ine might have felt like death was his only escape because he cant relate to anyone that he knows. Nobody understood his picture of the boa constrictor, and most people are concerned with vanity while Antoine concentrated on less worldly matters. In the story, The Little Prince was strange, unlike anything else around him. Antoines many airplane crashes might have been indications to those feelings that he was having. He may have been trying to commit suicide directly by crashing on purpose, or indirectly due to the fact that he was a horrible pilot and crashing was a likely event for him. He kept on flying, one crash after another. The numerous crashes beforethe final one may have been failed attempts at death in which he couldnt bring himself to die. He may have needed to write this book in order to feel like he had enough peace of mind and fulfillment to die in peace, for fear that his life would be a waste and the very problems of society that he despised would go unchecked. Furthermore, the fact that he kept flying suggests a strong liking of the sky, which reinforces the hypothesis that both the pilot and The Prince represent Antoine (Encyclopedia 417).The Little Prince was most likely an explanation to the world of why Antoine felt that he needed to die. Since most people could not understand Antoine, he might have felt that a book would be the only way to get his message through. Also, a book is a much more eloquent way of stating ones reasons for departure than a letter or last testimony. The relation of Antoine to The Prince indicates that the book was a personal statement in which his ideas were conveyed through The Prince. Antoine was similar to The Prince in their personalities and their circumstances. Both The Prince and Antoine crashed to the earth from the sky. Both of them wanted to get home. They also shared an understanding of the most important aspects of life, which most people grow to forget. The ...
