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To Kill a Mocking Bird TKAM Allusions

TKAM Allusions 11-12

Chapter 11

Confederate Army: the Southern army in the Civil War.

CSA: Confederate States of America - the southern side of the Civil War.

Dixie Howell: Millard "Dixie" Howell was a popular University of Alabama football player during the 1930's.

Ivanhoe: a novel written in 1819 by Sir Walter Scott set in the Middle Ages during the time of the Crusades.

Sir Walter Scott: author of Ivanhoe. Chapter 12

Blackstone's Commentaries: one of the most important books ever written on British law.

Bootleggers: people who make and/or sell illegal liquor.

bread lines: during the Great Depression, thousands of people relied on charitable organizations for meals and would line up for simple meals often of bread and soup.

 Brown's Mule: a brand of chewing tobacco.

castile: a type of soap, originally made in Spain.

Garden of Gethsemane: the place where Jesus went to pray on the night before his crucifixion.

Hoyt's Cologne: a strong, lasting cologne, originally made in Germany and popular during the first part of the 20th century.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">Hunt's The Light of the World: a well-known painting of Jesus Christ.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">Octagon soap: a very harsh, strong soap.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">Shadrach: one of the three men whom King Nebuchadnezzar threw into a blazing furnace, as told in Daniel 3 of the Bible. Because of their faith in God, all three men escaped unharmed.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">sit-down strikes: during the Great Depression, sit-down strikes became a real force in labor relations in the United States. Unlike "regular" strikes, workers in a sit-down strike would literally "sit down on the job;" that is, they would refuse to leave the building until their demands were met. One of the most famous sit-down strikes of this era was the Flint sit-down strike at the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan.