The Little Prince: Setting 1 key example

One of the most prominent locations is the Sahara Desert, in the middle of nowhere, with no civilization found in any direction. It is here that the pilot narrator crash-lands and the little prince arrives on Earth. "On the sand a thousand miles from any inhabited country," it is serendipitous, more so miraculous, that the narrator and little prince find company in each other. 

Another important place in the story is the little prince's asteroid B-612 with his three volcanoes, the invasive baobabs, and his precious flower. Though the little prince loves his planet, he grows tired of the flower's vanity and cruel remarks. In the end, though, the little prince longs to return home to his planet and his flower, for they are his home and his responsibilities. 

Other settings include the various asteroids and planets across the sky that the little prince visits when he doubts his rose and leaves his home in search of knowledge. What makes these settings interesting is that each character in the story represents a different place that the little prince has traveled. Therefore, the different locations can be defined through the people that the little prince meets: the king, the conceited man, the tippler, the businessman, the lamplighter, the geographer, and then the many characters on Earth. There, the little prince meets the snake, the fox, the railway switchman, the merchant, and finally the pilot narrator.