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
- T. S. Eliot (3.454)
- Leo Tolstoy (3.1290)
- Thomas Pynchon (3.1290)
- Ralph Waldo Ellison (3.1290)
- Ernest Hemingway (3.1290)
- the Bible (3.246)
- Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (3.1008)
- The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (3.1008)
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (3.1266)
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (3.1290)
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (3.1291)
- Ulysses by James Joyce (3.1290)
Historical References
- Abraham Lincoln (3.9)
- World War II (3.1434)
Pop Culture References
- J.Lo (1.270 and throughout)
- The Jeffersons (2.200)
- Gunsmoke (2.413)
- I Love Lucy (2.413)
- Babylon 5 (3.1121)
- Chelsea Clinton (3.1187)
- James Bond (3.1402)
- Clint Eastwood (3.1402)