Ella Minnow Pea - Allusions/references To Other Works

Allusions/references To Other Works

Several allusions to the Bible are made throughout the novel.

  • An allusion is made in one of Amos's letters to Ella. He is writing about the food that they have had to eat for the past few days. He says "Praise God for the abundance of loaves and fishes during these belt-tightening times; just leave us the loaves and take away all them fishes!" This is an allusion to the Bible story of Jesus feeding the 5000.
  • Later in the book, when Nollop is being treated more like a god by the High Council, Nate compares Nollop to Ba'al, a god worshipped in the Old Testament by some of the inhabitants of Canaan.
  • When having to face the lack of certain letters, someone's daughter renamed herself Bathsheba, one of David's wives.

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