Air Force Pilot

This book is a novel about what an aerial pilot sees and thinks, and is one of Saint-Exupéry's Flight Trilogy. This book mainly tells the story of Saint-Exupery's exploration of life and civilization from the perspective of aviation. He discovered from high altitude that human beings only live on a planet that is mostly composed of mountains, sand, salt-alkali land and oceans. Life on it is just like moss on a pile of rubble, sparsely growing in the cracks. Civilization is as fragile as the afterglow of the setting sun. Volcanic eruptions, sea and land changes, and wind and sand can all destroy it. These formed Saint-Exupéry's view: In the final analysis, life is not a gift from God, but a problem that everyone has to face. Human value is not innate but acquired.