The Glass Castle Allusions

Literary and Philosophical References

• William Shakespeare (1.1.2) (3.24.8)
• Charles Dickens (2.13.13)
• William Faulkner (2.13.13)
• Henry Miller (2.13.13)
• Pearl Buck (2.13.13)
• James Michener (2.13.13)
• Zane Grey (2.13.13)
• L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz series (2.13.13) (2.20.96)
• Laura Ingalls Wilder (2.13.13) (2.22.7)
• Anna Sewell, Black Beauty (2.13.13)
• John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (3.10.5)
• William Golding, The Lord of the Flies (3.10.5)
• Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (3.10.5)
• Balzac (4.3.7)

Historical References

• Lyndon B. Johnson (2.10.13)
• Vincent Van Gogh (2.17.41)
• Battle of the Alamo (3.1.7)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. (3.4.10)
• Abraham Lincoln (3.4.10)
• J. Edgar Hoover (3.4.32)
• Adolph Hitler (3.4.36)
• Jackson Pollock (3.17.2)
• Watergate hearings (3.21.8)

Pop Culture References

• Red Buttons (2.1.18)
• Lucille Ball (2.1.18)
• Tinkerbell (2.2.6)
• Barbara Mandrell (3.17.2)
• Stanley Kubrick (3.23.3)
• Woody Allen (3.23.3)
• Frank Sinatra, "New York, New York" (3.27.6)