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    Sleep Unbound by Andree Chedid, is a recurring motif. Sleep is used by the author to develop our understanding of the protagonist, Samya. Dreams are connected through the use of sleep to represent Samya’s desires and hopes. Andree Chedid uses images of sleep to portray Samya’s deep desire to be loved by those around her and to have someone to love. Her dreams are reflections of her feelings and thoughts. Throughout the novel, sleep is used to symbolise Samya’s personal development and changing attitudes

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    • The Dreaming The Dreaming is a concept of Indigenous spirituality which describes the balance and connection between the natural, moral and spiritual elements of the world. It begins with the ancestor spirits providing a basis for country, and establishing basic morals and laws for the land. The term The Dreaming was translated by Frank Gillen and Baldwin Spencer from the Arrernte phrase altrjiranga ngambakala meaning ‘to see and understand the law’. It is more commonly referred to as The Dreaming

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    Dreams are worth pursuing if you are dedicated and determined to achieve your dream. The economy has fallen and a lot of jobs aren't able to for people to make money. Everyone is desperate to get a job and succeed, but you must sacrifice certain things to achieve your goal. It is worth pursuing your dreams like curley's wife, george, and lennie. One reason in OMAM that shows your dreams is the chances you can take. Curleys wife wants to be famous and free. The text says, “but the guys said, i

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    tendency to think it is reality when they are in fact dreaming. He uses a simple story to prove this, by saying how he could be sitting by the fireside and feeling its warmth while dreaming in bed in his nightgown. Our senses fool us because in this dream, we believe it is reality. On the other hand, I disagree with Descartes that senses are false in reality. Dreaming and reality are two completely different worlds, and I do not believe that are senses can fool us into thinking we are dreaming. This

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    A Dream Worth Pursuing According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, “A dream is a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind.” Yet, “A goal is a projected state of affairs that a person or a system plans or intends to achieve - a personal or organizational desired end-point in some sort of assumed development.” Though the two are not identical in denotative definition, the widely-accepted connotation of a dream ideally expresses the object of one’s ambition and desire

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    “What happens to a dream deferred?” In the poem “Dream Deferred”, by Langston Hughes; the novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck; and the play A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, it talks about what dreams are like and what happens to dreams. Langston Hughes is questioning what happens to dreams that are forgotten. John Steinbeck is telling a person to strive for his/her goals and to not forget or give up on dreams. In Hansberry’s opinion, she is implying that dreams can come true if a

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    Dreams Not In Sleep Dreams and thoughts do not only occur in our sleep. They can happen day or night, and sometimes play tricks on our mind. In the poem, “Dreams Not Accompanied” by Sleep by M.Bree, discusses dreams and the abstract ideas that they can figuratively be. M. Bree strategically utilizes symbolism, irony, and metaphor in “Dreams Not Accompanied by Sleep” to debate how dreams can also be: thoughts, memories, things we hear, conscious dreams, sleeping dreams, or even abstract objects. In

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    Everyone has dreams, but not all are remembered. However, some stay with us for a lifetime. Many people, like Joseph and Pharaoh, from have vivid dreams they cannot shake from their thoughts upon waking from a deep slumber. They are left filled with confusion and apprehension. These lucid thoughts lead, not only them but also us to wonder the meaning behind dreams and their purpose in our lives. Dreams are here to enlighten our minds to unconscious needs, profound internal thought, and self-discovery

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    Everyone has dreams, but not everyone achieves them. Some dreams are more splendor and far-fetched while others are more realistic, but even some of the practical ones can be improbable. Some people work exceptionally hard to reach their dreams, for their whole lives even, and never succeed. Sometimes it may not be that they aren’t working hard enough, but that too many people and complications stand in the way. This is shown when Steinbeck uses Candy’s dream and Curley’s wife’s experience with her

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    Edgar Allan Poe once said, “Those who dream by day are aware of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” When the brain is awake, its powers of creativity and thought are bound by reality, even if it is a subconscious restriction. If someone can tap into the creativity of limitless dreams even when awake, then they can find an extraordinary amount of ideas and concepts that are otherwise lost. Ideas are easily dismissed by those who believe that because such things aren't possible

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