1C (Digital copy with different page numbers). “The Little Prince,” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, contains valuable moral lessons about friendship and love that resonate with audiences of all ages. The fox and the rose in particular embody these teachings. The fox teaches the little prince the meaning of a deep friendship and how to create a lasting bond. “You only understand what you tame,” says the fox. Her wise words explain why the little prince loves his rose so much. The time he spent caring for her, taming her, made her important to him. He left her and her planet because he was confused by her demanding words and did not yet understand the meaning of love. Things become important through time and memories. The fox says that even when the little prince leaves, the cornfield in which they met, which previously had no meaning for the fox, would give him comfort because it would remind him of the boy's yellow hair. The little prince's friendship with the fox opens his eyes to the truth of relationships. The fox shares a secret, saying: “It is only with the heart that one can see correctly; the essential is invisible to the eye”. The things that mean the most in life can only be experienced through the heart. The little prince, as well as every reader, learns to know the true value of people, friends and lovers. The little prince realizes that, in his own way, his rose was sincere when she said she loved him. Before he leaves her planet, she openly admits, “Of course I love you… It's my fault you didn't know it the whole time. This doesn't matter. But you, you were as stupid as me. Try to be happy....". Selfless and kind, his words contrast completely with his previous behavior. Yet, the little first... middle of paper... willing to sacrifice his young mind and achieve their goal of destroying those bastards. When they trick him into destroying that damned planet by disguising it as a simulation, Mazer, an old war hero and Ender's teacher, explains: “it had to be a child, Ender... You were faster than me. Better than me. I was too old and cautious. Any decent person who knows what war is can never go into battle wholeheartedly. But you didn't know that. We made sure you didn't know. You were reckless, brilliant and young. It's what you were born to do” (298). A child does not have the same inhibitions as an adult and makes decisions without doubting himself, similar to the way Ender acts. It's the kind of momentum the military needed to achieve victory. They were willing to lie to Ender and sacrifice his conscience for what they considered the greater good.