The Island of Missing Trees
What are Songbirds?
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Songbirds are symbolic of the beauty of the natural world. Kostas is horrified when his mother tries to cook a songbird for dinner, and again when he finds them trapped en masse. Kostas resents how humans destroy the order of nature and animals, and prizes natural beauty above all else.
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