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This paper explains how Saint-Exupery uses allegory and poetic, elliptical conversations to indirectly convey the deeper meanings of Exupery's life, love, mission, and forthcoming death. The paper also demonstrates the autobiographical nature of "The Little Prince" by citing passages from the story that parallel Saint-Exupery's life.

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"The autobiographical nature of the book is very clear if one considers the history of Exupery's own life, and only by understanding the autobiographical nature of the book can one understand the subtle messianic claims made through-out. Though there are a very large number of parallels through-out the book to Exupery's life, for the sake of space only a few major points can be touched on here: the relationship between the crashed-pilot-as-narrator and Exupery (himself a pilot) as the author, the relationship between the little prince and Exupery's own childhood self whom he always drew as an observer to his personal experiences, the parallels between the rose and Consuelo Exupery, and the importance of love and responsibility as they relate to the war which Exupery fought and the little prince's war against the baobabs. Of course, the final parallel between the death of the prince and the death of Exupery is also important."

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