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 ("Noah Writes a B & B Letter".30)
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2.4; "Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".89, 91, 161, 210; 10.10, 12; 11.27, 34, 36, 41)
- National Geographic ("Nadia Tells of Turtle Love".62)
- The Arabian Nights ("Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".15)
- Lewis Carroll ("Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".101; 10.14)
- "Little Orphan Annie" ("Julian Narrates When Ginger Played Annie's Sandy".3)
- David and Goliath (6.11)
- Esau and Jacob (6.30; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".33)
- Martin Luther and "The Ninety-Five Theses" (7.11)
- Hecate (8.45)
- The Bible (8.56-59, 61-2)
- The New Testament and Old Testament (8.63)
- The Koran (8.65)
- The Upanishads (8.67)
- Humpty Dumpty (10.9, 12; 11.27; 12.36)
- Mother Goose (10.12)
- Through the Looking Glass (10.14)
- Charles Lutwidge Dogson [Lewis Carroll] (10.15)
- Lily [Amelia Bloomer's paper] ("Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers," 13)
- Isaac ("Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers," 34)
Historical References
- Raphael (2.13)
- Susan B. Anthony ("Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".4; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".15)
- Amelia Jenks Bloomer ("Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".4; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".12)
- Paul Bunyan ("Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".9)
- Davy Crockett ("Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".9)
- Monet ("Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".119-120)
- E = mc2 ("Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".158-9)
- Einstein ("Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".159)
- Miss Manners ("Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".188)
- Michelangelo ("Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".239)
- Leonardo ("Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".239-40)
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4.12; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".9)
- Harriet Tubman (4.12; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".18)
- The First Amendment (5.3)
- Rembrandt (6.8; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".24)
- Queen Elizabeth I (6.30; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".31)
- Alexander the Great (6.30; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".35)
- The Founding Father [George Washington] (6.30; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".38)Pope John Paul II (7.19)
- Sequoyah (7.26; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".40)
- Tecumseh (7.26; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".43)
- Osceola (7.26; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".46)
- Geronimo (7.26, 27; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".49)
- Waterloo (7.35-36; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".52-54)
- Ponce de Léon (10.1; "Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".64)
- King Henry VIII ("Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".32)
- Philip of Macedon ("Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".36)
- Napoleon ("Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".53)
- The Duke of Wellington ("Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".53)
- John Adams ("Fifteen Questions With Thirty-Six Answers".58)
Pop Culture References
- Disney World ("Noah Writes a B & B Letter".12, 77; "Nadia Tells of Turtle Love".197, 199, 200, 213)
- Walt Disney ("Nadia Tells of Turtle Love".36, 213)
- Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ("Nadia Tells of Turtle Love".36)
- Sea World ("Noah Writes a B & B Letter".12, 77)
- The Today Show ("Nadia Tells of Turtle Love".87)
- The Phantom of the Opera [musical] ("Nadia Tells of Turtle Love".90, 98, 200; ("Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".80, 177)
- Annie ("Julian Narrates When Ginger Played Annie's Sandy".referenced throughout the chapter)
- Jeopardy! (8.53, 58)
- MADD: Mothers Against Drunk Driving (9.1)