(P.282) Therefore, his awakening to a new world suggests the new conditions of the US after the war. ... Connections made to historical events are obvious, but how we interpret the different allusions can be diverse. The ambiguity of the allusions made may be intentional, forcing the readers to put themselves into Rip's situation and giving us some understanding of how the American Revolution can change one's life. ...
"(Cohn, 2014) Although Ebola may seem to be uncontrollable, "it took nearly five months for the World Health Organization to declare the outbreak a public health emergency, there are signs that the international community is awakening to the seriousness of the outbreak.... David Fisman a Professor at the University of Toronto makes an allusion that, "the best way to think of this is that if your neighbor's house is on fire, you can expect sparks to land on your roof, It's a highly connected world we live in. ...
There's a parallel meaning in the second stanza of "Sympathy" - while "the caged bird beats his wings Till its blood is red on the cruel bars And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars" (9-12): while on the one hand there's an allusion to the actual slave fighting to plainly survive in such dehumanizing conditions; on the other, the use of "old, old scars" is significant enough to bring this forward to Dunbar, where he could be referring to himself. ... The Awakening by Kate Chopin and Maggie, A Girl of the Streets). ...
