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
- The Bible, Habakkuk 2:2 (7.9), Daniel 1-3: Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego (9.7), Gospel of John (15.4), Ezekiel 37:1-14 (23.4)
- Walter Scott, "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" (7.72)
- Cupid (7.84)
- Mary (Mother of Jesus) (8.11)
- Momotaro (10.8)
- The Brothers Grimm, "Snow White" (11.50)
- Jesus (13.4)
- The Book of Knowledge (13.7)
- Peter Rabbit (13.35)
- New Canadian (14.27)
- James Oliver Curwood (14.109)
- Humpty Dumpty (15.36)
- Snow White (16.36)
- Goldilocks (17.25)
- Emerson, "The Mountain and the Squirrel" (19.45)
- Long John Silver (19.58)
- Rapunzel (22.4)
- Highroads to Reading, Book Two (22.6)
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, Minnie and Winnie (22.6)
- Little Tales for Little Folk (22.22)
- Chicken Little (22.22)
- Johanna Spyri, Heidi (23.1)
- Louisa May Alcott, Little Men (23.1)
- Vancouver Daily Province (23.3)
- Little Orphan Annie (23.3)
- The Gumps (23.3)
- The Katenjammer Kids (23.3)
- Myrtle (23.3)
- Paul Bunyan (26.6)
- If all the Seas were One Sea (26.7)
- Anne of Green Gables (30.16)
- The Secret Garden(30.16)
- Girl of the Limberlost (30.16)
- The Frog Prince (31.24)
Historical References
- Chief Sitting Bull (1.13)
- Japanese Canadian Internment (4.4)
- Rule Brittania (4.6)
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (4.29)
- The Crusades (7.10)
- Winston Churchill (7.17)
- Stephen Leacock (7.17)
- World War II (7.22)
- Japanese American Internment (7.25)
- 1907 Vancouver Anti-Asian Riots (7.34)
- Red Cross (7.68)
- Stanley Knowles (7.90)
- Mackenzie King (7.92)
- Ninomiya Kinjiro (9.31)
- Hastngs Park Internment Camp (14.2)
- Hitler (14.45)
- The Holocaust (14.45)
- Alderman Wilson (14.66)
- Etsuji Morii (14.76)
- Ian Mackenzie (14.93)
- The British Royal Family (20.1)
- Yellow Peril (22.24)
- V Day (23.3)
- King George V (25.46)
- Beethoven (33.55)
- Nagasaki Bombing (37.14)
- Tokyo fire bombings (37.15)
Pop Culture References
- Edo Lullaby (3.36)
- Mandrake the Magician (4.14)
- Charlie Chaplin (4.28)
- Life (5.18)
- New Liberty(5.18)
- Mechanix Illustrated (5.18)
- Salvation Army (5.22)
- Mighty Mouse (7.14)
- Gloria in Excelsis Deo (13.5)
- Mickey Mouse (15.42)
- Silver Threads Among the Gold (17.21)
- Batman (18.9)
- O Canada (22.65)
- "The White Cliffs of Dover" (24.40)
- Waltzing Matilda (24.40)
- Guy Lombardo, "Auld Lang Syne" (26.3)