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A Literary Allusion is an indirect reference to another literary work, or a famous person.

Literary Allusions in Chapter 13

When I tell you, a cat must have THREE

DIFFERENT NAMES

When you notice a cat in profound meditation,

The reason, I tell you, is always the same:

His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation

Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:

His ineffable effable

Effanineeffable

Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan

A stately pleasure-dome decree:

Where Alph, the sacred river, ran

Through caverns measureless to man

Down to a sunless sea.

“She walks in beauty, like the night.”

WONKA: Is it my soul that calls upon my name? from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Act II, Scene 2

ROMEO

It is my soul that calls upon my name:

How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night,

Like softest music to attending ears!

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WONKA: A small step for mankind, but a giant step for us.

Neil Armstrong [1930]

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

High school is a time of transition for students.

As freshmen, many students become overwhelmed with the work load required by classes and the opportunities to become involved in extra-curricular activities. As a result, they may become overburdened sleeping freshmen who never lie.

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