# Illusion in literature Illusion is the illustration of falsities[^1]—which is kind of like dramatic irony, but the reader is unawares rather than the character(s). It can be a dream, vision, or other device that misleads or confuses a character.[^2] Illusion may also refer to a reader's sense of immersion, as Wolfgang Iser writes about in [[The Reading Process—A Phenomenological Approach]]. Lynda Barry says about a fairy tale she read as a child, "I remember it like it happened to me. I suppose you could say that it did."[^3] [^1]: [Illusion - Examples and Definition of Illusion](https://literarydevices.net/illusion/) [^2]: [SuperSummary Illusion](https://www.supersummary.com/illusion/) [^3]: [[What It Is]] pg. 38