What I think Mr. Lewis is saying is that books don't describe and relate to life, but are appart of it and make it more meaningful. It enriches our "desert". For example, War and Peace may be about war and peace and it may describe life, but it isn't there to describe the reality of war in the world, it is there to add to it. I don't mean it contributes to war, maybe I worded that wrongly. What I mean is that it is apart of the reality, not the war and peace itself.
This relates to the story I'm reading, because it doesn't just describe the efforts of a lot of stranded boys, but there's more to than just a story. It adds to the meaningness or meaningless of life. that si what makes this book a classic. It adds to the reality of war, peace, boys, girls, lochness monsters, martians, time machines, submarines, dwarfs, mustaches, and whatever else a peice of literature is about.
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I agree Isaac!
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