Question

The great, gleaming apparatus which fed him and would

have compelled him to be still even if he had been able to
move brought to mind, not beneficence, but torture; the
tubes entering his arm made me think of pictures I had
seen when a child, of Gulliver, tied down by the pygmies on
that island. My aunt wept and wept, there was a whistling
sound in my father's throat; nothing was said; he could not
speak.
Which sentence best analyzes the author's use of allusion in this passage?

Answer 1

When it says, "...made me think of pictures I had seen when a child, of Gulliver, tied down by the pygmies on that island."

Step-by-step explanation:

The definition of an allusion is: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Answer 2

the author refers to gulliver in order to compare the fathers helplessness to the capture of a giant - APEX