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The King
After he leaves his own planet, the little prince first lands up on the planet of the king. The king can be compared to the prince himself. After all, they’re both royalty. But only the king makes a big deal of it. His “royal purple and ermine” robe (10.2) “crammed and obstructed” (10.8) his entire planet, leaving barely any place for the prince to sit down. As soon as he lays eyes on the prince, the king is thrilled to spot a subject. Then:
The little prince asked himself:
“How could he recognize me when he had never seen me before?”
He did not know how the world is simplified for kings. To them, all men are subjects. (10.4-6)
As the narrator explains, this king—like all other “kings”—thinks “all men are subjects.” The end. It’s really easy for any king to meet someone new and instantly place that person in a category: “Hooray! Here’s another subject!”
Indeed, this king sees subjects everywhere. However, his authority has a twist:
“For what the king fundamentally insisted upon was that his authority should be respected. He tolerated no disobedience. He was an absolute monarch. But, because he was a very good man, he made his orders reasonable.” (10.15)
By trying to be “reasonable,” the king ends up having no real power. He only gives orders that will be followed anyway. For instance, when the prince asks him to order a sunset, the king says he will order the sun to set when “conditions are favorable” (10.34)—that is, he will order the sun to set at the time when it