Which best describes the effect of the allusion on the meaning in this excerpt?

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Explanation:

An allusion is an indirect reference that an author makes to a subject or an idea from an unrelated context. In this case, the reference that the author makes is to the Garden of Eden. This is part of the stories shown in the Bible. The Garden of Eden was a perfect place, until men were banned from it due to the original sin. The purpose of the author in mentioning the garden is to show how everything fades and all beauty ends eventually.

the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle is the lithosphere.     answer   crust and outer part of the mantle.