“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.” - C. S. Lewis.
In this quote, Lewis means that literature doen't just tell a story about reality, but it makes reality more real. When he says that "it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become" he means that literature makes reality more interesting than it would be without it. Also, by saying that "It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides" he means that literature is very important for ceratain parts of life.
This quote relates to my book, Lord of the Flies, because my book doesn't only tell describe a story about children becoming savages on and island. The story adds to the my knowledge of what it would be like to be stranded on an island. Before reading, I never really thought of how being stranded on an island would turn people into savages.
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