Prince One of the Lessons Research Proposal

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And yet what they are looking for could be found in one single rose, or in a little water" (96-7). I have learned to look beneath the surface of things to understand what they actually mean. The sad truth is that people do spend a lot of time running around and not getting very much done. We get caught up in routine and forget to look for the simple things in life that make us happy.

3. One idea I did not know about before reading this book was that it was about space travel. I think it is interesting that the narrator finds all kinds of characters doing all kinds of things and yet, through all of his journeys, his lessons are simple. Men, wherever they are, are not so different. When they grow up, they lose the kind of magic that they used to see the world with. They get busy with bills and works. The narrator knew this before his travels but was more convinced of it at the end of the book. I also never considered the idea of cultivating friendship like a garden but I can see how this is true because the people that have been your friends the longest are the best friends. These people know you the best and will be there for you. I also realized that what we do matters, even if it seems like we are doing boring or tedious things.
The prince taking care of the rose is the best story because it seems like he is wasting his time but he is not. We often think if we are not getting paid, we might not be doing things but sometimes we just need to be doing them anyway.

4. The reader can be seen as important if not more important than the author of the book can because the message is all about giving. The narrator had a story to tell and who he is does not matter. He simply anted to give the story as a gift. We do not know his name and this is because in the scheme of things because his identity is less important than his message. The narrator tells us that he does not have many friends and that he "lived my life alone, without anyone I could really talk to" (5). The readers are important because they are giving the narrator someone to talk to and he is not simply talking -- he is revealing what he considers to be some of the most important information he could reveal. It is helpful and it is wise and he asks nothing for it. That is the best gift of all to give.….....

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