How does the author use allusion in the book, Fairy Tale: A Novel?

King litters his story with references to fairy tales. King reminds the reader of a variety of fairy tales to draw attention to the fact that his story is so much like these fairy tales. For instance, Charlie refers often to himself as feeling like Jack in "Jack and the Beanstalk." He compares Bowditch’s stone steps to Jack’s beanstalk because there is gold at the end of each. When Charlie arrives at Woody’s house, he notes the house “was indeed made of brick… like that of the industrious little pig in the story” (261). This quote references the story of "The Three Little Pigs." The wolves in King’s novel remind the reader of the wolves in the story. When Charlie throws water over one of the night soldiers, he references the "Wizard of Oz" as he describes how the soldier disintegrating reminded him of the Wicked Witch: “I had just time to think of the Wicked Witch of the West screeching I’m melting! I’m melting!” (469).