meets the fox, routine is good since it tames the animal. Pinocchio demonstrated the importance of routine in education, however in the case of the Little Princes lamplighter, routine invaded his life. The lamplighter spent every minute of every day stuck in the same routine with no way of escaping. Pinocchio and Candlewicks trip to the Land of Toys demonstrated how complete lack of routine in ones life turns a child into an animal.St. Exupery and Collodi demonstrate effecitve undesirable characteristics in the Pinocchios fox and cat, and the Little Princes King, conceited man, businessman, drinker and geographer. The fox and the cat demonstrated the evil aspects of greed. This corrupt behaviour caused physical and psychological damage to these two characters. This lesson forewarns children by alluding to the proverbs, Stolen money never bears fruit(Collodi 42) and Whoever steals his neighbors shirt dies without his own.(Collodi 42)The characters the little Prince met along the way were all caught up in the one characteristic that engulfed their lives. The King was a man that could not exist without subjects and since he had none he had a kind of illusionary power which had no purpose or meaning. The conceited man was so involved with his own arrogance and only existed when there were admirers. As the Prince pointed out, to others constant self-admiration is extremely monotonous and this egotism quickly loses company. The drinker was lost in a depressive circular reasoning which obviously lead to a snowball effect and was clearly leading to a life of misery and pain. The businessman, like many adults, was so occupied with his wealth that he had no time to enjoy it. He, like the drunkard, was also stuck in a circular reasoning. As soon as he had money he could use it to make more money which he used to make more money and on it goes. The little Prince then met with the geographer who was so caught up in other peoples experiences...
