Walk Two Moons Allusions & Cultural References

Pop Culture References

• Howard Johnson Motel (7.10)
• Buckingham Palace (24.15)
• Big Ben (24.17)
• Mount Rushmore (28.12)

Literary References

• The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe (14.13)
• The Skull in the Hatchet (14.13)
• e.e. cummings' poem, "the little horse is newlY" (20)
• Shakespeare's birthplace (24.17)
• Prometheus (24.21)
• Zeus (24.21)
• Pandora (24.21 and all of Chapter 27, "Pandora's Box")
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" (29.3)

Historical References

• A brief history of the Sioux nation (28.11)
• Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt (28.12)