Fiction, as we all know, is a piece of literature that tells a story or a series of events that did not actually happen and/or with imaginary people. However, just because a story is fictional, does not mean that all the information incorporated is fiction. Often times, authors of fictional pieces use real people, places, or concepts to tell their story. For example, a made-up love story is based on the very real concept of love. Thus, even a fictional piece of literature can provide you with some knowledge. Whether it supplies you with a different perspective, elicits certain emotions you have never felt before, or provokes curiosity, you have gained knowledge; you have acquired, as the definition states, some information or skill through your experience of reading the piece.

Hasif Amini, in the short piece “Story,” discusses the way people had looked up at the night sky and created constellations by connecting the shining dots they saw. But not only did they connect the stars, they had also given the resulting figures names and even stories. Now, although the stories of these constellations are fictional, they displayed and expanded the knowledge of stars and outer space. The same way the enlightenment period caused us to question our surroundings, our being, etc., creative and fictional stories, such as the ones tied to the constellations, provoke our minds. Not only is the writer of a fictional piece thinking outside of the box, but so is the reader who is following along and who is interpreting and thinking of things in his/her own way.