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    A real life “Field of Dreams” undoubtedly describes this ballpark. More than likely, some of baseball’s greats will not magically appear from a corn field to play baseball with you; the true beauty and love of the game, ultimately, is enchanting enough. Any ordinary boy with the opportunity to play on a major league baseball field will forever keep that memory locked away in a sacred place. Luckily, I was that ordinary boy who earned the greatest gift of a lifetime. However, how can everyone expect

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    Field of Dreams Karissa Melfi William Paterson University Field of Dreams A series of thoughts, images, and sensations that occur during a person’s mind during the time that they sleep is known as a dream. Dreams go way back until the beginning of mankind, even to the BC era during the time that Egyptians and Greeks were the leading force! The Egyptians examined the meanings behind the dreams we have and analyzed the symbols. There are a numerous amount of reasons behind our dreams

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    There was a line in the movie "Field of Dreams" at the end “when the cars where lined up that went, "They will come. They won't even know why they are coming, but they will come, by the millions." The stranger, the foreigner, the broken hearted, the oppressed, the lost are searching for something. They used to come to church seeking it. They did not always knowing why they are coming. Not sure what they even hope to find. Many were seeking is a clear conscience and proclaimation of forgiveness

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    this beautiful sport has united Americans for over 100 years. Anybody who just watches the game can’t help but be mesmerized with the players’ graceful mechanics in hitting and throwing. For any skeptics (non-Americans) I would suggest watching “Field of Dreams”-it is a wonderful Kevin Costner film that is a purveyor of baseball’s heritage and beauty. Baseball is emotional because it is historic. Ask any Yankee or Red Sox fan how they really feel about their respective rivals. They have some manufactured

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    In the movie Field of Dreams, Ray’s true vocation was to host the baseball players on his corn field in order for Terrance Mann and Archie Graham to get the closure they need in their lives. Once he heard the mysterious voice, he knew that there was something that he was supposed to do in his life, but was not quite sure of what it is. However, as the movie progressed, it became clear to Ray that no matter what difficulties were going on, such as struggling to pay the bills and having his friends

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    at night; especially dreams. We can see that all the way from Ancient history to Medieval to Classical and now in modern history, humans’ views on Dreams and Sleep have played huge roles. According to Gackenbach and Sheikh (1991) in some cultures, like Ancient Egypt, people with “vivid and significant” dreams were considered blessed. A philosophical question that may never be answered is that of the meaning of dreams. Throughout history man has pondered the meaning of dreams. Philosophers often bounce

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    believes in God believes that the true life and happiness for which we were created can be found only in God?s presence. In other words, all were created for one purpose and that is to spend eternity in heaven with God. In the the fantasy film ?Field of Dreams? directed by Phil Alden Robinson, Ray is an ordinary man, farmer, husband, and father in 1989 who goes on a path of redemption. To give a concrete or logical reason for faith is as difficult as producing a scientific explanation for miracles as

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    The three movies that we watched this week were The Natural, Field of Dreams, and A League of Their Own. The themes shown in The Natural would have to be loyalty, determination, and supernatural, which will be talked about later. An example of loyalty would be when Roy Hobbs, the main character, joined a losing team named the New York Knights. The team was under a deal that if they lose the playoffs that season, they would have to give big money to a greedy and obnoxious judge. Countless times, the

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    past can bring in melodramatic moments or memories. Sometimes when life gets hard we look back to our younger days and wish life could be as simple as it was back than. A film full of melodrama and nostalgia comes from the late 1980’s classic Field of Dreams (1989). The film has many different examples of melodrama in the form of nostalgia but the two biggest examples come in the form of childhood family problems and the beauty of old small town America. The first example comes from the films main

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    in the medical field has been my dream ever since I was in middle school. I realized nursing was the profession for me when my grandfather became very sick with lung cancer during my freshman year of high school. It puzzled me that one of the healthiest and most physically active people I knew could be afflicted by such a damaging disease. After watching the suffering my grandfather had to experience and pain my entire family felt from his death, I knew I wanted to go into a field to help others

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