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It is often assumed that fictional stories are simply built upon elaborate and fanciful ideas. This, however, is not entirely true. Authors of fiction may indeed write fabricated tales of tiny, mischievous leprechauns and genies who grant your every wish, but if looked at closer, similarities can actually be seen between such fabrications and reality. No matter how extreme a story may be, some amount of truth can be found, for every story is based on someone’s knowledge and experiences…someone’s life. Living vicariously- something we are all either culprits or victims of. We all know that mother who pushes her daughter to not only pursue, but also excel in, junior dance classes even when she would rather be outside baking mud pies under the sun with the other neighborhood children. And we have all heard about that boy who’s putting in extra ho