⬛ Texto I (Questões 01 a 04)
“I showed the grown-ups my masterpiece, and I asked them if my drawing scared them. They answered, ‘Why be scared of a hat?’ My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.
Then I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so the grownups could understand. They always need explanations.
The grown-ups advised me to put away my drawings of boa constrictors, outside or inside, and apply myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic, and grammar. That is why, I abandoned, at the age of six, a magnificent career as an artist.
I had been discouraged by the failure of my Drawing Number One and of my Drawing Number Two. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is exhausting for children to have to provide explanations over and over again.
So then I had to choose another career, and I learned to pilot airplanes. I have flown almost everywhere in the world.
I have spent lots of time with grown-ups. I have seen them at close range… which hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.”
SAINT-EXUPÉRY, Antoine. The Little Prince. New York: Mariner Books, 1943.
🟨 QUESTÃO 02
Grown-ups are not scared of the little prince’s drawings because:
a) snakes and hats don’t scare them.
b) they are always tougher than children.
c) they lack understanding of the pictures.
d) the second picture is scarier than the first one.
Gabarito: C
🧭 1️⃣ Leitura orientada
Os grown-ups não sentem medo porque não compreendem o que o desenho realmente representa. Eles veem apenas um chapéu, quando na verdade trata-se de uma cobra digerindo um elefante. A falta de imaginação e interpretação é o ponto central do trecho.
📝 2️⃣ Análise técnica das alternativas (com 🚩 pegadinhas)
a) ❌ snakes and hats don’t scare them
Incorreta. Eles não sabem que há uma cobra no desenho.
🚩 Pegadinha: assumir que eles reconhecem o conteúdo real da imagem.
b) ❌ they are always tougher than children
Incorreta. O texto não fala de coragem ou força emocional dos adultos.
🚩 Pegadinha: extrapolação psicológica sem base textual.
c) ✅ they lack understanding of the pictures
Correta. Os adultos veem apenas um chapéu porque não compreendem o significado oculto do desenho.
✔ A frase “They always need explanations” confirma essa leitura.
d) ❌ the second picture is scarier than the first one
Incorreta. Nenhum dos desenhos assusta os grown-ups.
🚩 Pegadinha: comparação inexistente no texto.
⚠️ 3️⃣ Armadilhas clássicas da banca (EPCAR)
• Confundir interpretação do leitor com interpretação dos personagens
• Criar causa emocional onde há causa cognitiva
• Ignorar frases-chave (“They always need explanations”)
🧠 4️⃣ Resumo B3GE™ Master
✔ Os adultos não entendem o desenho
✔ A ausência de medo vem da falta de interpretação simbólica
✔ Imaginação infantil × racionalidade adulta
🎯 Gabarito confirmado: C