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Chapter 1
Allusions and IdiomsBluntly stolen from Mr. Thom
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Allusions• An allusion is a brief
reference to something in the past or something that currently exists.
• Allusions can be made to literature, art, popular culture, religion etc.
• In Harry Potter, Rowling makes an allusion to the Phoenix from Greek Mythology
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Chapter One Allusions
• Galiban Mountains:
• a small mountain range situated in central California.
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Chapter One Allusions
• Howard street:
• There is a Howard Street in San Francisco, a city in Northern California
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Chapter One Allusions
• Sacramento:
• The capital of California, Sacramento is located about eighty miles northeast of San Francisco.
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Chapter One Allusions
• Salinas River:
• a river that flows north through Soledad and empties into the Pacific Ocean.
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Chapter One Allusions
• Soledad:
• a city in near the coast of California, approximately 130 miles south of San Francisco.
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Chapter One Allusions• “watchin' that blackboard”:
• During the depression, employment agencies would post available jobs on a blackboard in front of their offices. Prospective employees would wait in front of the offices, watching the blackboard for any new jobs.
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Chapter One Allusions
• Weed:
• A mining town in Northern California, near Mt. Shasta.
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Chapter One Allusions
• work cards:
• A job assignment from an employment agency would be written on a work card to be presented by the worker to the employer.
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Idioms
• Idiom:
• an expression, word or phrase that is characteristic of an individual, a time period or region
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Not to be confused withIdiots...
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Chapter One Idioms
• “blow their stake” or
• “blowin' in our jack”:
• Lose and/or spend all their money
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Chapter One Idioms
• “bustin' a gut”:
• To bust a gut is to engage in very hard physical labor -- so hard that you ache all over -- even in your gut.
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Chapter One Idioms
• “in hot water”:
• to be in hot water is to be in trouble.
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Chapter One Idioms• “jungle-up”:
• During the Great Depression, many wanderers (hoboes and tramps) would settle for the night in groups. These areas would be known as hobo jungles. To jungle-up is to camp out for the evening in the company of other like companions of the road.
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Chapter One Idioms
• live off the fatta the lan':
• The fat of the land is an expression that refers surviving and prospering by simply relying on what one can grow and raise -- that the land is so "fat" one will need nothing else to be happy.
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Things that make you go hmmmm
• Canned: Fired• Jailbait: • Got the eye• Tart• Sore as hell• Clear out
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• bindle (n.): a small bundle of items rolled up inside a blanket and carried over the shoulder or on the back; a bedroll.
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