Allusions In The Horizontal World

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Imagine being able to relive your childhood. Most people would love to go back in time, to do things that they never got to do or to see the things that they have always admired. In the passage, The Horizontal World, Marquart conveys her love towards her childhood home. Marquart uses allusions to characterize the upper Midwest. Throughout the passage Marquart utilizes allusion to convince the readers of the uniqueness her native land has. She quotes other people who wrote positive things about the Midwest to make it sound nice. One example was when she referred to Sylva Griffith Wheeler when she wrote, “We are the folks presidents talk to when times require.” This part of Sylva Wheeler poem explained how the Midwest expressed themselves. That