Tuesday, November 3rd

Homework:

• 1. Read to 287
• 2. Complete Allusion Explanations

Allusion Explanations

On a Note Card:

1. Pick one allusion from the list below, or of your own choosing.
2. Identify what it is (a book, movie, person, etc.).
3. Look up what it is or means and provide a brief description or definition (the W's: who, what, why, where, when, how).
4. In three-four sentences, connect it to the text. Why or how does it fit with the story's plot or characters?

Allusions:

Old American Houses (287)
Boy Ready (267-268)
Riders of the Purple Sage (241)
Zane Grey (241)
Teddy Roosevelt (239)
Butch Cassidy (189-rest of the book)
Spartacus
The Dust Bowl (181)
Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail (175)
The Battle Hymn of the Republic (174-175- What Jeremiah is singing)
Moby Dick (161)
Charlie Pitts (154-155)
Kidnapped (153)
Lazarus (3)
Natty Bumpo (8)
Huckleberry Finn (138)
Ninety-first Psalm (103)