When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Thomas Hardy (6.5)
- Alexander Chekhov (6.8)
- Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (8.41)
- "Because I could not stop for death" by Emily Dickinson (20.8)
- Aesop's Fables (23.13)
- Henry David Thoreau (24.35)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder (24.35)
- Bible (21.2)
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (33.10)
- Victor Hugo (56.12; 58.33)
Pop Culture References
- "Over the Rainbow" (5.28)
- The Guns of Navarone (10.9)
- Godzilla (6.1)
- King Kong (6.1)
- Walt Disney (11.27)
- Marcel Marceau (12.1, 12.5; 13.5)
- Barbie and Ken (13.2; 25.7)
- Clint Eastwood (23.4)