Utilizing certain ritual theorists and their terminology, this research constructs a framework with which to analyze the religious or ritual nature apparent in the consumption of fiction literature. Fiction literature has the agency to guide its readers through rites of passage and form ritual communities around the text in much the same way as religious texts. The ritual framework that is constructed from the work of Mircea Eliade, Victor Turner, and Catherine Bell is applied to an analogous event: the celebration of Passover by those who do not believe that the historical event of the Exodus took place, to illustrate the efficacy of application of this structure to ritual observances where the adherents can be said to have a fictional view of the text. By exploring the history of Passover commemoration, and locating recent innovations within a broader context, the survival of ritual force is evident in spite of a less-than-historical view of the text.