Ironman

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Ironman

• By Chris Crutcher

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Allusion

• Reference to a famous person, place, thing or
  part of another work of literature.
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• assumed that the reader understands the
  allusion.
• Ex She was my Juliet.
• (Romeo and Juliet)

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Larry King Live

• Former talk show host on CNN
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Dick Cavett

• American television talk show host.
• dealt with clinical depression and used many
  anti-depressants.

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Patty Duke

• television star and actress. She was diagnosed
  with bipolar disorder.
• She advocates and educates people on mental
  health issues.
• I have been taking lithium every day - two times
  a day - since 1982, when I was diagnosed. I'm one
  of the lucky ones. For me, lithium works. (Patty
  Duke, p 117 of a Brilliant Madness, 1992)

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Scientologists

• have a long history of opposition to drugs and
  medical treatments of any kind but their own.
• they explicitly state that all drugs are
  poisonous and remain in the body
  (Wikipedia.org)."

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Elvis

• one of the most popular American singers of the
  20th century.
• A cultural icon
• widely known by the single name Elvis.
• often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll"
  or simply The King.
• Blue Suede Shoes

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Jeffrey Dahmer

• Dahmer killed 17 men and boys between 1978 and
  1991
• He was an American serial killer and sex
  offender. (known for cannibalism)

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Rod Stewart
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John Dillingerp. 29
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Marlboro Manp. 38

• The Marlboro Man is a figure used in tobacco
  advertising campaign for Marlboro cigarettes. In
  the United States, where the campaign originated,
  it was used from 1954 to 1999. (wikipedia.org)

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Slim Pickins

• Slim Pickens, was an American rodeo performer and
  film and television actor who epitomized the
  profane, tough, sardonic cowboy, but who is best
  remembered for his comic roles, notably in Dr.
  Strangelove and Blazing Saddles (wikipedia.org).

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Mr. Yuk!P. 49
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American Gladiators p. 89

• AMERICAN GLADIATORS
• American Gladiators is an American competition
  television program that aired in syndication from
  September 1989 to May 1996. The series matched a
  cast of amateur athletes against each other, as
  well as against the show's own gladiators, in
  contests of strength and agility.

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Geraldo Rivera p. 152

• Geraldo Rivera is an American attorney,
  journalist, author, reporter, and talk show host.
  Rivera hosts the newsmagazine program Geraldo at
  Large and appears regularly on Fox News Channel.
  Wikipedia

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Ross Perot p. 158

• Henry Ross Perot is an American businessman best
  known for running for President of the United
  States in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic
  Data Systems in 1962, sold the company to General
  Motors in 1984, and founded Perot Systems in
  1988. Wikipedia

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Linda Blair p. 159
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Will Rogers p. 171

• William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers was an American
  cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, social
  commentator and motion picture actor. He was one
  of the world's best-known celebrities in the
  1920s and 1930s. Wikipedia

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