Wind, Sand and Stars | Social Concerns/Themes
Terre des hommes was translated into English as Wind, Sand and Stars. The French title, meaning "earth of men," has a different emphasis than the English title. Saint-Exupery preferred the English version, since for him it evoked the atmosphere he wished to create. It was a new earth that the pilot observed from the sky. Here he came in contact with natural elements and forces. For him, an airplane is "the means that helps one to analyze and discover the face and the secrets of the planet earth."
The title Terre des hommes stresses the humanistic side of the...
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