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    's the limit” and to “pursue your dreams and everything else will undoubtedly be granted to you”. Since minors welcome this fantasy, they tend to seek to be like individuals in the magazines, on the TV, and even in the movies because the lives they are living are wealthy and stress-free. As people blossom into adulthood, they recognize that sometimes following your dreams does not always pay the bills on time or put food in your mouth. Though following your dreams may one day bring a jolly,…

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    Dreams are something that occurs with everyone, and interpreted in different ways. Dreams can be Dreams are viewed differently by many different people. You dream at night, but in the morning you can not always remember every little thing that happens. The two theories that seem the be recognized the most are Sigmund Freud and Carl G. Jung’s theories. Some people dream bad things and good things happen the next day, some people find certain parts symbolic, and others think their dreams to be a…

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    Afghanistan,” 2014). Within this population studies have pointed out the disparagement between the dreams involving nightmares experienced by the general public…

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    Dreams are a fascinating phenomenon that all mammals do and no one really knows why. People have ideas on why, for instance, some think mammals dream for a reason like practicing scenarios. Some others think it is just because the brain simply cannot go inactive and certain chemicals are released that make us think weird, funny, or scary dreams. Even though many different disciplines study dreams and why we dream, their views can be mostly contrasting. Dreams are so complex that there is not…

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    Unfortunately, these expectations are not always met, leaving the dreamer disappointed and thinking about the more favorable outcomes and what “could have been”. Milholland’s statement accurately describes humans’ idealistic relationship with their dreams,…

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    Meditations I is written by Descartes. Descartes is a Greek philosopher who wrote Meditations I in 1639. Meditations I is part of a set of six Meditations and the full title of Meditations is actually Indiscernibility Skepticism Meditations on First Philosophy. During the time that Descartes was alive Galileo discovered that Earth was not the center of the universe, and in fact Earth actually rotated around the sun, not the other way around. This made everyone question their former beliefs,…

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    my goals in a stage of my life my goals were dreams, since I was little I always had aspirations always had a goal. I always thought that I would be a singer one day, wanted to be a doctor or a model had many dreams in mind. I was a girl who believed in me, I had many goals that then dreamed about being in those potions. From an early age I knew I should do something great had things to do, many adults saw growing up and many were like my mentors, made me believe more in me. At school It was…

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    Everyone is always chasing a dream they have, hoping one day that they will get it or it will come true. Sometimes this might not be the best case because if someone's dream comes true, then what is next? In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays a man, Jay Gatsby, who will never attain his dream to be with a girl, Daisy. Fitzgerald shows that unrealistic dreams will not be achieved; they are supposed to be practical and attainable because if dreams are unrealistic, then they will…

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    Flying Carpet Analysis

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    Millhauser already introduces us to a dream-like story, to a tale from the very beginning since the title is Flying Carpet. The reference is taken up on Aladdin's tale where the character rides a so-called flying carpet. However, Millhauser transforms this element of wonder into something that will later bring the character's resignation. The oxymoron "Flying carpet" is interesting considering that "flying" corresponds to the air and therefore to dream and wonder whereas "carpet" embodies the…

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    about Freudian interpretations and how most Freudian interpretations deal with assigning sexual attributions to objects. Barry proceeds to give an example of Freudian interpretation by imagining a dream about a Roman soldier and what this soldier may represent to the dreamer. What may be an innocent dream about a father-like figure, or a heroic figure, turns into something of a sexual nature when inserting Freud's psychoanalytic interpretation. What are Barry's criticisms regarding Freudian…

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