Having a parental figure in your life can change you as a person in a negative or positive way. “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath and “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence are both literary works that exemplify the meaning of C.S. Lewis' quote. In this way, both literary works were easily recognizable when the authors described everyday life situations involving disillusionment, parental responsibility, and children having a difficult relationship with their parents. Literature improves our desires in life and improves our critical thinking. CS Lewis quotes: “Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary skills that daily life requires and demonstrates.” In this quote, C.S. Lewis states that literary work is still developing making the world appreciate the beauty of literature. C.S. Lewis wants to ensure that literature is a work of art because of a person's ability to show their emotions through writing about their thoughts, emotions, and daily life. Literature adds to reality by enhancing a story that can be based on true events, it adds a touch of fiction and a certain fantasy to our imagination. In the poem "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath, the speaker of the poem wants to take revenge on his father by killing him. But later, the reader discovers that he is dead before she can even kill him. Even though her father is dead, her memories of him are disturbing. In the poem, the speaker creates a figurative image of his father. Roger Platizky, who wrote a critical essay on "Daddy," said he described his father as a "Nazi, swastika, barbed wire, fascist, brute, devil, and vampire" (Platizky 105). The speaker also describes her father as a “black shoe,” meaning she had to live with him vigilantly when she was a child. In “The Rocking Horse Winner,” author DH Lawrence describes a mother incapable of loving her children. The mother's greed for money and social status is the reason why her son Paul rides his rocking horse to predict the winning horse in horse races. The author uses the rocking horse as a symbol of Paul's desire to be loved by his mother. The author also uses the house of whispers as a symbol of the family's financial problems. The house whispering is a metaphor for the family's financial problems because the house whispers to the mother that it needs more money. The mother's greed for money is the reason why the house whispers to her. The literary works “Daddy” and “The Rocking Horse Winner” were unique in themselves and an example of how literature can add to reality. It's what makes them truly "literary works." Works Cited: Bentley, Greg. “Hester and the Homo-Social Order: A Mysterious Search for Subjectivity in D.H. Lawrence's 'The Rocking-Horse Winner'.” DH Lawrence Review 34-35 (2010): 55+. Literary Resource Center. Network. December 1, 2013. Lawrence, D.H. "The Rocking Horse Winner." Literature: An introduction to fiction, poetry, drama, and writing. XJ Kennedy and Dana Gloia 12th ed. New Jersey: Pearson 2012. 592. Print.Plath, Sylvia. "Dad." Literature: An introduction to fiction, poetry, drama, and writing. XJ Kennedy and Dana Gloia 12th ed. New Jersey: Pearson 2012. 1116. Print.Platizky, Roger. "Plath is dad