 For example, the grand prizes for literary competitions "bring fortune and glory to a writer for several years".Caillois notes that a superstar cannot merely be successful at some activitythey must also be richly rewarded.He says that the "material reward of the superstar is a necessary ingredient (for the glory of the star) for the identification of the public with the star, or whether it is the excellence or the private life of the star which is of more importance".