Since human beings have existed, storytelling has been an essential part of culture in which it preserves memories, stories, moral values, and traditions. Stories have also been used to understand the complexities and losses of life. In his novel, Texaco, Patrick Chamoiseau highlights the significance of stories and how their techniques reflect the nature of […]
Category: Resistance
The Urban Planner
Overview The Urban planner is an agent of the government who arrives at Texaco to assess it for urban renewal/utter destruction, and is hit by a rock. Inhabitants of the town do not take kindly to his arrival. “When the town planner first arrives in Texaco, he is initially perceived as a danger” (Maisier 40). […]
Charles de Gaulle
Introduction Charles de Gaulle, born on November 22, 1890, in Lille, France, played a major role in French war efforts during World War II, French politics, and the creation of a better government system in France. During his presidency, de Gaulle did many major things, but one of the minor things he did was travel […]
Birds
Introduction As something we encounter on the daily, it is easy to overlook the importance birds hold in literary works. In Patrick Chamoiseau’s novel Texaco, the topic of birds gets brought up multiple times throughout the story, and it communicates something different with the readers each time. Birds in literature have served as symbolic references […]
Maroons and Marronage
History Sparking from the traumatizing and damaging slavery experience, individuals, known as maroons, escape their plantation, seeking out a better life. Although the exact date is not clear, the early 1600’s is believed to be the start of slavery. As a result of the awful conditions the enslaved persons endured, they escaped from their plantations […]
Marie-Sophie Laborieux
Introduction Marie-Sophie Laborieux is a fictional character in the novel Texaco, written by Patrick Chamoiseau. She was born in the early 1900’s and passed away in 1989. Marie-Sophie Laborieux narrates the novel as an adult by retelling her family’s history along with sharing her own life experiences. For her familial history, she relies solely on […]
Fort-de-France
Fort-de-France is the largest city and capital of Martinique. These two noteworthy features make Fort-de-France a pivotal location in the story of Texaco by Patrick Chamoiseau. The city inherited the position of being the largest and most influential city on the island due to the devastation of Saint-Pierre, and the characters of Texaco witnessed this […]
Creolization
Texaco, a novel written by Patrick Chamoiseau, serves as a prime demonstration of the inner workings and significance of the process of creolization in the Caribbean, specifically on the island of Martinique. Understanding this process is key in gaining a greater understanding of the novel in the realm of history, globalization, and cultural relationships. For […]
