1.0Texaco Wikihttps://iris.siue.edu/texacowikiTexaco Wikihttps://iris.siue.edu/texacowiki/author/jesshut/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="BRYsk2S8JD"><a href="https://iris.siue.edu/texacowiki/birds/">Birds</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://iris.siue.edu/texacowiki/birds/embed/#?secret=BRYsk2S8JD" width="600" height="338" title="“Birds” — Texaco Wiki" data-secret="BRYsk2S8JD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://iris.siue.edu/texacowiki/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> 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 […]https://iris.siue.edu/texacowiki/wp-content/uploads/sites/67/2023/03/blackbird_sunset_03-1024x682.jpeg