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Chapter 22
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Little Prince, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Relationships
The True and the Essential
Exploration vs. Narrowmindedness
Childhood vs. Adulthood
Innocence
Summary
Analysis
The little prince next meets a merchant who claims to sell a pill that will quench thirst, thereby saving fifty-three minutes a week. The little prince retorts that if he had fifty-three extra minutes, he would use it to walk to a spring of fresh water.
While grownups are only interested in destinations and achievements, the little prince recognizes that the process of exploring and finding water is sweeter than the lack of thirst that comes from drinking.
Themes
