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E-man said…
I agree that it is hard to understand someone in misery, because when you are sad and others try to help, they might think you are sad for something else, or you might simple want to be alone, even if the other person is just trying to help.

Fri Nov 09, 02:56:00 PM ICT

Nalyn said…
I agree that occasionally it’s hard to help someone when they’re really sad because sometimes, you don’t know how. Different people do different things to make them feel better and you don’t always know what that is. They might want someone to talk to or they might want to be by themselves and solve the problem alone.

Sat Nov 10, 04:13:00 PM ICT

mr.romary said…
Students: When you make your comments refer to something from the book. Make all of your comments about the story. Even if you reply to someone else, make your reply about the story.

For example, E-man’s and Nalyn’s comments, though thoughtful, do not refer to the story.

I will also be checking your comments for accuracy of spelling, grammar, and sentence clarity - so check over your sentences first before posting.

Sat Nov 10, 05:56:00 PM ICT

Nalyn said…
In chapter six, it seems like the little prince is very sad on his asteroid because on page 24, he said, “You know, when one is that sad, one can get to love the sunset.” Later on that page, he said that he watched it forty-three times which I think means that he might be very lonely and sad on his asteroid.

Sat Nov 10, 09:02:00 PM ICT

Charles said…
“Thorns are of no use whatsoever; they are simply a flower’s way of being spiteful”

To me this is a very interesting quote, while different people may interpret it in diverse ways, I believe it is about the facades people put up to hide their insecurities. In this instance, flowers are an analogy for people, while the thorns can be analogous to the superfluos, material, consumer goods (I.e money, wealth) that people use to hide their insecurities. Like the flower, however, the real personality shines through and the facade soon crumbles.

Like they say, “You can’t sell lemonade without lemons”

Sat Nov 10, 09:12:00 PM ICT

mr.romary said…
Hello Charles,

Your eloquence has not gone unnoticed and is now published on the blog (thank you for not mentioning guitars, shredding, or Steve Vai…). I hope it generates some relevant responses - you are right on about the rose and the thorns, except I see it a bit differently. She presents herself as “haughty” as a defense mechanism, just like the thorns would protect the flower from perhaps being bitten into by a ravenous sheep.

Mr. Romary

PS - superfluous - note the spelling.

Sat Nov 10, 09:31:00 PM ICT

Janni said…
I really enjoy reading the quote from chapter 6 that says, “I came to understand your melancholy little life! For a long time your only pleasure had been to watch the gently setting sun………………..’I still keep thinking of home’.” As I read this quote I thought of how we all shared the same sun as everyone else. This is like trying to say that we are the same. And that we should treat all equally. Then this brings be back to how in the world war that Jews were discriminated and that brings me to the conclusion before, he was trying to say that we are all human, we share the same planet and sun. That we all have something in common, were not all tha different. Or it could also mean that the soldiers in the war that were far from home watch the sunset because it was the closest thing to home.

Sat Nov 10, 11:52:00 PM ICT

E-man said…
How the narrator talks about the turkish astronomer and that adults didnt believe him because the was wearing the turkish national costume, on page 14 and 16 surprises me, because this book is mainly talking about real things in a different way, like the baobabs could be the Nazis, but what does this have to do with anything?

Sun Nov 11, 10:28:00 AM ICT

Ty said…
I also like the phrase: It is such a secret place, the land of tears. I think that it is strange, how when you or someone else is so sad as to cry, it is hard to get across what is really upsetting them. It is also very hard to understand what or why someone is upset. But I do not agree that the pilot does not have any idea what the TLP is upset about, because the TLP was explaining the whole time about a flower that needed to be protected.

Sun Nov 11, 10:36:00 AM ICT

Uttara said…
The question, “Is it not important, the war between sheep and flowers?” made me think: since the author wrote this book during WWII, the sheep might be the German army, and the flowers might be the Jews. At that time, since the Jews were not very powerful, the Germans took over them easily, just like a sheep can eat flowers with no difficulty.

Sun Nov 11, 11:32:00 AM ICT

megha said…
“I did not know how to reach him, where to catch up with him.” I think the author is trying to tell us that sorrow is sorrow; and pain is pain. You can never compare your sorrow to anybody because everybody has a different feeling towards it. The narrator doesn’t know how the TLP is feeling so that is why I think the narrator doesn’t know how to console him.

Sun Nov 11, 02:52:00 PM ICT

Vorapong Karatkul said…
“Somewhere out there is my flower. But if a sheep eats the flower, it’s as though all the stars have suddenly gone out!”

I think that the flower is someone’s values and hopes, but if these things are taken away then it is like there is nothing left in the world.

Sun Nov 11, 02:54:00 PM ICT

thanya said…
Once I read these few chapters I felt a pang of sympathy for the little prince. How populated the universe is and how alone the little prince is. He needs someone to understand, he needs a friend; someone who’ll listen, not with the ears, but with the heart. He must’ve thought he’d found one, one who could see elephants inside boas but was disappointed which made TLP burst out crying, “You are talking like a grown-up!” Maybe TLP just needed reassurance that his valued flower will be out of harms way, or at least the sheep’s.

Sun Nov 11, 06:00:00 PM ICT

Yonathan Tadesse said…
I also agree to what Mr. Romary said about how difficult it can be to understand someone’s misery. It is at best difficult to understand misery, at times it can cause people to want to stay alone or at other times it can cause people to want to be near other loved ones. This could put you in a bad position if you were attempting to console someone and they did not want it, or if you were saying things that did not help. Misery could be what causes a person to work,work meaning a person using thier misery as a reason to help others who are miserable. Though it could also be what causes someone to weep.

Sun Nov 11, 06:16:00 PM ICT

Azzi said…
I think the flower represents women in the authors mind. He has
difficulties getting close to them. He feels they have thorns, they are
beautiful but he does not trust them. Here an excellent sentence from the
book “thorns are of no use what so ever; they are simple a flowers way of
being spiteful” pg 25. He might also feel that there is no space for women
in his complicated life.

Sun Nov 11, 06:34:00 PM ICT

Kayla said…
Refering to Thanya, I really do agree with her. The things that the narrator has given him are a great value to TLP. Just think of his life, a little planet with nothing but plants and himself. He really did think he found someone that was exactly like him, didn’t he? But to find out that the narrator now talks like an adult must be a great disapointment to his high hopes. I really do hope there is a happy ending to all of this.

Sun Nov 11, 08:14:00 PM ICT

Earth said…
I think the quote ” And is it not serious matter, to try and understandwhy flowers go to such trouble producing thorns that with never be of any use to them?” shows that the authors wanted to use object to represent the events that happen in WWII by using the thorns to represent knowledge of the Jews that will never protect them from the Germans that the author uses the sheep to represent. The sheep can easily eat the flower without any difficulty.

Sun Nov 11, 08:22:00 PM ICT

Yurino said…
“I watched the sunset forty-three times!”(p.24) I think TLP is sad because he is lonely on his planet, so the narrator of the story should console him.
The little prince wants to know why flowers have thorns and I think it represents an evil person like the rose. TLP values his flower on his planet, it shows that he really takes care of his favorite person.

Sun Nov 11, 09:42:00 PM ICT

Eaindra said…
I agree to what both Thanya and Kayla said. The Little Prince lives alone on his asteriod with a flower that he loves. When the flower gets eaten by a sheep, it means that he would be the alone on the asteriod. This is the quote that shows how much TLP loves the flower,” Somewhere out there is my flower. But if a sheep eats the flower, it’s as though all the stars have suddenly gone out!”. There is no one or nothing that he could love when the flower is gone.
TLP got very mad at the pilot when the pilot mentioned that he thinks nothing about the flower. I think it means that the pilot doesn’t care about what the flower meant to TLP. To TLP, the pilot was talking just like a grown-up; which he didn’t like.

Sun Nov 11, 09:48:00 PM ICT

joy said…
I really liked the phrase,’If someone loves a flower, of which there is only one example among all the millions and millions of stars, that is enough to make him happy when he looks up at the night sky.’ By reading this phrase, I knew that the Little Prince is really naive. Also it told me that the Little Prince really loves something so much that he always think about it and care about it. I wonder if I can love something as much as the Little Prince does.

Sun Nov 11, 10:13:00 PM ICT

Stephanie Cho said…
“Somewhere out there is my flower. But if a sheep eats the flower, it’s as though all the stars have suddenly gone out!”

The flower is the only thing on the asteroid apart from the Little Prince.

The Little Prince loves the flower and cares about it very much.

To the Little Prince, the flower is everything.

I believe that the flower is the most important thing in the Little Prince’s life.
Like we all need stars, he needs the flower.

I think the author is trying to tell the readers that nobody can live with love.
I also think that the author wants to emphasize that there are no exceptions to it. No matter how old you are, who you are or where you are from; everybody needs to give and receive love without a reason. Even the Little Prince who is known to be a very young alien from a strange asteroid actually loves someone (something).

I agree with the author’s point (if I got the author’s point right). Everybody
meaning everybody needs to give and receive love. Without love, human beings are nothing different from corpse.

Sun Nov 11, 11:25:00 PM ICT

Sarah C said…
In Chapter 7, page 27, when the little said to himself: “Somewhere out there is my flower.” I think he was trying to say somewhere out there will have someone who’ll listen to him and be a friend. He couldn’t say anymore. he was chocked by sobbing. He probbaly feels really down and sad, how populated the univeres is and how lonely the little prince is on his planet. Like what Thanya said.

Mon Nov 12, 09:15:00 AM ICT

Yupei said…
“If someone loves a flower, of which there is only example….” I like this quote because it’s telling how TLP feels about the flower. After he saw the flower it makes TLP feel happy, which makes me happy too. “The flower you love is not in danger”. This quote is also telling me that TLP loves the flower.

Mon Nov 12, 09:17:00 AM ICT

Elena said…
I agree with Joy when she said that the Little Prince loves the flower enough to think that. I think that the flower might be symbolic of someone that the author loves.

Mon Nov 12, 11:10:00 AM ICT

shaina said…
‘Thorns are no use whatsoever; they are simply a flower’s way of being spiteful!’ When I read this phrase I thought to myself that people have thorns just like flowers do. People can be spiteful in a similar way that flower’s can be. In a way we all have thorns just like flowers do. We like to prick people when we’re annoyed or frustrated or if we just want to harm or humiliate someone. A flower’s way to use their thorns is if their annoyed or frustrated with something. It’s very similar to our way.

Mon Nov 12, 03:33:00 PM ICT

Aisha said…
I agree with Elena that Joy’s comment is a good comment, it talks about how he loves flowers but I think that the quote that really describes this is:
“I watched the sunset forty-three times”
This quote makes me think that sunsets are very important to The Little Prince or he is really bored that he watched it forty-three times. I think if the sunset would symbolize something, it would best symbolize the long day that people went through in World War 2. In that time I would think that everybody would want the day to end.

Mon Nov 12, 06:43:00 PM ICT

Toto said…
I agree with both Mr. Romary and Thanya. Like what Mr. Romary said, TLP is upset about something and the pilot has no idea what it is. I think the pilot has no idea about what TLP is upset about because adults and children don’t think the same way. Don’t think the same way meaning adults are much more serious about things and they tend to take thing seriously. I think adults mind are more mature and more serious than a child’s mind.

But also like what Thanya said, TLP needs a friend, he needs someone to understand him, which he thought he had found one. I feel sorry for the prince.

Mon Nov 12, 06:47:00 PM ICT

Nine said…
I agree with Toto that adults and children don’t think the same way. But I do not think that the pilot had no idea what the little prince was so upset about. In my opinion, the pilot did have some clue on what is upsetting the TLP since TLP, like Ty said, was explaining the whole time about the flower that needed to be protected. But I think that even though the pilot did know what TLP was upset about, he could not quite understand the little prince’s sorrow and therefore could not reach him or do anything that could make him feel better. And this might be because the pilot thinks like an adult when TLP thinks like a child.

Mon Nov 12, 08:32:00 PM ICT

Rhian said…
“The war between the sheep and flowers,” page 26-27.
I think that the war between the sheep and flowers relates to World War 2. The sheep can destroy the flowers and although they try to be spiteful, it is just as TLP says on page 27, “One little sheep can destroy in a single bite, just like that, one morning, without even noticing what he’s doing.” The sheep destroy the flowers weather they want to or not because they need to eat and so despite the thorns on flowers, they will eat them anyway because they have to. I think it relates to World War 2 because to be with the Nazi party is to be safe. Adolf Hitler was a powerful man so I think that the smartest choice in WW2 was for the people of Germany to join the Nazi party weather or not it was what they truly believed in.

Mon Nov 12, 08:45:00 PM ICT

Adli said…
I agree with Azzi, I also think that the flower represents women in the author life. I think that the author is too busy for a family because he traveled around the world with his airplane. I also think that the thorns that the flower has are protecting the flower from showing its real identity.

Mon Nov 12, 08:46:00 PM ICT

Ben said…
I think that in chapter 7 the author is trying to get across the message that the Little Prince is the pilot’s inner self when he was a child. The quote “I felt like a blundeing idiot. I didn’t know where to reach him, I didn’t know how to make up all that time.” This shows that the pilot doesn’t know how to comfort himself when he is upset.

Mon Nov 12, 09:14:00 PM ICT

Miyuki said…
‘”Were you that sad, then on the day of the forty-three sunsets?”
But the prince made no answer.’(page 24)

That quote tells me that the little prince was really sad and he was carring that feeling by himself. He just watch the sunsets whenever he is sad. But he is just repeating the same thing over and over as you can see that he had watched forty-three sunsets already in one day.

On page 25, the sentence that began with “I don’t believe you!” and end with “with their thorns.”, I think he is really trying to explain about the rose that he had fallen in love with. His life was sad and dark, but it tells me that since he met that rose, his life became bright and happy. I can tell that he cares so much about who he loved.

Mon Nov 12, 10:02:00 PM ICT

Suki said…
‘And is it not a serious matter, to try and understand why flowers go to such trouble producing thorns that will never be of any use to them?’ After reading this part of the book I realized that TLP is a critical thinker, always thinking the cause of something and why it happens. I hope I can improve on my critical thinking skills.

Tue Nov 13, 07:53:00 AM ICT

Simmi said…
‘I agree with Sarah. I think that when the little prince says that ‘’somewhere out there is my flower”, I think it means that one day he will meet someone who will understand him and can relate to him easily. Someone who will be able to look at the picture of the Boa constrictor digesting an elephant and easily tell what it is. I relate to this because most of the people I know do not understand me yet, and I know that one day I will meet someone who straight away will understand me and my feelings. There is only one person who I know that understands me, but I know that my parents still dont understand me yet. It is extremley hard to find the right flower for you but you will find it.

Tue Nov 13, 09:35:00 AM ICT

Winnie N. said…
I agree with what Stephanie wrote earlier “I think the author is trying to tell the readers that nobody can live without love”. I very much agree with the author’s opinion. Every one in this world out there some where has to love some body. Even if it’s not your family or friends you must love some one for example a certain celebrity or president or just some one you see walking on the streets.

I also agree with Simmi and Sarah when they quoted “some where out there is my flower”. This proves that the little prince does love, love. He is longing for his love. He also longs to be understood. As in chapter one where he draws a boa constrictor digesting an elephant (just as Simmi wrote earlier) but no one understands his drawing. With this drawing you can tell that the little prince has a little mind of his own. He thinks outside the box to create such unbelievable and hard to guess things. He will meet some one who will just figure out his melancholy life. I think that the pilot is the one who’s slowly figuring all this out and later on he will understand. It seems to me that the pilot has almost the same experience in life as the little prince.

Tue Nov 13, 11:01:00 AM ICT

Winnie N. said…
I agree with what Stephanie wrote earlier “I think the author is trying to tell the readers that nobody can live without love”. I very much agree with the author’s opinion. Every one in this world out there some where has to love some body. Even if it’s not your family or friends you must love some one, for example, a certain celebrity or president or just some one you see walking on the streets.

I also agree with Simmi and Sarah when they quoted “some where out there is my flower”. This proves that the little prince does love, love. He is longing for his love. He also longs to be understood. As in chapter one where he draws a boa constrictor digesting an elephant (just as Simmi wrote earlier) but no one understands his drawing. With this drawing you can tell that the little prince has a little mind of his own. He thinks outside the box to create such unbelievable and hard to guess things. He hopes that some day he will meet some one who will just figure out his melancholy life. I think that the pilot is the one who’s slowly figuring all this out and later on he will understand. It seems to me that the pilot has almost the same experience in life as the little prince when he was young.

Tue Nov 13, 11:18:00 AM ICT

Makoto said…
“Is it not important, the war between sheep and flowers?” This phrase made me think of someone that is very weak but is trying to keep them from getting eaten from a powerful sheep. So I think the narrator doesn’t think that it is fair the war between the sheep and the rose.

Tue Nov 13, 04:31:00 PM ICT

Grant Simens said…
At the end of chapter eight, it says “And I was too young to know how to love her.” this sentence explains why the little prince has been so sad. I think this might be another symbolic sentence. The little prince tries to take care of all the burdens the flower asks of him, yet in the end he loves ‘her’. Maybe this is similar to the bond between a parent and an infant, such as no matter how many burdens your child brings, you still love him because he is your child.

Tue Nov 13, 05:17:00 PM ICT

Yurino said…
“I watched the sunset forty-three times!”(p.24) I think TLP is sad because he is lonely on his planet, so the narrator of the story should console him even though he doesn’t know how to do so as TLP is from another planet.
The little prince wants to know why flowers have thorns and I think they represent evil people like the rose with her meanness, selfishness and insensitivity. Nevertheless TLP values her because of her beauty, it shows that he is perplexed by a gap between the appearance and the mental characteristics in a person.

Tue Nov 13, 05:27:00 PM ICT

Abel said…
When reading “thorns are of no use what so ever; they are simple a flowers way of being spiteful” I have in mind that the author/narrator has something against females or feminism. Maybe he has even had a pad experience with a wife or women, giving him premonitions about the personality of women. Also, on page 25 the author says that The Little Prince never gave up on a question once he had asked it. By now he might be very irritated by The Little Prince’s thirst for answers, which leads him saying things he doesn’t really think thoroughly through, like a grown-up would.

Tue Nov 13, 06:04:00 PM ICT

Mariho said…
In chapter seven on page 25, there is a quote that says “Thorns are of no use whatsoever; they are simply a flower’s way of being spiteful!” I think the thorns of a flower is one of the symbolism which symbolize the frightened and frastrated feeling.

Tue Nov 13, 06:16:00 PM ICT

Carole said…
“One day, I watched the sunset forty-three times!”(P.24) I agree with Yurino that The Little Prince is sad because he is all alone on his planet, and there is no one to talk to, but he also seems to have accepted his fate.
“So what’s the use of thorns?” (P.25) The flowers and the sheep make a great relationship between the book and World War 2. I believe the flower represents the Jewish people, the thorns on the flower represent the laws that protected Jewish people, and the hungry sheep represent the Nazis. The thorns on the flower do not provide any defense against the sheep, so the sheep can eat the flower anyway. I think the author made a great relationship to the war in this part of the story.

Tue Nov 13, 09:05:00 PM ICT

Daniel said…
“One day, I watched the sunset forty-three times!”(P.24) I agree with Yurino that The Little Prince is sad because he is all alone on his planet, and there is no one to talk to, but he also seems to have accepted his fate.
“So what’s the use of thorns?” (P.25) The flowers and the sheep make a great relationship between the book and World War 2. I believe the flower represents the Jewish people, the thorns on the flower represent the laws that protected Jewish people, and the hungry sheep represent the Nazis. The thorns on the flower do not provide any defense against the sheep, so the sheep can eat the flower anyway. I think the author made a great relationship to the war in this part of the story.

Tue Nov 13, 09:16:00 PM ICT

Gabe said…
> The quote, “some where out there is my flower,” symbolizes the love for something or someone. Without love for something or someone, no matter if it is a human or just a thing everyone needs to know that there is someone out there that cares. Later on in the paragraph it says, “But if a sheep eats my flower, it’s as though all the stars have suddenly gone out.” While reading this sentence I began to realize that the Little Prince knew without love there is no meaning to life. The love that you share with another thing keeps you going and motivates you to move on.
>
> The Little Prince needs the rose, because the rose is his friend had has been for many years and with out it the Little prince would be lonely and unloved. The relationship that the Little Prince has formed with the rose is one no different from a relationship between you and your mom or dad. When you go on trips away from home you always feel reassured to know that there is someone that cares and loves you no matter where you are. This is exactly the same way the Little Prince feels about the rose.

Wed Nov 14, 07:31:00 AM ICT

Winner said…
I agree to Miyuki, I think that the Little Prince has fallen in love with the Rose. He was trying to protect her when the Pilot said, “thorns are no use for whatever reason.” The Little Prince said, “I don’t believe you flowers are naieve…” they are trying to reassure themselves as best as they can. The Little Prince is trying to protect his love.

Wed Nov 14, 03:31:00 PM ICT

Max said…
” I don’t believe you! Flowers are weak, they are naive. They reassure themselves as best as they can. They think they are being frightening ,with their thorns.”

I think that this quote represents how this story shows the different ways of looking at the TLP. This quote shows, I think the most important message in the story so far. That The Little Prince himself doesn’t look at ordinary objects like every one else. For example as the quote says, the flowers are reassuring them selfs by having thorns. Many people don’t look at flowers in the same way as TLP does.

Thu Nov 15, 06:05:00 AM ICT

Reed Bakich said…
Most of these posts are all interesting comments and could be be discussed more deeply. Personally though, I took interest in the part where TLP talks about the war between sheep and flowers. I think this war is analogous to World War Two. The sheep can gobble up the flower, just the same way that the Nazi’s can steamroll the Jews in the war. The quote, “Thorns are of no use at all, they are simply the flowers way of being spiteful,” also goes along with this. The thorns are the ways the Jews try to protect themselves, but are not strong enough against the Jews.

Thu Nov 15, 10:45:00 AM ICT

E-man said…
I agree with Max that the little prince sees things from a different perspective than most people. As Max said, he believes there is a reason for roses having thorns. He really does care about his flower and wanted to know if his new sheep would eat his flower. I think that the sheep is an analogy of a foreign country that is coming to help another country against the Nazis, or the baobabs when they are still young. But the little prince thinks that the foreign country might also kill some jews along with Nazis, the jews being TLP’s flower.

Thu Nov 15, 09:08:00 PM ICT

Ben Sine said…
I think the little prince is a very lonely person. The only pleasure he has is the gentle sun settting. But then when the flower comes it gives him a little bit of joy by having somebody to talk to. Then he soon realises she is a burden . The little prince has so much to do. He attends to the flower, puts a glass dome over her and protects her from drafts. Then he has to pull the baobab weeds and swab the volcanos.

Fri Nov 16, 10:01:00 AM ICT

Sirin said…
“You must never listen to flowers. You must simply gaze at them and breathe them in. My flower perfumed my whole planet, but I was unable to appreciate her,”(p.31). When I read this quote, I thought that even though the rose was attractive to TLP, he could not fully appreciate her attitude. The little prince didn’t know why she was acting the way she was and so just walked away. I think the rose was trying to protect herself from falling in love with TLP.

Fri Nov 16, 10:22:00 AM ICT

Emilio said…
Yeah, I think it’s very difficult to try to console someone who is extremely sad especially when it’s hard to find out what the problem is. They may become angry if we have to ask them what the problem is because they would want to hide their sad feelings. For example, TLP is blaming himself that he is a serious person,then his rose said something. He became angry because of it. It’s on page 26, “You are confusing everything…you are mixing up everything!” He was truly very angry.

Mon Nov 26, 10:32:00 AM ICT

Sara G. said…
I agree with some of Yurino’s first comment. I got the same idea when I was reading the book. I think also that the pilot has to think more about TLP, and to console him.

But I don’t agree when Yurino said that the thorns of the flower mean that it is a bad person. I think that those thorns are just made to protect the flower from the predators. The first time you see a rose you may think that it’s beautiful, but then you find out that there is a part of the rose that can hurt you. When you find out that the rose can hurt you, you avoid the thorns. Humans are the same. Humans are beautiful, but we all have thorns or flaws that can hurt people just like a flower.

The important thing is to stop looking for bad points of people and focus more on the beautiful points just like we do with a rose.

Tue Nov 27, 09:38:00 PM ICT

Debra McKeown said…
I love the discussion about the thorns. Such smart, deep thinking students! It’s important that we all have protection - flowers, animals and people alike. Remember in Science when you learned about the ways in which animals adapt to their environment? Well, that is a form of protection…as are the thorns on the rose.

How does she use her thorns, though? What are the little prince’s “thorns”? What are your own “thorns”? (psssst…we all have them, even Mr. Romary!)

Wed Nov 28, 09:27:00 PM ICT

mr.romary said…
Mrs. Mckeown,

Thanks for your comment. You’ll be pleased to know that at least one student made this connection in their essay about the rose:

Some plants have adapted to certain regions where they most commonly grow in ways that enable them to change the color of their leaves to resemble twigs, dirt or other poisonous plants.

The student went on to explain that in love one must also adapt oneself in order to protect their heart.

Sun Dec 02, 01:23:00 PM ICT

Reed Bakich said…
Most of these posts are all interesting comments and could be discussed more deeply. Personally though, I took interest in the part where TLP talks about the war between sheep and flowers. I think this war is analogous to World War Two. The sheep can gobble up the flower, just the same way that the Nazi’s can steamroll the Jews in the war. The quote, “Thorns are of no use at all, they are simply the flowers way of being spiteful,” also goes along with this. The thorns are the ways the Jews try to protect themselves, but are not strong enough against the Nazi’s.
In Chapter 7, we also got to see TLP come out in full character. For the first time, I thought, he actually displayed some personality and spoke his mind. It was interesting to see his spontaneity talking about a purple-faced mushroom and then jumping to talking about how sheep can destroy flowers in one bite. He means something in tall of this, but the narrator doesn’t really listen. I think something is upsetting TLP, and therefore he is trying to explain his feelings to the narrator. I think he is sad because he misses his flower. It is the love of his life, and without it, it brings him down. In this case, the rose may represent a woman instead. He misses her so, and the thorns are all the things that get in the way of their love. These could be a variety of things.
Therefore, I agree with Azzi, Stephanie, Rhian, Shaina, Uttara, Daniel Adli and Janni.

Mon Dec 03, 09:28:00 PM ICT

See also Mr. Kenney’s blog on this topc at kenneyberkhout.blogspot.com

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