Question

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.

Answer 1

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