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"Fiction is the truth inside the lie"-Stephen King - Need a thesis statement

I need a thesis statement dealing with the idea "Fiction is the truth inside the lie"-Stephen King
I need those universal truths that exist in the story that represent something bigger than the story itself.
I must use the following literature in my paper in some way: The Machine Stops; The Storm by Kate Chopin; Barn Burning by William Faulkner; The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry