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The highlighted words in the excerpt are allusions. To what are they making reference, and how is each being used by Kingsolver? Write a paragraph of about 100 words to explain your answer.

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Kingsolver uses allusions in here work. Examples of this are:
...was the best deal this side of the Jackson Purchase... - a historical event allusion
...came high railing in there like some blond Paul McCartney... - a famous person allusion
...clouds [that] were pink and fat and hilarious looking, like the hippo ballerinas in a Disney movie... - famous movies allusions

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