Into the Wild
“Chris marches to a different drummer” is an example of
A. allusion B. paradox C. allegory D. parallelism
A. allusion B. paradox C. allegory D. parallelism
A. allusion
It is an allusion to Thoreau's statement in Walden, “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.” The grammar is an idiom.