Source: http://blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org/gardenplot/

"Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners."

- Virginia Woolf

I think this quote is a wonderful quote! I love how she uses the metaphor to compare fiction to a spider's web.  It is a great analogy of how fiction, although it is not all true, has a lot of truth when you read it in depth.  For my English teaching class, I just finished reading The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros.  It is about a girl named Esperanza and her story of growing up and becoming a writer.  Although her name is not Esperanza, the author is able to make the story true by providing her own experiences and putting her own emotions into the story. As a reader, I was able to relate to Esperanza and find truth with my own experiences.  Also, with any other works of fiction, the themes and experiences that shape the story are part of our everyday lives.  I think that fiction is so popular among readers because of the fact that it can be compared in this way.  When readers immerse themselves in works of fiction, it allows them to explore a new world which is exciting.  At the same time, they are able to be engaged into how real and personal the story can be for them.