English, 19.09.2019 05:30 darkpain8913

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.

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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

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The writer of this quote wanted its readers to understand what true education is all about.

In "two parts ABCs to fifty parts" it talks about a schools fundamental setting usually, with planned lessons and heavy requirements of subjects that we probably don't need in the future. Basically, as students we always learn about the basics of the subjects that we tackle around school, it's just a normal education that we earn.

Now, "Where Do I Stand in the Great Pecking Order of Humankind", interestingly enough this line talks about the secondary education that we will be getting, which is the experiences of "Social interaction" and "life" in a way we don't get this usually at school.

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