List of Concept Supporting Pieces of Literature

“The Black Cat” Edgar Allen Poe

“The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allen Poe

“The Masque of the Red Death” Edgar Allen Poe

“The Raven” Edgar Allen Poe

“Hogs in the Shadows” Milo S. Afong

“Boots on the Ground” Clint Willis

“Romeo and Juliet” William Shakespeare

“Thinner” Richard Bachman

“Misery” Stephen King

“Bury us Upside Down” Rick Newman

“To Destroy a City” Hermann Knell

“Pet Cemetery” Stephen King

“Ravens Gate” Anthony Horowitz

“The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon” Stephen King

“Point Blank” Anthony Horowitz

“Devils Labyrinth” John Saul

““H” is For Homicide” Sue Grafton

“1984” George Orwell

“Lord of the Rings” J.R.R. Tolkien

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” Ken Kesey

Excerpt 5

"S'pose you didn't have nobody. S'pose you couldn't go into the bunk house and play rummy 'cause you was black. How'd you like that? S'pose you had to sit out here an' read books. Sure you could play horseshoes till it got dark, but then you got to read books. Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody - to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick."
John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, 1937, United States.

Excerpt 4

I lean into [Lawson] and whisper melodramatically in his ear, "Dude, I'm [redacted] scared to death."
Ssg David Bellavia, House to House, 2007, United States.

Excerpt 3

"They carried the common secret of cowardice barely restrained, the instinct to run or freeze or hide, and in many respects this was the heaviest burden of all, for it could never be put down, it required perfect balance and perfect posture." (The Things They Carried.77), Tim O'Brien, 1990, United States.

Excerpt 2

"It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived."
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960, United States

Excerpt 1

"'Maybe there is a beast....maybe it's only us.'"
 William Golding, Lord of the Flies, 1954, England