Things Fall Apart: Annotated

The following references to cultural and/or historical events or people in Eruption: Things Fall Apart occur during the novel.

Story Order

 * Page 4
 * "Hi-yo Silver!" - The fictional character, the Lone Ranger, is a masked former Texas Ranger who fights injustice in the American Old West. Departing on his white stallion, Silver, the Lone Ranger would shout, "Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!".


 * Page 10
 * Jeopardy! - Jeopardy! is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin. The show features a quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in question form.


 * Page 24
 * Charles Addams cartoon - Charles Samuel "Chas" Addams (January 7, 1912 – September 29, 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters. Some of the recurring characters, who became known as the Addams Family, have been the basis for spin-offs in television, films and animation.


 * Page 25
 * Great Slave Lake - Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada, the deepest lake in North America at 614 metres (336 fathoms; 2,014 ft), and the tenth-largest lake in the world. At 61°N latitude, it's surface is generally frozen from November to mid-June.