Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

she's in school now, and i'm very quickly remembering what school is about: two parts abcs to fifty parts where do i stand in the great pecking order of humankind?

the highlighted words in the excerpt are allusions. to what are they making reference, and how is each being used by kingsolver? write a paragraph of about 100 words to explain your answer.

Eudora is the eldest in the family that has three children, besides she happens to be the only girl in the family. Her parents did not give her the life of becoming self-dependent like many other children who grow with the love of their parents. Her father was raised in a rural set up in Ohio, and he was a teacher and later married a fellow teacher. Then they both relocated to Jackson for a better life and started up a business. The then grew up to be the president. However, the memory that Welty he keeps of her parents is the voice of them reading books.

the author is intending to draw attention to the plight of refugees, editorial and biography support this. both workpieces make the reader empathize with enrique as well as with the other young migrants from central america. the writer, however, is using a different approach to each text.

the editorial includes strong words to persuade readers. he is trying hard to convince readers in the us to change its refugee approach.

the biography relies on narrative techniques and figurative language which the writer uses wisely in the setting, characterization, and personification to educate readers on the topic.