The creation of literary works was inspired by real life, but it often went through a certain degree of artistic processing and imagination to create a fictional world and characters. This fictional world and characters have different characteristics and attributes from the real world, so literary works are both derived from reality and higher than reality. In the discussion of consciousness, reality referred to the objective existence of the world, including physical entities such as matter and energy. The fictional world created by literary works referred to a situation constructed by the author's imagination. This situation could be different from the real world and had its own characteristics and attributes. In literary works, the characters and events in the fictional world often reflect the author's understanding and views on the real world, as well as the author's own psychological state, values, and life experiences. Therefore, the characters and events in literary works not only have realistic significance, but also reflect the author's inner experience and ideology. The literary works were above reality because they explored the inner world, thoughts, emotions, and spiritual pursuits of human beings through fictional situations and characters. These questions were often beyond the scope of the real world, and literary works presented these deep problems through fictional stories and characters for readers to think and understand. Therefore, literary works originated from reality and were higher than reality. It is a supplement and expansion of the real world, reflecting the complexity and variety of the human inner world. At the same time, it also explored the human thoughts and emotional world through fictional situations and characters to inspire the readers 'thinking and imagination.