page_title: Consuelo de Saint Exupéry
section_title: Portrayal in The Little Prince
hierarchical_section_title: Consuelo de Saint Exupéry / Portrayal in The Little Prince
caption_attribution_description: Little Prince's Rose at the Museum of The Little Prince in Hakone
context_page_description: Consuelo de Saint Exupéry, officially Consuelo Suncín, comtesse de Saint Exupéry, was a Salvadoran-French writer and artist, and was married to the French aristocrat, writer and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
context_section_description: Despite their tumultuous relationship, Antoine kept Consuelo close to his heart. She is the likely inspiration of the major character in The Little Prince, the prince's  'flower', identified as The Rose, whom he protects under glass and with a windscreen on his tiny planet which is named Asteroid B-612.
  The Prince's home asteroid also possesses three tiny volcanoes, likely inspired by Consuelo's home country El Salvador, i.e. by the three volcanoes in the Cordillera de Apaneca volcanic range complex, which are directly visible from Consuelo's home town of Armenia, El Salvador. The two active volcanoes were inspired by Santa Ana Volcano and the famous conical shaped Izalco (volcano), which was likely spewing ash and lava when Antoine visited El Salvador. The dormant volcano is Cerro Verde.
  Saint-Exupéry's infidelity and doubts about his marriage are symbolised by the field of roses the Prince encounters during his visit to Earth. In the novella, The Fox tells The Prince that his Rose is unique and special, because she is the one whom he loves.
caption: 'The Rose', as portrayed at the Museum of The Little Prince in Hakone, Japan.
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