JahMeil Wright , Tierra Eason & Dominique R eynolds Historical Time Period The Little Prince

1. JahMeil Wright ,Tierra Eason & Dominique Reynolds Historical Time Period The Little Prince By: Antoine De Saint-Exopery

2. Historical time periods • June 29, 1900 • 1926 • 1928 • May 14, 1935 • 1939 • 1943 • July 31, 1944

3. June 29, 1900 • Antoine de Saint-Exupery was born on June 29, 1900. The first time Antoine flew a plane was when he was twelve years old at the Amberieu airfield, that’s when he figured out when he wanted to become a pilot. • Saint-Exupery failed the entrance exams for the French naval academy so instead,was enrolled at the prestigious art school I’Ecole des Beaux-Arts • The narrator in the Little Prince was a pilot just like Saint-Exupery • Just like the narrator in the story, Saint-Exupery also flew over the AmberieuAirfeild In 1900

4. 1926 • He went back to flying after leaving service in the military • He was signed on as a pilot for Areopostale, which was a private airline that flew mail from Toulouse, France, to Dakar, Senegal, where he and his copilot crashed their plane.

5. 1928 • In a letter Saint-Exuprey wrote to his sister Didi from the Western Sahara’s where he was the manager of an airmail stopover station in 1928, he tells of raising a fennec ( a desert sand fox) which he adored. • During his service in the mail pilot in the North African Sahara desert, Saint-Exupery saw a desert sand fox, which was most likely what created the fox character in the Little Prince

6. December 30. 1935 • After 19 hours in the air Saint-Exupery, with his copilot-navigator, Andre Prevot crashed into the Sahara desert wile trying to break a record for a Pairs-to-Saigon flight in a then popular type of air race called a raid. • Both survived, but they face rapid dehydration in the intense desert heat. They were lost among the sand dunes with only a few grapes, a thermos of coffee, one orange, some wine, and a few days worth of water. • In the Little Prince the narrator had crashed his plane in the Sarah desert just like Saint-Exupery did in the real world • The Little Prince and the pilot also had the same problem as Saint-Exupery and his copilot-navigator with the lack of food and water.

7. February 1939 • Germany and the Soviet union attacked Poland and Brittan • France India Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany • U.S.A decided to remain neutral, but did begin remaining for war which helped end the Great Depression • On February 19, 1939 is when the Book Wind, Sand, and Stars , a book also by Saint-Exupery, was translated and published in English by Reynal and Hitchcock and later in the year.

8. 1942 • The Little Prince in New York City and Asharoken in mid-to-late 1942, with the manuscript being completed in October. The Little Prince in New York City and Asharoken in mid-to-late 1942, with the manuscript being completed in October.

9. 1943 • Later On In the year of 1943 Saint-Exupery enrolled his French air squadron in northern Africa • He Couldn’t Fly Despite the fact of his physical plane crash accident

10. Work sites • http://www.google.com/search?q=Amberieu+airfield&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&gbv=2&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&ei=rXQjUcXMCsHj0gHU84CACQ&start=80&sa=N • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind,_Sand_and_Stars • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union • http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-united-states-and-soviet-union-step-back-from-brink-of-nuclear-war