Dreams Are A Good Thing

In this society we are influenced by many things as we get older those things change. We can be influenced by people, books, movies and go on living to always have that characteristics and influence with us. We are all influenced by the people around us or are visual viewing. We depend on the future and see the benefits of a task after we are done. In the Canadian Railway Trilogy by Gordon Lightfoot stated “for they looked in the future and what did they see they saw an iron road running from the sea to the sea” they saw the future and the good in what was to come out of their work. They saw the benefits of working hard. Gordon Lightfoot spoke “there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run, when the wild majestic mountains

1-The intended audience for this article are the millennials/ this generation. The author directs this article to this generation because he believes this generation has the responsibility to keep the American Dream alive for the next generation. As the author clearly sates, “for the American Dream, to survive another generation, then another. “if the American Dream is to come true and to abide with us…it will, at bottom, depend on the people themselves. “The people who have the power to change the world should just as the people who have the power to change the dream for better we should. The ones who can move physically and can be heard should move and speak their mind to help for the better is this generation. The authors audience are

the future. Such as the parents deciding to install the nursery and other things in their house in

“When people find it easy to imagine an event, they overestimate the likelihood that it will actually occur” (Gilbert, 2006, p.19.) Gilbert explains that this causes us to be overoptimistic about our futures and thus changes what we do in order to be happy. Young people imagine traveling the world, starting a successful business or becoming a star. Later on in one’s life they may realize that they do not have the funds to travel the world, the talent to become a star, or even the desire to start their own business. Perhaps they come to the conclusion that they would be happier starting a family or writing a book. Humans have an undeniable want to control. The reason somebody imagines the future is so they can do something about it (Gilbert, 2006, p. 21.) We imagine a future better than today so we can take the actions necessary to get to the better tomorrow. I imagined college being a whole lot better than high school. The freedom and the separation from my parents was something I wanted. So in order to get here I studied hard in high school, strove for a good ACT score, and applied to universities. The actions I took in high school were in order to control the future. Gilbert answers the question of “Why should we want to control our futures?” “It feels good to do so-period. Impact is rewarding. Mattering makes us happy. The act of steering one’s boat down the river of time is a source of pleasure, regardless of one’s port of call” (Gilbert,

I partially agree with Pangloss’s statement because we never know what the future holds for us and we can never predict our fate therefor what happens to you today (now) or what you have is the best you can get or have in your live. For example, considering

Dream content reflects aspects of waking-life experiences. After memories are made, they are often fragmentally merged with other information to construct larger, holistic dreams. Autobiographical memories are predominantly represented in dreams in comparison to episodic and semantic memories. Among various characteristics from waking-life experiences such as places, people, and events, emotions are highly incorporated into dream content. There is also a decreasing relationship between the cognitive demand of an activity and the frequency in which that activity occurs in dreams. Dreams tend to include material from experiential memories and events from the preceding day as well as experiences from 5-7 days prior. The recurrence of memory content in dreams seems to support the hypothesis that dreaming helps with memory consolidation, or particularly the content which is reflected in dreams.

The humankind throughout history has tried to learn and figure out the meaning of dreaming. The interpretations and true meanings of dreams has expanded and has varied over centuries and cultures. Many of the earlier studies were based on culture’s and the interpretation of dreams, but also used as a form of prophecy, inspiration, and guidance. Many people still believe this such, people today beliefs and theories have opened up to a more vast interpretation, they are made up of; dreams are rare brain activity, dreams allow people to reflect on themselves, or that dreams are too massive to be correctly interpret. Although, not a single theory has been proven to this day, science as of why dreams occur is still a mystery.

It's all in the grand scheme of things, just about perspective in all actuality, no one really knows the future but society views everything like we do know what's going to happen, and we work towards completing goals, or achieving things that we set out to do but in all actuality none of it is going to happen as we planed. Say for instance you set out a goal to make a million dollars by the end of 2016, and you have your plan and everything you know what you're going to do , and you do it and by 2016 you have everything you set out to get, but that's it. During the process of getting to your planned out goal you were dead. You were as probably less human than a wooden table, the reason for that is called target fascination. When you wish for things to happen you, and you don't really know who is or, if it is even you who had the original idea to become rich, you don't really know because your mind is combined with other people's perspective and other peoples thoughts so much to the point where you don't even have your own conceptual idea

Sometimes, as we grow older, the future can seem unimaginable. I feel as if the future is like a firefly on a summer night. Yo go around trying to catch one, and once you think you caught it, it is gone. Then, you come back the next day, waiting to catch another, but once again, it is out of reach. The cycle keeps going.The main point is that we may think that we are nearing the future, but we will never arrive to that place. This said, I want everyone to know that we should be living in the moment. I occasionally remember the memories from elementary school, and I wish I could relive them. In the future, I want to look upon these days and want to relive them as well. Live each day to the fullest because it will never come

As time has went on the meaning of the American Dream has altered. When Adams trademarked the term the American Dream, the idea of it was for people to become “better and richer and fuller,” (Adams 412), but now as 20th century inventions have been introduced to society the dream has changed. People want what others have and what is portrayed as glamorous and prestigious. A prime example is Gary Soto’s recollection of his childhood obsession with wanting to be like the families he saw on the television saying, “I very much wanted to imitate [the families from Leave It to Beaver and Father

In this essay I will try to explain why visions of the future are so

In today’s society social media, movies, magazines, and television have negatively impacted young adults self image by showing pictures that are digitally enhanced. Therefore, the pictures are not a true representation of the individual.

Modern day American citizens are categorically indulged in the lifestyle obsession of ‘the American dream,’ being driven by what they see on television, hear on the radio, read in magazines/newspapers, and in other forms of media. Mary McMahon, author of “What is the ‘American Dream?’ defines the American Dream to essentially be “an idea that suggests that anyone in the US can succeed through hard work and has the potential to lead a happy, successful life (McMahon 1).” This belief has the power to infiltrate itself into a person's life, taking control of them and their actions substantially. After some time, a person's hopes and dreams can become scrambled by confusion in their beliefs, these beliefs are then replaced by influences in what they see, hear, or read. The Lion King is an example of this influence in beliefs, being intended for young children to teach them about growing up in a way that

In the novel, Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M Coetzee, the magistrate’s progressive, non-linear dreams are a parallel to his growing involvement with the barbarians and his growing distaste for the empire. The great psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud said, “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious.” In every dream there is a hidden meaning and when the reader starts analyzing the magistrate’s dreams he reveals that he is oddly attracted to the barbarians and knows he should not get involved and it will be a trial to get close to them.

As Walt Disney once said “All dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” Courage is something that everyone is born with, but only some are courageous enough to find it and put it to use. Merriam Webster 's defines courage as “Mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.” Courage can overcome any obstacle, proving that if we have courage any dream truly can come true. As readers we must understand that there are going to be times in life when we must use courage. By reading about others, and learning how to find the courage within, the reader is able to learn that courage truly is self-identifiable. There may be people along the way to help one find courage. However, it is