining hope to thwart the advances of titan Kronos, inhabiting Luke’s body, and son of Hermes, against the gods of Mount Olympus.

As if things aren’t bad enough, the gods of Olympus are spread thinly, Hades is refusing to fight alongside his brothers, Poseidon’s domain is under siege, while the rest of the gods are in Central America fighting a primal evil that Kronos has unleashed, leaving the Empire State Building, site of Mount Olympus, to be defended by the demigods of Camp Half-Blood against an army of assorted mythical monsters and brainwashed demigods.

Amidst the immensity and intensity, the Great Prophecy reveals its true self to be far from expected, a common feat of prophecies, a truth which will require Percy to study his mortal enemy—definitely not his favorite subject.

Reading Experience

Unlike the usual bittersweet ending achieved by other sagas; the satisfaction of a fairytale ending against the finality of a riveting storyline, Book Five feels more of a closure—the thing you look for when you want to move on. Don’t get me wrong, it is action-packed and readers will still find themselves soaring across chapters. But there’s almost nothing unpredictable or unexpected in the entire plot, except the part where the River Styx is involved.

Readers would always have room for character histories, even more for the intended readers of Percy Jackson. Character history is a tool used by writers to make the audience relate to the characters and more immersed in the storyline, which is as present as much as a tip of an iceberg in this instalment. This ingredient is used sparingly, maybe owing to the fact that everything needs to be fast-paced. But like any rollercoaster ride, there should always be a point of slowing down to build up an utterly breathtaking climax. 


Moreover, the last book of a series means tying up of loose ends, but the way it was done in the Last Olympian is rather dull and uncreative, like some final credits of a movie. I still think Riordan  has a great fast-paced writing style necessary for his target readers, but I guess I expected more for a final instalment. 

In Conclusion

It might not be a breathtaking novel, but it would make a breathtaking 3D movie.

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

The second to the last book for most, if not all, sagas or series has a certain degree of significance that any reader should be aware of. Authors will improve on early foreshadowing they’ve laid in the early instalments, either bring it nearer to a close or make it more cumbersome, or intriguing, until one reads the last book. The Battle of the Labyrinth surely did both, but more of the latter.

Author: Rick Riordan

Released: May 6, 2008

New York Times children’s best seller series

Synopsis

Luke, son of Hermes, and a follower of the titan Kronos, was ready to lead their army to destroy Camp Half-Blood. He intends to use the labyrinth for his army to pass through. This discovery brought anxiety to the entire camp, perhaps how any camp should feel had they known an entire army of mythological Greek demons and traitors are to wage war against them.

Annabeth Chase; daughter of Athena, receives a quest, to find Daedalus, creator of the labyrinth, and prevent Luke’s army from getting Ariadne’s string, the string that can help one find his way through the labyrinth.

The labyrinth is known to cause madness once inside. It is also known to grow and extend, further mortifying those inside it to be more lost, the only setback for Luke, so he also sets out to find Ariadne’s string.

In the labyrinth, Annabeth is accompanied by, of course, Percy Jackson; son of Poseidon, Grover; a satyr, Tyson; Percy’s cylopes brother, and Nico di Angelo; son of Hades. In their misfortune, they found themselves, like many others, lost in the labyrinth despite Annabeth’s wisdom and inclination to architecture.

Percy seeks the help of Rachel Elizabeth Dare. Rachel, despite being a mortal, possesses the ability to see through the mist and which makes her an effective GPS in the labyrinth. So it becomes a race between their party against Luke’s army, as the countdown begins for Camp Half-Blood’s probable final hour.

But what they found in the labyrinth, was more than any of them intended, and wanted to find.

Reading Experience

Had it not been for Pacific Rims by Rafe Bartholomew, I would’ve finished reading and writing The Battle of the Labyrinth earlier. But since my reading has been preoccupied for quite some time, I only had this chance to write my review.

Riordan maintained his sprint paced storytelling prowess. It is also good news, though expected, when I say that humor is inserted in the plot’s entire run.

Though there were quite a few more additions to the original myths, he was able to include the well-known factoids about the labyrinth. No, Icarus did not make an appearance, but Daedalus surely did. More so, Riordan touched a bit more metaphysical, should I say subjects or rather concepts, when he dabbled on Daedalus’s form (that’s for you to read) and his labyrinth and its sprawling behavior.

Those who know about the labyrinth’s story would be very familiar with Daedalus and Icarus, and their wax wings, but be prepared for King Minos’s portrayal which may eventually make you grind your teeth.

Luke is bound to play a very intriguing role. What Riordan has written about Kronos and Luke in this book will make one more curious of how things would turn out in Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian.  Another character whom Riordan has made more pivotal in the series is Nico di Angelo. My interest in him being the son of Hades, grew more as he demonstrated his capability to call the dead and even command them, but I do have a special interest in the book’s last scene.

In Conclusion

In a nutshell, the pacing and build-up is nothing short of laudable, a satisfying second to the last book of the series. Reading The Battle of the Labyrinth will surely intrigue, since it feels it was meant to intrigue, the reader to join Percy Jackson in his next and last adventure.

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The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

It’s the next best thing to The Lord of the Rings, or even better.

Author: Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

Released: January 1990

New York Times Bestseller, International Bestseller, Locus Award Nominee, David Gemmel Legend Award Nominee

Synopsis

The Dark One, Shai’tan, is freed from his prison. And the Wheel of Time turns to answer this threat--the Dragon. Lews Therin Telamon is the fated Dragon who led the Aes Sedai, channelers of the One Power, to seal Shai’tan away from the world again. Despite defeat, The Dark One managed to taint Saidin, male half of the True Source. Because of this, male Aes Sedai, including the Dragon himself, is driven to madness. The said taint is described as oil on water; the water which is the One Power, remains devoid of impurities but to touch it means going through the taint.

As time flows, the Wheel turns, and the Dark One’s seal weakens, threatening to unleash himself on the world once more. The Wheel weaves the Dragon again, but the Dragon Reborn would be facing both the Dark One and the madness brought by using Saidin.

Rand Al’Thor, together with Perrin Aybara and Mat Cauthon, are mere villagers of the Two Rivers. This changed when their destinies are interwoven with Moraine Damodred, an Aes Sedai, and Lan, the Sedai’s Warder. Moraine cannot determine the Dragon Reborn from the three, so she brings them all along. The Sedai also saw the potential of two other villagers Egwene al’Vere and Nynaeve al’Meara as future channelers of the One Power. With a party of seven, in the first book of the series, The Eye of The World, they fought a myriad of unfriendly characters to get to Tar Valon, the city of the Aes Sedai.

Rand al'Thor by artist Seamas Gallagher.
See his other Wheel of Time comic artworks
on http://seamassketches.blogspot.com

And from there, the plot thickens, and more characters and subplots are unveiled in a projected 14 part series.

Reading Experience

Robert Jordan brings you an adventure worthy of twelve books. Though I won’t deny that it won’t make you flip through the pages with much haste, it is still quite a page-turner.

Jordan wrote a very elaborate plot for this epic fantasy. Moreover, the characters are fully developed in every page and in every instalment. You may have an affinity to a character, which might turn to adversity in the next chapter or the next book. But the more important part is, you feel them evolving with everything they go through.

I say that the series’ downfall is its length. Readers are daunted by a fourteen-part series, not to mention the width of one book and the span of one page. But serious epic fantasy readers would appreciate this treatment because the book would be able to bring the story to heights that a shortened plot could not. To shed more light, The Lord of The Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien are the last three books of an extensive and much more elaborate epic fantasy plot.

What I enjoy best about The Wheel of Time is its game-like format. Being a fan of Role Playing Games like Final Fantasy, you have an arsenal of predetermined configuration, this is the premise of the One Power for the book. As a gamer, you work around this and you cannot pull something out of the bag for the heck of it, which is the same for The Wheel of Time. Jordan sticks with what was set in the premise and aptly plays around it.

In Conclusion

No I would not recommend reading the Wheel of Time to just any reader. But if you are looking for an epic adventure, determined to see it through the end, then you better start now because the last book is set to be released in 2012 (says me who's still stuck in the 6th book).

The Wheel of Time symbol 
by Matthew Nielsen from www.fantasy-fan.org

Random Wheel of Time facts:

- Characters in the book are mainly humans, compared to other fantasy series with a variety of creatures.

- The series, despite its length, has a prequel, The New Spring, which was originally intended as a short story. 

- Robert Jordan died on September 16, 2007 with the series left unfinished, leaving notes behind on how The Wheel of Time should end.

- Brandon Sanderson, a fantasy writer, was chosen to finish the twelfth book, The Gathering Storm and the last two titles; Towers of Midnight and A Memory of Light

-          Prequel. The New Spring

-          Book 1. The Eye of The World

-          Book 2. The Great Hunt

-          Book 3. The Dragon Reborn

-          Book 4. The Shadow Rising

-          Book 5. The Fires of Heaven

-          Book 6. Lord of Chaos (This is where I’ve gotten to so far)

-          Book 7. A Crown of Swords

-          Book 8. The Path of Daggers

-          Book 9. Winter’s Heart

-          Book 10. Crossroads of Twilight

-          Book 11. Knife of Dreams

-          Book 12. The Gathering Storm

-          Book 13. Towers of Midnight

-          Book 14. A Memory of Light

You can get more information about the series at Wikipedia.

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On Visiting Earth, A Commentary on The Little Prince

(WARNING: SPOILER ALERT)

“There are 111 kings, 7,000 geographers, 900,000 businessmen, 7,500,000 tipplers, 311,000,000 conceited men—that is to say about 2,000,000,000 grown-ups.“

These were the figures that the little prince gave as he set foot on Earth. If you have read my previous posts, On the Grownups parts 1 and 2, these figures approximates how many adults behave in ‘extraordinary’ ways, as the little prince puts it.

The Garden of Roses and the Fox

Seeing a garden of roses, all bearing strong semblance to the rose in his planet, deeply, and painfully, carved the word ‘ephemeral’ into the little prince’s heart. The Geographer of the last asteroid he visited described his rose as such, ephemeral, in danger of speedy disappearance. The little prince questions his rose’s uniqueness.

It was the fox who taught him to see rightly. The term used by the author is taming, which is described as establishing ties, but this also translates to love. (Yes, it's cheesy, I know. But if you loathe it so much, don't read this book at all, or worse, discuss it with someone else.) Simply stated, it was the fox who taught the little prince about love.

I somewhat agree that the concept of love is taught to children who're old enough to get the gist of the novel. After all, regardless of age, love has been the source of misery and sorrow, bliss and contentment, but more importantly, purpose and meaning.

The fox instructs the little prince, to be patient, maintain distance, and say nothing.

Being patient entails perseverance. Anything worth having is earned. Maintaining distance entails trust. And trust is a key ingredient for establishing ties. Saying nothing entails understanding. As the fox says, “Words are the source of misunderstandings”.

The fox also instructs the little prince to be consistent, to come back at the same hour and not be radical with their meetings. Setting a designated schedule and amount of time means placing value not only for the person but also for the time spent with him or her.

As the little prince leaves, the fox starts crying. The little prince points out that the fox brought this on himself, if he hadn’t asked to be tamed; he wouldn’t be weeping in his departure. The fox then shares light from a different angle, what the little prince say may be true, but the more significant change, he is not like any other fox for the little prince anymore just like his rose against the similar beauty of the roses in the garden.

The Essential

“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well”.

Its delicate, luscious but elusive taste can be sampled, once again, in the latter part of the story. Both the pilot and the little prince were thirsty, and they were looking for source of water in the scorching desert. In the most literal sense, it is plainly difficult to find water in the Sahara desert. But they did find a well, yet getting water from the well is still trying. Fortunately, a pulley, a lever and a bucket were available. And the water they drank was the sweetest of all.

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye”. 

This famous line pertains to a concept which underpins the simple architecture of the entire novel. It is also this concept that catalyzes the complexity of the novel's effects to readers. Perhaps the book is simplest when read by a child.

Commentary Series Links:
> The Little Prince Book Review
> On Matters of Consequence
> On Talking Like a Grownup
> On Loving Figures
> On Grownups Part 1/2
> On Grownups Part 2/2
> Quotes from The Little Prince

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On Grownups, A Commentary on The Little Prince Part 2/2

(WARNING: SPOILER ALERT)

The Geographer

Leaving the lamplighter’s small planet, the little prince reaches a bigger planet where the geographer resides. The geographer describes his work to the little prince as, “...a scholar who knows the location of all the seas, rivers, towns, mountains, and deserts.”

Enthused in meeting such a person, the little prince asks about the ocean, the river, the mountain and the desert. But to no avail, the geographer is unable to answer, confusing the little prince. To the geographer’s defense, he explains searching the land was the explorer’s job and not his. And to his misfortune, there’s no single explorer on his planet.

The geographer also expounds the process on qualifying an explorer’s report. Instead of going where the explorer went to get proof of his claim, an explorer will provide the evidence himself, his integrity will also be measured before his report is immortalized in a map.

Here’s a good, and funny, explanation of why integrity needs investigation, “. . . an explorer who told lies would bring disaster on the books of the geographer. So would an explorer who drank too much. Because intoxicated men see double.”

This part led me to think, that rather than experiencing life first-hand, there are those of us who are satisfied in taking the backseat as we let someone else take the wheel. It is always easier to be the passenger than the driver, but only the driver can steer the car to the direction that he intends to go to. The passenger may get to the same destination as the driver, but the driver will have greater appreciation of where he is than the passenger.

Ephemeral

Describing his planet to the geographer, with only a few distinctive feats to tell, the little prince is bound to emphasize the existence of his planet’s singular rose—his rose. But the moment it escapes from his mouth, the geographer, with crushing nonchalance, discards his rose as ephemeral, and it is unnecessary to record.

In protest, the little prince argues that his rose is unique on his planet and asks what does ephemeral mean. The geographer describes it as something “...in danger of speedy disappearance”. This broke the little prince’s heart. Regret starts gnawing at him, he should never have left his rose alone. But his journey wasn’t at an end; the geographer recommends visiting Earth.

We always forget how infinitely changing the world is. We usually forget how temporary everything is, thus we take things for granted, even people. It is usually in hindsight that we realize this fault. After all, regret is always felt after a mistake, never before it is committed. But once in a while, like the geographer’s remark to the little prince, we are reminded of our impermanence. 



Commentary Series Links:
> The Little Prince Book Review
> On Matters of Consequence
> On Talking Like a Grownup
> On Loving Figures
> On Grownups Part 1/2
> On Visiting Earth
> Quotes from The Little Prince

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On Grownups, A Commentary on The Little Prince Part 1/2

(WARNING: SPOILER ALERT)

The little prince said, “...I was too young to know how to love her,” referring to his complicated affection to his rose. His rose was demanding. Her requests gradually overwhelmed the loving little prince. Eventually, he became indifferent. It was only on Earth that he realized that behind the rose’s words was true affection.

On the verge of such realization, the little prince sets off to visit neighboring planets to gain more knowledge. The little prince is already aware of how young he was to understand his love for the rose, and then he met a number of adults, ridiculous in their own way. These grownups represent certain traits that most people possess to a certain degree.

The King

The king’s authority is quite funny and rather annoying. The author states that the world is much simple to a Kking, because to him “all men are subjects”. The king said, “I do not permit insubordination”. Though this may sound rigid and stern, in truth it is permissive and loose. He brags that he can order when the sun will set, which he does on sunset, a task that the sun is bound to do.

This translates to a false sense of control. There are those who feel that they are in-charge of their own lives when they’re really not, and tend to cloud fact with their own excuses. No one may have the power to tell the sun to set, but one can close his eyes to hide its rays.

The Conceited Man

All of us need attention, it is human to seek attention, but there are those who just can’t get enough, like the conceited man. Upon reaching the conceited man’s planet, the little prince was treated as an admirer, but the prince poses a question, “...what is there in that to interest you so much?”

To avoid losing sight of its significance, it is best to ask why we need attention before we seek it, so we would know when to stop. Usually, when have something at hand, we overlook its value. Like the way we see our reflection in the mirror, it's ironic. The mirror reflects exactly how we look. Despite this fact, we see the things we don’t have, not the things we already have.

The Tippler

The Tippler

Meeting the tippler was the funniest part for me. The tippler or the drunkard drinks to forget that he is ashamed of drinking. The metaphor is there, a simple irony. But you don’t need to interpret anything about it at all; you can take it for its factual sense. Saint-Exupery may have realized this, no I think it’s just me, but a correlation was made with the businessman to further emphasize the tippler’s irony. Nevertheless, relating the tippler and the businessman is a brilliant literary punchl.

The Businessman

The businessman claims to be very busy, he says he owns the stars because no one has decided to own them. The little prince points out that the stars aren’t owned by anyone, lest by him, because owning means being responsible for what you own.

The Businessman

The businessman further shares that he counts the stars to get more stars. And the little prince makes an exemplary connection between the tippler’ behavior and the businessman’s reasoning. This made me realize a strong semblance; both are drunk, one with liquor and one with stars.

The Lamplighter

A day on the lamplighter’s planet lasts for only a minute. And it is his job to light the lamp, giving him no time to rest. The lamplighter is the only grownup that the little prince empathized with. Among all the grownups that he met, the lamplighter is the only who isn’t selfish in his deeds, despite being, probably, the saddest. We can infer from the lamplighter how certain people live from one day to the next, having no control of how the day is spent, powerless to effect a change, obliged to stick with a routine.

The Geographer

I decided to write a separate post for the geographer.



Commentary Series Links:
> The Little Prince Book Review
> On Matters of Consequence
> On Talking Like a Grownup
> On Loving Figures
> On Grownups Part 2/2
> On Visiting Earth
> Quotes from The Little Prince

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On Loving Figures, A Commentary on The Little Prince

(WARNING: SPOILER ALERT)

"Grown-ups love figures"

This is the first part in the book where I had an epiphany. (I’m always cautious in using the word ‘epiphany’ because it might sound like an orgasm, more like, a mental orgasm). I say it in that manner because there are more to come. (Now that’s just wrong)

Anyway... by figures, it means numbers and anything described by a certain measurement. Here’s a certain passage as discussed by the pilot:

“If you were to say to the grown-ups: “I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof,” they would not be able to get any idea of the house at all. You would have to say to them: “I saw a house that cost £4,000.” Then they would exclaim: “Oh, what a pretty house that is!””

We can infer two things, first is the general idea of having a yardstick for almost everything, and second is how a certain price tag affects our opinion of a certain object, place, or even a person.

Admit it, there are times that you’ve given more weight on figures than other essential details. Of course there’s nothing wrong in knowing a thing’s objective value, but even such reasoning is not exempted from the simple wisdom that the Spice Girl’s offer, ‘too much of something is bad enough.’

In the Miss Universe for example, when a contestant is presented, she is presented along with her bust, waist and thigh measurements. The 36-24-36 is even embedded in our everyday lingo, well not mine in particular (haha!) but most straight guys, and anorexic girls. I’m not totally against it, I’m part of it too, but these are proofs of what the pilot is driving at.

The Little Prince and the Baobabs

Adults, not all of course, who are of marrying age would also consider his or her future partner’s paycheck into serious consideration, he or she may see a barcode on his or her partner’s sleeve. Though reasonable, especially for having stability in life as priority, we fail to take into account the importance of concepts that no amount of money can buy.

Some may say that happiness depends on your credit limit, I say different, because we decide what makes us happy. If money makes us happy, then it will. If food makes us happy, then it will. If hearing another person’s voice, enjoying a cup of cocoa during a rainy morning makes us happy, then it will.

If a person puts a price on his happiness, he is either the luckiest person in the world or the saddest, because having a price means knowing what will make him happy, but if he thinks it’s too expensive then it’ll never be within his reach.

It’s not wrong to consider figures; it’s even wise to do so. But letting figures be the major cog in your decision-making is a greatest mistake anyone could make.

Commentary Series Links:
> The Little Prince Book Review
> On Matters of Consequence
> On Talking Like a Grownup
> On Grownups Part 1/2
> On Grownups Part 2/2
> On Visiting Earth
> Quotes from The Little Prince

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On Talking Like a Grownup, A Commentary on The Little Prince

(WARNING: SPOILER ALERT)

The first and the most reiterating concept in The Little Prince is an adult’s supposedly matured way of thinking. We associate adulthood, or to a child’s limited verbiage ‘being a grownup’, to behavior grounded on logic and well-informed decision-making. (Now didn’t that sound like something taken directly out of a textbook?)

This quoted part is very telling of how similar the pilot’s and little prince’s opinion of an adult is. Note that the pilot is narrating and the little prince is making a point.

 “You talk just like the grown-ups!”

That made me a little ashamed. But he went on, relentlessly:

“You mix everything up together . . . You confuse everything . . .”

Case in point, an adult’s responsibilities requires well-informed decision-making. However, there are those, whom you might consider ‘lost in adulthood’, if such expression exists, though this might be the first, who’re reeking of juvenile monotony and losing sight of what is significant. This idea is reiterated through the lamplighter and businessman, both visited by the little prince.

Let me repeat that the pilot and the little prince agrees that thinking like a grownup is shameful. The pilot’s experience is rooted from grownups’ lack of imagination with his drawings. While the little prince’s perception is from the conversations he’s had with different grownups in different planets.

The pilot says, “In the course of this life I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.”

His becoming a pilot was also attributed to the grownups’ inability to appreciate his illustrations which made him give up his dreams of being a painter. That he became a pilot who studied ‘matters of consequence’ such as geography and the sciences.

Adult influence over a child’s dreams is undeniably strong. I guess it’s universal knowledge. Putting a little spin on it, it simply tells us that some of our decisions are made for us, instead of having the strength to make them ourselves, or worse, dwelling in a pool of indecision. People who have power over us are people who we give power to, given either through veneration or through the call of the majority.



Commentary Series Links:
> The Little Prince Book Review
> On Matters of Consequence
> On Loving Figures
> On Grownups Part 1/2
> On Grownups Part 2/2
> On Visiting Earth
> Quotes from The Little Prince

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On Matters of Consequence, A Commentary on The Little Prince

(WARNING: SPOILER ALERT)

The Little Prince impresses, on its readers, a deep mark worth expounding. And although I fear words would fail as satisfactory means of capturing the sensation you get in the story’s aftermath, attempting to attain at least a certain degree of its epiphanous quality is sorely appealing, and rewarding. 

But as I’ve said in my book review, this book’s openness to interpretation is more radical than most titles. It does not only vary from one person to the next, but also from one person’s stage in life to his next.

On Matters of Consequence

The pilot and the little prince were having a conversation about the prince’s singular rose while the pilot repairs his aeroplane. But the prince’s inquisitive nature eventually bugged the pilot. He then blurts out to let him finish the repairs without interference as they were ‘matters of consequences’.

Like some kind of trigger, the little prince was offended and points out that his definition of ‘matters of consequence’ is rather misconstrued. He also furthered that the pilot started talking just like a grownup, which is presented as an insult.

Their argument began when the little prince was talking about his most beloved single rose in his little planet. Aware of his scarce resources, the pilot aims to fix his plane as soon as possible and discards the little prince’s passionate sharing about his rose as something immaterial.

The little prince counters, “And is it not a matter of consequence to try and understand why the flowers go to so much trouble to grow thorns which are never of any use to them?”

At first I disagreed with the little prince, considering the pilot’s situation, the repairs should be top priority. But then, so is a rose who has thorns in an attempt to save itself from being eaten by a sheep or being plucked from the soil where it gets nourishment.

Sometimes in our struggle to survive, to live, we forget why we live at all—why we grow thorns, why are they necessary or are they even necessary in the first place.


Commentary Series Links:
> The Little Prince Book Review
> On Talking Like a Grownup
> On Loving Figures
> On Grownups Part 1/2
> On Grownups Part 2/2
> On Visiting Earth
> Quotes from The Little Prince

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