Read the full article which is published on Philosophy Bits (external link)As the story progresses, you learn more and more about the characters. They have ideas, concerns, memories, desires, and hopes just like you do. They have entire lives they seem to be living, and you gradually become immersed in them. They stop being just characters and they start feeling like real people.
You relate to the characters’ lives because they are in some ways similar to your own life. The plot of the story doesn’t feel as important as before. You still want to find out what happens, but mainly because it’s happening to these people you care about.
The story is no longer about the words you’re reading or the events that are happening. It’s now about something further, something you cannot quite name but that nonetheless feels very important. The story has hooked into your own experiences and now you are not just reading, you are vicariously living the story as it unfolds.
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