Option C is a key reason to include allusions in a literary work: to broaden the context and deepen the meaning of a literary work.
An allusion is a figure of speech that may refer to a place, person, or event. This can be real or imaginary and may make reference to anything, including fiction, folklore, historical events, or religious manuscripts. The reference can be direct or can be inferred, and can broaden the reader's understanding.
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The whole plot of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is that the main character has weird flashbacks to past events or dreams. The reader or viewer is never sure whether the scene is real or imagined due to the spontaneity of these reflections/flashbacks. It makes for an interesting movie and an interesting story when these responses are elaborately fantasized, as Thurber did.
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George and Lennie have a dream: to scrounge enough money together to someday buy their own little house and a plot of land to farm. They dream of roots, stability, and independence. They encounter other dreamers in their travels, those grasping for a tomorrow that seems always just out of their grasp.
