Quinn McNamara
English 1010 F 9:00-12:00
Professor McKeever
5 November 2012
Indiana Jones as an Allusion
Indiana
Jones the whip first, ask questions later archeologist who always finds himself
in dangerous situations but, extraordinary explorations in the films Raiders
of the Lost Ark (1981) and the following sequels. The films are based in
1930’s and contain heart pounding chases for survival and adventure. People may
be referred to as Indiana Jones if they are adventurous or find one-self in a
risky situation. An example in literature using Indiana Jones as an allusion is
found in Michele Bailey’s Haycastle’s
Cricket (1996) when she writes,
“'What about you?' I said crossly. 'If you hadn't been behaving like some
sexagenarian Indiana Jones, we wouldn't have got into this mess in the first
place!”(qtd. In Delahunty, Dignen, and Stock 9) The phrases in which one person
is calling the other person Indiana Jones is because, that person created a
tight situation like Jones always gets into.
Works Cited
Delahunty, Andrew, Sheila Dignen and Penny Stock. “Indiana
Jones” The Oxford Dictionary of
Allusions. New York: Oxford UP, 2001. Print
English 1010 F 9:00-12:00
Professor McKeever
5 November 2012
Indiana Jones as an Allusion
Indiana
Jones the whip first, ask questions later archeologist who always finds himself
in dangerous situations but, extraordinary explorations in the films Raiders
of the Lost Ark (1981) and the following sequels. The films are based in
1930’s and contain heart pounding chases for survival and adventure. People may
be referred to as Indiana Jones if they are adventurous or find one-self in a
risky situation. An example in literature using Indiana Jones as an allusion is
found in Michele Bailey’s Haycastle’s
Cricket (1996) when she writes,
“'What about you?' I said crossly. 'If you hadn't been behaving like some
sexagenarian Indiana Jones, we wouldn't have got into this mess in the first
place!”(qtd. In Delahunty, Dignen, and Stock 9) The phrases in which one person
is calling the other person Indiana Jones is because, that person created a
tight situation like Jones always gets into.
Works Cited
Delahunty, Andrew, Sheila Dignen and Penny Stock. “Indiana
Jones” The Oxford Dictionary of
Allusions. New York: Oxford UP, 2001. Print