Little prince planet geographer description. The little prince sat down on the table to catch his breath. He's already that much. About “things eternal and unchanging”

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The sixth planet was ten times larger than the previous one. There lived an old man who wrote thick books.
- Look! The traveler has arrived! - he exclaimed, noticing the little prince.
A little prince sat down on the table to catch his breath. He has already traveled so much!
- Where are you from? - asked the old man.
- What is this huge book? - asked the little prince. - What are you doing here?
“I am a geographer,” answered the old man.
- What is a geographer?
- This is a scientist who knows where the seas, rivers, cities, mountains and deserts are.
- How interesting! - said the little prince. - This is the real deal!
And he looked around the geographer’s planet. Never before had he seen such a majestic planet!
“Your planet is very beautiful,” he said. - Do you have oceans?
“I don’t know that,” said the geographer.
“Oh-oh-oh...” the little prince said in disappointment. -Are there mountains?
“I don’t know,” said the geographer.
- What about cities, rivers, deserts?
- I don’t know that either.
- But you are a geographer!

That’s it,” said the old man. - I am a geographer, not a traveler. I miss travelers terribly. After all, it is not geographers who count cities, rivers, mountains, seas, oceans and deserts. The geographer is too important a person; he has no time to walk around. He doesn't leave his office. But he hosts travelers and records their stories. And if one of them tells something interesting, the geographer makes inquiries and checks whether this traveler is a decent person.

What for?
- But if a traveler begins to lie, everything in the geography textbooks will be mixed up. And if he drinks too much, that’s also a problem.
- And why?
- Because drunkards see double. And where there is actually one mountain, the geographer will mark two.
“I knew one person... He would have made a bad traveler,” said the little prince.
- Very possible. So, if it turns out that the traveler is a decent person, then they check his discovery.
- How do they check? Do they go and look?
- Oh no. It's too complicated. They simply require the traveler to provide evidence. For example, if he opened big mountain, let him bring big stones from it.

The geographer suddenly became agitated:
- But you are a traveler yourself! You came from afar! Tell me about your planet!
And he opened the thick book and sharpened his pencil. Travelers' stories are first written down in pencil. And only after the traveler provides evidence can his story be written down in ink.
“I’m listening to you,” said the geographer.
“Well, it’s not that interesting for me there,” said the little prince. - Everything is very small for me. There are three volcanoes. Two are active, and one has long gone out. But you never know what can happen...
“Yes, anything can happen,” confirmed the geographer.
- Then, I have a flower.
“We don’t celebrate flowers,” said the geographer.
- Why?! This is the most beautiful thing!
- Because flowers are ephemeral.
- How is it - ephemeral?

Geography books are the most precious books in the world, the geographer explained. - They never become outdated. After all, it is a very rare case for a mountain to move. Or for the ocean to dry up. We write about things that are eternal and unchanging.
- But dormant volcano“may wake up,” interrupted the little prince. - What is “ephemeral”?
“Whether the volcano is extinct or active, it doesn’t matter to us, geographers,” said the geographer. - One thing is important: the mountain. She doesn't change.
- What is “ephemeral”? - asked the little prince, because, once he asked a question, he did not give up until he received an answer.
- This means: the one that should soon disappear.
- And my flower should disappear soon?
- Of course.

“My beauty and joy are short-lived,” the little prince said to himself, “and she has nothing to defend herself from the world: she only has four thorns. And I abandoned her, and she was left on my planet all alone!”
This was the first time he regretted the abandoned flower. But courage immediately returned to him.
-Where do you advise me to go? - he asked the geographer.
“Visit planet Earth,” answered the geographer. - She has a good reputation...
And the little prince set off on his journey, but his thoughts were about the abandoned flower.

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"Little Prince" of the planet and its inhabitants

The little prince, having quarreled with a rose, goes traveling, leaving the flower alone. The little prince travels to several planets, where he meets different adults. Each planet is inhabited by one person. He looks at their spiritual values ​​with surprise and cannot understand them. “These are strange people, adults!” - he says.

1. Asteroid King
On the first asteroid there lived a king. Dressed in purple and ermine, he sat on a throne, very simple and yet majestic.

2. Ambitious Asteroid
The ambitious man considered himself the most popular and famous. But his celebrity did not manifest itself in anything, since he lived alone on the planet. I wanted fame, honor, but did nothing for it: not a single good deed, not my own development.

3. Asteroid Drunkards
The little prince stayed with the drunkard for only a short time, but after that he felt very sad. When he appeared on this planet, the Drunkard sat silently and looked at the hordes of bottles lined up in front of him - empty and full.

4. Business Man Asteroid
The fourth planet belonged business person. He was so busy that when the little prince appeared he didn’t even raise his head.

5. Lamplighter Asteroid
The fifth planet was very interesting. She turned out to be the smallest of all. It only held a lantern and a lamplighter. The little prince could not understand why on a tiny planet lost in the sky, where there are no houses or inhabitants, a lantern and a lamplighter are needed.

6. Asteroid Geographa
The sixth planet was ten times larger than the previous one. There lived an old man who wrote thick books.

7. Planet Earth
So the seventh planet he visited was Earth.
The Earth is not a simple planet! There are one hundred and eleven kings (including, of course, black ones), seven thousand geographers, nine hundred thousand businessmen, seven and a half million drunkards, three hundred and eleven million ambitious people - a total of about two billion adults.

The Little Prince's Journey Map

1st planet (10th chapter) - king;

2nd planet (11th chapter) - ambitious;

3rd planet (12th chapter) - drunkard;

4th planet (13th chapter) - business person;

5th planet (14th chapter) - lamplighter;

6th planet (15th chapter) - geographer.

Having visited these six planets, the Little Prince rejects people’s false ideas about power, happiness, and duty. And only at the end of his journey, having been enriched by life experience, he learns the true essence of these moral concepts. This happens on Earth.

Arriving on planet Earth, the Little Prince saw roses: “they all looked like his flower.” “And he felt very, very unhappy. His beauty told him that there was no one like her in the entire Universe. And here in front of him are five thousand exactly the same flowers!” The boy realized that his rose was an ordinary flower and began to cry bitterly.

Only thanks to the Fox did he realize that his rose was “the only one in the whole world.” The little prince says to the roses: “You are beautiful, but empty. I won't want to die for you. Of course, a random passerby, looking at my rose, will say that it is exactly the same as you. But she is dearer to me than all of you. After all, it was her, not you, that I watered every day. She, and not you, was covered with a glass cover... I listened to her, even when she fell silent. She is mine".

Love is a complex science, it turns out that you need to comprehend it, you need to learn love. The Fox helps the Little Prince comprehend this complex science, and the little boy bitterly admits to himself: “You should never listen to what the flowers say. You just have to look at them and breathe in their scent. My flower filled my whole planet with fragrance, but I didn’t know how to enjoy it...

It was necessary to judge not by words, but by deeds. She gave me her scent and illuminated my life. I shouldn't have run. Behind these pitiful tricks and tricks I should have guessed tenderness... But I was too young, I did not yet know how to love.”

This is how the Little Prince learns the science of love and the extent of responsibility towards those he has tamed.

“The sixth planet was . Lived on it old man who wrote thick books» (Chapter XV).

Jupiter!

IN “Ptolemy series” 6th planet corresponds to Jupiter , second in size only to the Sun.

In classical astrology, “responsible” for “pundits”, scientific work and research, travel and pilgrimage, morality and decency.

Let us turn to the astrological “parallels” in the author’s text.

Firstly, this " the sixth planet was ten times more than the previous one", "he had never seen such a majestic planet " And " your planet very beautiful "(Chapter XV) - the essence of Jupiter’s energy as an indicator of abundance, majesty and beauty.

Scientist!

This also includes, by the way, the “thickness” and “hugeness” of the books on the table and in the geographer’s library.

Secondly, this is both the “magistery” of the native of the 6th planet of the Little Prince, and the social role in which he sees the Little Prince - that of a scientist and a traveler, respectively. So, in particular

“- Look! The traveler has arrived! - he exclaimed, noticing the Little Prince...

- What is this huge book? - asked the little prince. - What are you doing here?

- I'm a geographer, - answered the old man.

- What is a geographer?

- This is a scientist who knows where the seas, rivers, cities, mountains and deserts are" (Chapter XV).

Code of honor

Thirdly, you can treat the geographer’s “method of work” as you like, but you cannot accuse him of lacking professional foresight and following certain principles (Jupiter). In particular,

“-... I am a geographer, not a traveler. I miss travelers terribly. After all, it is not geographers who count cities, rivers, mountains, seas, oceans and deserts. The geographer is too important a person; he has no time to walk around.

He doesn't leave his office. But he hosts travelers and records their stories. And if one of them tells something interesting, the geographer makes inquiries and checks whether this traveler is a decent person.

- What for?

- But if the traveler begins to lie, everything will be mixed up in the geography textbooks... So, if it turns out that the traveler is a decent person, then they check his discovery.

- How do they check? Do they go and look?

- Oh no. It's too complicated. Just require the traveler to provide evidence. For example, if he discovered a big mountain, let him bring big stones from it.” (Chapter XV).

About “things eternal and unchanging”

And: " And he revealed thick book and sharpened the pencil. Travelers' stories are first written down in pencil.

And only after the traveler provides evidence, can his story be written down in ink "(Chapter XV).

AND «- Geography books are the most precious books in the world, explained the geographer. - They never become outdated.

After all, it is a very rare case for a mountain to move. Or for the ocean to dry up. We are writing about things eternal and unchanging "(Chapter XV).

tediousness

And, of course, speaking about Jupiter, one cannot help but touch upon the latter’s obvious weakness associated with excessive moralizing: Jupiterians love to teach everyone and everything, which is why their speech is often replete with notes of mentoring and intellectual superiority:

“- Then, I have a flower.

- We don't celebrate flowers, said the geographer.

- Why?! This is the most beautiful thing!

- Because flowers are ephemeral.

- How is it - ephemeral?..

“But an extinct volcano can wake up,” interrupted the Little Prince. - What is “ephemeral”?

- Whether the volcano is extinct or active - it doesn’t matter to us geographers, said the geographer. - One thing is important: the mountain. She doesn't change» (Chapter XV).

The table of strengths/weaknesses of Jupiter is as follows.


Endearing

At the same time, the geographer is the second character after the lamplighter during the Little Prince’s pilgrimage who does not cause obvious rejection in the hero.

Of course, after all, the Jupiter of the horoscope (geographer) is quite strong and simply “sits” above the Ascendant (The Little Prince) - what could cause mutual hostility between these characters?

Finally, the final dialogue between the Little Prince and the geographer:

“Where do you advise me to go? - he asked the geographer.

- Visit the planet Earth, answered the geographer. - She has a good reputation... "(Chapter XV).

The sixth planet was ten times larger than the previous one. There lived an old man who wrote thick books.

Look! The traveler has arrived! - he exclaimed, noticing the Little Prince.

The little prince sat down on the table to catch his breath. He has already traveled so much!

Where are you from? - the old man asked him.

What is this huge book? - asked the little prince. - What are you doing here?

“I’m a geographer,” answered the old man.

What is a geographer?

This is a scientist who knows where the seas, rivers, cities, mountains and deserts are.

How interesting! - said the Little Prince. - This is the real deal!

And he looked around the geographer’s planet. Never before had he seen such a majestic planet!

Your planet is very beautiful,” he said. - Do you have oceans?

“I don’t know that,” said the geographer.

Oooh... - the Little Prince drawled disappointedly. -Are there mountains?

“I don’t know,” the geographer repeated.

What about cities, rivers, deserts?

And I don’t know this either.

But you are a geographer!

That’s it,” said the old man. - I am a geographer, not a traveler. I miss travelers terribly. After all, it is not geographers who count cities, rivers, mountains, seas, oceans and deserts. The geographer is too important a person; he has no time to walk around. He doesn't leave his office. But he hosts travelers and records their stories. And if one of them tells something interesting, the geographer makes inquiries and checks whether this traveler is a decent person.

What for?

But if a traveler begins to lie, everything in the geography textbooks will be mixed up. And if he drinks too much, that’s also a problem.

And why?

Because drunkards see double. And where there is actually one mountain, the geographer will mark two.

“I knew one person... He would have made a bad traveler,” noted the Little Prince.

Very possible. So, if it turns out that the traveler is a decent person, then they check his discovery.

How do they check? Do they go and look?

Oh no. It's too complicated. They simply require the traveler to provide evidence. For example, if he discovered a big mountain, let him bring big stones from it.

The geographer suddenly became agitated:

But you are a traveler yourself! You came from afar! Tell me about your planet!

And he opened the thick book and sharpened his pencil. Travelers' stories are first written down in pencil. And only after the traveler provides evidence can his story be written down in ink.

“I’m listening to you,” said the geographer.

Well, it’s not that interesting for me there,” said the Little Prince. - Everything is very small for me. There are three volcanoes. Two are active, and one has long gone out. But you never know what can happen...

Yes, anything can happen,” the geographer confirmed.

Then I have a flower.

We don’t celebrate flowers,” said the geographer.

Why?! This is the most beautiful thing!

Because flowers are ephemeral.

How is it - ephemeral?

Geography books are the most precious books in the world, the geographer explained. - They never become outdated. After all, it is a very rare case for a mountain to move. Or for the ocean to dry up. We write about things that are eternal and unchanging.

But an extinct volcano can wake up,” interrupted the Little Prince. - What is “ephemeral”?

Whether the volcano is extinct or active, it doesn’t matter to us, geographers,” said the geographer. - One thing is important: the mountain. She doesn't change.

What is “ephemeral”? - asked the Little Prince, who, having once asked a question, did not calm down until he received an answer.

This means: one that should soon disappear.

And my flower should soon disappear?

Of course.

“My beauty and joy are short-lived,” the Little Prince said to himself, “and she has nothing to protect herself from the world, she only has four thorns. And I abandoned her, and she was left all alone on my planet!”

 

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