⬛ 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. And, as a matter of fact, geography has been a big help to me. I could tell China from Arizona at first glance.
So I have had in the course of my life, lots of encounters with lots of serious people. 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 04
The narrator concludes that:
a) geography was his true passion.
b) he won’t change his mind about adults that easily.
c) adults end up understanding things by themselves.
d) his drawings weren’t that good due to his early age.
Gabarito: B
🧭 1️⃣ Leitura orientada
A pergunta pede a conclusão do narrador, isto é, o juízo final que ele formula após suas experiências com os adultos. A resposta está concentrada na última frase do texto.
📝 2️⃣ Análise técnica das alternativas (com 🚩 pegadinhas)
a) ❌ “geography was his true passion.”
Incorreta. O texto diz que geography was a “big help”, não uma paixão.
🚩 Pegadinha: confundir utilidade prática com preferência emocional.
b) ✅ “he won’t change his mind about adults that easily.”
Correta. O narrador afirma que conviver com adultos “hasn’t much improved my opinion of them”.
✔ Indica opinião consolidada e resistente à mudança.
c) ❌ “adults end up understanding things by themselves.”
Incorreta. O texto diz exatamente o oposto: “Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves.”
🚩 Pegadinha clássica: alternativa contradiz explicitamente o texto.
d) ❌ “his drawings weren’t that good due to his early age.”
Incorreta. O fracasso não é atribuído à idade, mas à incompreensão dos adultos.
🚩 Pegadinha: inferência psicológica não sustentada pelo texto.
⚠️ 3️⃣ Armadilhas clássicas da banca (EPCAR)
• Confundir “helpful” com “passion”
• Ignorar a força avaliativa da última frase do texto
• Criar causas não mencionadas (idade, qualidade do desenho)
🧠 4️⃣ Resumo B3GE™ Master
✔ Conclusão do narrador = avaliação final dos adultos
✔ Opinião negativa permanece após anos de convivência
✔ Última frase concentra o sentido global do texto
🎯 Gabarito confirmado: B