Exposing students to literature in the form of novels that deal with topics related to course content can be a useful method of instruction. Theoretically, students may be more motivated to learn if they become curious about the issues under consideration in the classroom thereby potentially meeting pedagogical desires to place students in an environment rich for learning. Students may seek and enjoy stimuli that are different than what they are used to, like reading a novel in a gerontology course, for example, instead of a literature course. The next step is to ask the students to "link" topical material from a standard textbook or lectures to the story line or characters in the novel. This process in itself may motivate students to learn as questions requiring deeper processing can make studying and learning more interesting if other classmates are using the same "real world" experiences (the story line in the novel) to try and master the material. Linking the concepts in the text books and lectures to the story lines in novels and other literature can provide another meaningful and useful way of connecting the classroom to the future workplace.