Allusions

1. Rip van Winkle (16).
2. Numerous allusions to the Bible, including Adah’s reference to Jesus saying not to steal (21), the sower of seeds (80), the eye of a needle (47), and Lot’s wife at Sodom and Gomorrah (104).
3. Calling their children Kennedy and Jacqueline is a reference to JFK and his wife, the American President and First Lady (25).
4. “Alice, in Lewis Carroll’s fantasy, weeping away like mad” (31) is a reference to the novel “Alice in Wonderland.”
5. Christian in Pilgrim’s Progress is a reference to the main character in the allegorical novel by John Bunyan (55).
6. “just like Caesar dismissed his wife’s dream about the Ides of March” (55) is a reference to the betrayal and murder of Caesar that took place in ancient Rome on March 15th.
7. The Shakespearean quote of “Cowards die many times before their deaths” is from “Julius Caesar” (128).