List of Literary Parallels

1) Oscar Wilde  "The Soul of a Man and Prison Writings"(Book) 1990

2) Kathryn Shevelow  "For the Love of Animals: The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement"(Book)  2008  United States

3) Dave Pelzer "A Child Called 'It'"(Book)  1993

4) Torey L. Hayde  "One Child"(Book) 1980

5) Maurice Sendak "Where the Wild Things Are"(Book)  1963

6) Roald Dahl "Matilda"(Book)  1988

7) Jane Mendelsohn "Innocence"(Book)

8) Markus Zusak "The Book Thief"(Book) 2005  United States

9) Sue Monk Kidd "The Secret Life of Bees"(Book) 2002  United States

10) Harper Lee "To Kill A Mockingbird"(Book) 1960  United States

11) Bryce Courtenay "The Power of One"(Book)  1989

12) Lesley Grant-Adamson "Guilty Knowledge"(Book)

13) Robert Zemeckis "Forrest Gump"(ScreenPlay) 1994 United States

14) Jon Favreau "Elf"(ScreenPlay) 2003 United States

15) Jessie Nelson "I Am Sam"(ScreenPlay) 2001 United States

16) Barbet Schroeder "Before and After"(ScreenPlay) 1996 United States

17) Kelly (no last name given) "Righteous Criminals"(Short Story) 2011 United States

18) Christina Grimmie "Liar Liar"(Song) United States

19) Hollywood Undead "Young"(Song) United States

20) Eminem "Cinderella Man"(Song) 2010 United States

Excerpt from "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

"It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart."

Anne Frank "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl" 1947 Amsterdam

Excerpt from "Not All Die Early, Dying Young--" by Emily Dickinson

"Not all die early, dying young --
Maturity of Fate
Is consummated equally
In Ages, or a Night --"
Emily Dickinson  "Not All Die Early, Dying Young--" 1955  United States

Excerpt from the song "Pearl" by Katy Perry

"But I woke up and grew strong and I can still go on
And No one can take my pearl
You don’t have to be a shell No
You’re the one that rules your world Ohh
You are strong and you’ll learn
That you can still go on
And you’ll always be a pearl
She is unstoppable"

Sung and written by Katheryn Hudson(Katy Perry), Greg Wells, and Stewart  "Pearl"  Album Release: 2010  United States

Excerpt from "Flowers in the Attic" by V. C. Andrews

"Though it's been many years since I last saw it, I'll always remember that even my first impression was one of fear and wonder. My childhood was soon to be lost, my innocence shattered, and all our dreams destroyed by what we would find within."

Virginia Andrews  "Flowers in the Attic"  1979  United States

Excerpt from "House Rules" by Jodi Picoult

"There’s no way to explain to a child that the line between good and evil isn’t nearly as black and white as a fairy tale would leave you to believe. That an ordinary person can turn into a villain, under the right circumstances. That sometimes we dragon slayers do things we aren’t proud of."

Jodi Picoult  "House Rules"  2010  United States

'Organ Crimes' Xiqiang Dong

A pull and a tug,

A slice and a budge,

They tear and they grab,

Where am I? A lab?

Scalpel and hose!

Healthy? It shows!

I'll use this in my next transplant.

I want to be sad but I know that I can't.

My beauty, now sundered,

Feels a pain, loud as thunder.

A mistake has been made!

My flesh shouldn't be split by the blade.

A retort from her soul,

Must take its toll.

She wants to live, I can see,

But she'll be in hell I forsee.