What is the metaphor of 44 sunsets?

The metaphor of "44 sunsets" is a mourning for the author of The Little Prince. The author was 43 when he wrote The Little Prince, so the original work was 43 sunsets. But the author died at the age of 44. In memory of him, the later version was changed to 44 sunset.

The hero of The Little Prince is a little prince from another planet. Taking a pilot as the narrator, the book tells the story of all kinds of adventures the little prince experienced when he set off from his own planet to the earth. With the childlike eyes of the little prince, the author reveals the emptiness, blindness, stupidity and rigidity of adults, and writes the lonely and rootless fate of human beings in simple and childish language. At the same time, it also expresses the author's criticism of the relationship between money and eulogizes the truth, goodness and beauty.

Note: The novel is named after the little prince, who is a mysterious and lovely child. He lives on an asteroid named B-6 12 and is the only resident on that asteroid. The little prince left his planet and traveled in the universe with his beloved rose, and finally came to the earth. In the Sahara desert, the little prince met the narrator of the novel, the pilot, and became good friends with him.

In the novel, the little prince symbolizes the hope, love, innocence and childlike wisdom buried in each of us. Although the little prince met many people during his trip, he never stopped thinking about roses.

Although the fairy tale "Little Prince" is only the author's work in one go for three months, it has a profound creative background, which is the accumulation of the author's life and emotions for several years or even decades, and is the product of accumulation. It is not only a children's fairy tale, but also a "crystallization" of philosophy and thinking, full of feelings about life.