A new product has been released to the general public: the Persephinator Tracker. It is an invention designed to track a child's location at all times. Demonstrate your understanding of the myth by explaining the allusion used in the product and name.

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e.mccormick · Answer

Persephinator  Persephone so....

anonymous · Answer

I understand that now but i don't understand how to explain it.

e.mccormick · Answer

Well, it is an allusion they want.  So, know the definition of that word?

anonymous · Answer

No

e.mccormick · Answer

From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/allusion 1. a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: The novel's title is an allusion to Shakespeare. 2. the act or practice of making a casual or indirect reference to something; the act of alluding: The Bible is a fertile source of allusion in art.

anonymous · Answer

Ok well i explain the allusion. But Persephinator Persephone would be apart of the explaining?

e.mccormick · Answer

Persephinator is the allusion to Persephone as a name, and therefore implies what?

anonymous · Answer

that Persephone is a tracker?

e.mccormick · Answer

Well, what happened when Persephone went missing?  How long did it take to find her?  What do you rthink would have been different if Persephone had been Lojacked so Zeus and Demeter knew the instant Hades grabbed her?

anonymous · Answer

Lojacked? And well when she went missing and Demeter made the land and all who depended on it suffer. It took many months to find Persephone. and i dont understand that last question.

e.mccormick · Answer

A LoJack was originally a car recovery system. Now they do cars, computers, and people: http://www.lojack.com/People-at-Risk So basically, the same thing they are talking about here. A way to track the location and recover the person rapidly.