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To Kill a Mocking Bird TKAM Allusions

TKAM Allusions 17-18

Chapter 17

fountain pen: a pen with a special nib at the end that allows the pen to be refilled with ink from a bottle.

icebox: Before refrigerators, people used iceboxes, large wood cabinets kept cold on the inside by blocks of ice that would be delivered to the home.

Model-T Ford (on blocks): The Model-T (also known as a "tin Lizzie" or a "flivver") was Henry Ford's first popular success. Originally produced in 1909, it was affordable and relatively reliable. A car is put up on blocks for two main reasons: either it no longer has any tires, or the owner can't afford to drive it and putting it on blocks saves the tires from the damage caused by having to carry the weight of the car.

shotgun hall: a hallway that leads directly from the front door to the back door.

Chapter 18

cotton gin: a machine used to separate seed and other debris from cotton.

Mr. Jingle: a character in Charles Dicken's novel The Pickwick Papers, Mr. Jingle usually expresses himself in sentence fragments.