An author uses an allusion to stimulate ideas, or in order for them to connect the reader to the real world. One of the allusions in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix are the names of the members of the Black family. When Sirius goes to show Harry the family tapestry, he says “‘...Andromeda’s not on their either, look─’ Sirius pointed to another small burn mark between Bellatrix and Narcissa” (Rowling 113). Rowling pulls from the real world through astrology in order to connect the reader to a completely fantastical family, and names the family members through popular things in space. Sirius himself is a reference to the star Sirius, or the Dog Star, which is the brightest star in the sky, and it can be a reference to why Sirius possesses
