A Cultural allusions is when Queen Elizabeth II is referenced as “a woman in a formal with a tiara”. People with different beliefs and backgrounds might view our relationship with the Queen differently.
The Star of Bethlehem can be a biblical allusion, “a point of light, a star in the morning sky” p. 235. The three wise men are led to baby Jesus, but in the book doctor Babo and the Doctor are led to the three Indians.
The three cars in Green Grass Running Water, the Nissan, Pinto and Karmann’ Ghia were illusions of Christopher Columbus’s ships the Pinta, Santa Maria and Ninia.
A pop culture allusion can be found on p. 270. It refers to “Hosanna Da, our home on natives land” Canada’s national anthem has been developed based on this illusion because of the European sailors who said to have discovered North America.
A)
“Lionel started for his car and then stopped. No. He’d walk today. It wasn’t that far to the store, and it would be a good way to start the day, a good way to start his new life. That’s what you did when you began again. That’s what John Wayne would do.”
This passage reveals how Lionel wanted to put effort into changing his old life’s habits and creating a new life with newer habits. By walking to the store today, he changes his regular routine from his old life. This passage contributes to my understanding of Lionel Red dog because it proves that he can change and be different. Earlier in the book it showed how reckless and gullible Lionel was.
B)
“Hello, says Thought Woman to Old Coyote. What are you doing here? Beats me, says Old Coyote. But I would appreciate it if you don’t stand on my head. Enough pictures says, A.A. Gabriel. Lets have you lie down here, and we’ll get on with the procreating. Ready? Hail Mary/ Full of Grace…
This quote shows how unappreciative Coyote is. He is unaware of why he is standing on top of Thought Woman’s head. He also has no reason to be around Thought Woman and A.A. Grabriel. I find Coyote very random and unorthodox.
C)
“it had been hard leaving the reserve and his mother and his sisters, and by the time he got to Toronto, it was all he could do to keep form turning around and going back. But he didn’t go back that first year, knowing if he did, he would stay. Each year was easier. Each year laid more space between who he had become and who he had been. Until he could no longer measure the distance in miles.”
This passage reveals how much courage it must have taken Eli to overcome the attachment he had with his family and land. It would be just as hard and maybe even harder for me to do what he did. That’s why I am very thrilled and impressed with the courage and the fearlessness he had after he overcame it.
