The Reality of Dreams

After being crushed with deep sorrow over the death of his beloved Ligeia, the narrator moves into a decaying abbey to leave behind his lonesome house. Although he leaves the exterior of the house untouched, the narrator decorates the interior with strange but lavish furniture. “The furnishings take on the shapes and colors of his fantastic dreams” as he attempts to cope with his loss (Kincheloe). This supports the idea that the narrator would rather live in his own colorful fantasy (like the inside of his house), than engage in the dark reality (as represented by the outside of the house). Losing Ligeia meant the narrator lost his fulfillment in life; which is why his reality is now gloomy and undesirable. Not only does is the furniture an example of dream imagery, the walls of the desolate house also have a dream effect. The moving images on the walls cause the house itself to seem restless and alive. The narrator imagines this because it represents himself; always on the edge of monstrosity with each changing mood. As he hallucinates on opium, his sense of reality and fantasy is put together as one. With each furnishing, a looming memory of Ligeia haunts him as he reminances her during his opium dreams.

I found the reading "The Symbolic Language of Dreams", written by Stephens King, a very interesting story to write about. King stated a quote in his introduction saying that dreams are a useful way that help people find the nature of their problems; or, find answers to their problems in a symbolic way. The purpose of this essay is to show that dreams and imaginations were two main factors in King 's successful life. Hence, dreams and imaginations are critical factors when writing; they sure can resolve many issues and expand our thoughts in order to write better and longer books. Without passion writing good books is impossible.

Both Freud and Jung provided important and interesting theories on dreams; encompassing their functions, their roots, and their meanings. Freud looked at dreams as a result of repressed memories, particularly repressed sexual memories from our childhood. Jung however, believed that dreams delved beyond sexual repression during younger years, to other problems, be it trauma, anxiety etc. Jung also believed dreams changed predominately through middle adult years, while Freud believed the opposite. There is little empirical evidence to reinforce either Freud or Jung’s theories, however, their contributions to the study of dreams in psychology cannot be lessened or denied.

Everyone is told that they can be anyone they want to be, be anything they want to be, and go anywhere they want to go. I took this to heart and determined that I would go to my dream college, Washington University in St. Louis, and become an astounding author with an English degree to be proud of. However, I knew that I might need a backup college, and I settled upon Kansas University. Although the choice between the two originally seemed clear to me, after doing extensive research, my views were quickly morphed. While most people would chase after their dream college, I have found that facing reality, and choosing the so-called backup college, is by far the better choice.

I agree with the author of “Moving Away From the Dream” because education is needed for everyone and without them life is useless. Without education, you wouldn’t gain any knowledge, confidence or personality. The education is slowing leaving America because of other development in other fields like, “The United States is devoting billions of dollars to compete with Russia militarily,” The United States is so focused on being better than Russian military they have lost the track of taking care of the education system. While Russia's military is already set they enhanced their education. Struggling and making the military better is a good aspect of life but If you educate more children in the United States, they will help you develop military things easier and faster because of their

The American Dream is a nationwide belief that entails the possibility for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility achieved through arduous work in a society with few barriers. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, themes of corruption, idealism, and social upheaval, create a portrait of the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale concerning the American Dream. The story primarily concerns mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his idealistic passion to achieve the American Dream, Daisy Buchanan, the love of his life. In the novel, there are two kinds of wealth, the inherited wealth of Daisy and Tom Buchanan, and the newly

Dreams come in all shapes and forms. Every dream experience falls into one of the following categories: Prophetic Dreams, Release Dreams, Wish Dreams, Informative and Problem solving dreams, and Astral Visits. So many people take dreams for granted or think they do not mean anything, but they do. Dreams are incredible when you learn what they are, mean and why we dream at all.

I have always been interested in learning and interpreting dreams every since I was in high school. Out of everything I learned about dreams over the years, the one that really resonated with me the most was that dreaming is our way of dealing with problems from our waking state. For that reason, I chose an article called Relation of Dreams To Waking Concerns by Rosalind Cartwright, Mehmet Y. Agargun, Jennifer Kirkby, and Julie Kabat Friedman. It captured my interest because it goes into depth about how your waking concerns effects your dreaming state. It also goes into detail about Slow Wave Sleep (SWS) and Rapid Eye Movement (REM) and what they have to do with dreaming.

The hero’s journey is theory by Joseph Campbell. It states that all great stories include the same characters that have to undergo seven stages that are the hero, herald, mentor, threshold guardian, trickster, shapeshifter and shadow. In the story Young Goodman Brown was once a great man. Now he sees everyone as a sinful and bitter person, how did this come to be? It all began one night when Young Goodman Brown had a dream that changed his life forever. In his dream he saw his wife and the good people of his town attend a Witches’ Sabbath. This changes Young Goodman Brown`s perception of reality and how he perceives everyone around him to be devil worshippers. The changes Young Goodman Brown goes through mentally, affect his character and how people of the town look at him. He is despised by all around him for the actions he took against the people of his town. He died a very lonely and joyless man.

Sleep is often accompanied by the hallucinogenic state of dreaming comprised of lucid thoughts which can often seem like real life. Recently recorded studies and experiments have exposed the world of dreaming to physiatrists. Dreaming parallels many life experiences and is unique to each individual person. With the recent observations of lucid dreams and the studies of the REM sleep, this field has vastly improved its understanding and knowledge.

Dreams have been a mystery of the human mind since the beginning of time. Their purpose and importance to our lives varies depending on where you go for information, but it is clear that dreams are something that come along with being human. According to the theory of Sigmund Freud, dreams are a way for our mind to process the things we are feeling in the form of symbolism (Freud 350). While many brush off their dreams as simply a way for their brain to relieve stress and process the previous day, there is a large percentage of people who believe that their dreams are a message, or a warning, from the beyond.

The dreaming has been referred to as the eternal dream time. The central meaning is based on a heroic, sacred time long ago when nature and the tribe became one. It can be described as totemistic symbols that refer to the specific type of dreams based on their culture. The ancestors define this as Dreamtime, providing valuable worldly knowledge to the tribes. The Indigenous Australian’s believe creation is the handiwork of hero’s who establish sacred spots throughout their travel allowing the spirits to communicate through dreaming.

Throughout the novel Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M Coetzee, the relationship between the Magistrate and the Barbarian Girl is extremely sexual and tense. J.M Coetzee creates an extremely interesting relationship between the two, one many readers would not have seen coming. The relationship between old powerful Magistrate and the weak Barbarian Girl is based on the idea of power.

When I was younger I surrounded myself with people of similar interest, we liked to party, drink and smoke pot. We would talk about our future and the possibility where we would be in twenty years. We would talk about dreams but we wouldn’t do anything to pursue those dreams. I was in a band with some of these friends, most of them I grew up with when we were little. We thought that we would be a big Rock and Roll band and tour the country. The truth is we were stuck in our addiction and in an unrealistic way of living our life’s.

Traveling has always been an expensive leisure, still it is craved so much that people from everywhere are willing to spend good money for just one enjoyable new experience. Unknowingly traveling is experienced in a different way almost every day and free of cost through dreaming. Dreams are like a fictional realm where one can get to role play their own life, with different rules and no limits. In formal words a dream is a series of images, emotions and sensations that happen, usually involuntarily, in one 's mind during certain stages of sleep. "The emphasis on dream and beliefs about them differ considerably across cultures." (Kracke, page 1). It is fairly simple to state that different cultures interpret dreams in a different manner, but do dreams change in different cultures? When one is placed in a different culture from his/her own not only do their interpretation of dreams change, but so does their dreams.