The highlighted words in the excerpt are allusions. To what are they making reference, and how is each being used by Kingsolver? Write a paragraph of about 100 words to explain your answer.

Kingsolver uses allusions in here work. Examples of this are:

... was the best deal this side of the Jackson Purchase ... - a historical event allusion

... came high railing in there like some blond Paul McCartney ... - a famous person allusion

... clouds [that] were pink and fat and hilarious looking, like the hippo ballerinas in a Disney movie ... - famous movies allusions