Dream Theater

to first understand the long history of dreams themselves. A dream is defined by Oxford Dictionary as, “a succession of images, emotions, sensations, and ideas that occur during periods of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep”. This inexplicable event has confounded civilization after civilization, throughout the course of written history. And it still continues to this day to cause wonder and raise questions in our society. The first written record of dreams started 3100 B.C. with the Sumerians in…

Wilber opened his eyes and found himself sleeping in his bed. He felt somewhat disorientated from an odd dream. Around the farm while Wilber worked, he often heard tales of days when all of the animals ate plenty of food and everyone worked happily, but nobody believed that they were true. Being a young piglet, Wilber also believed that life had always been like it was. In Wilber’s dream however the days of contentment became a reality. The animals all lived in harmony and blithe. While rolling…

The first thing I asked myself was, why do we dream? What are dreams? To some, the answer may seem easy and obvious. But there’s more to it than just images that float around in our head. The article Dreams: Why do we dream? written by Hannah Nichols and reviewed by multiple members of a medical team, gives us the overall basis of what dreams are. It is stated that dreams are a universal experience that can be described as a state of consciousness distinguished by sensory, cognitive, and…

We all dream. We wouldn’t be humans if we didn’t have an imagination while we are asleep. Have you ever wondered why we dream and sometimes we could never remember them? What are dream catchers? Why were they created? What are dreams? I know those are types of questions we all ask ourselves. A dream catcher is varying of expressions and specialties of the Native American tribal. The very first dream catcher of the Ojibwa was proposed to show normal insight. According to Frances Densmore,” In her…

clearly, see dreams as synonymous to goals or aspirations in life. Having dreams, aspirations, or goals is a healthy part of life. It is the simple formula of how to keep going and not give up. Everyone has a dream. Dreams can even be something as small as acing a math test or something as big as achieving a certain career in the long run. They help one express their knowledge into organizing their time and resources to help them achieve the most in life. Going off the old saying, dreams, like…

Dreams are ideas and thoughts we ponder on, hoping that one day we may meet it. Sometimes we accomplish this and other times, we are close but not quite there. A Raisin in the Sun, a play by Lorraine Hansberry and Of Mice and Men, a novella by John Steinbeck have a similar theme, dream. A Raisin in the Sun is about a lower class African-American family, the Youngers, trying to better their lives with an insurance check coming in due to the death of their father and husband. Lena Younger (Mama)…

Dreams are an aspiration, something we want to see happen in life. However, not everyone will agree on the same dream, which can cause conflicts. Two examples from literature are A Raisin In The Sun and To Kill A Mockingbird. A real-world example is American Denial. Where groups or individuals can be stereotyped or ridiculed and pushed away from their dreams. Beneatha from A Raisin In The Sun constantly chases after her dreams. Beneatha wishes to become a doctor, however, her dreams…

Understanding Dreams: Every single human on the earth has experienced dreams, but not even the smartest people on earth can uncover what the true purpose of a dream is. The way that the human brain works is extraordinary and one of the many talents it has is making people see their own little movies every month, week, or day. Everyone dreams, but what do dreams actually mean? Are peoples dreams their deepest inner problems that bother them the most, and only at night, or are dreams just silly…

yourself ¿How dreams can have an impact on your life? ¿A positive or negative impact?. Langston Hughes was a poet who wrote poems about what he thought about having dreams in your life and possible impacts that dreams could have in someone’s life. “Dream Deferred” and “Dreams” are both poems that talk about dreams, both use imagery, but each one uses imagery to illustrate a different theme. Both “Dream Deferred” and “Dreams” uses imagery to develop their own themes. Each theme is about dreams.…

of a “battle companion” according to Gilgamesh’s mother the “axe” is a “strong man, a champion”. The sexual connotations symbolize how deep his feelings will be for Enkidu. Tablet VII Enkidu foresees his death through the symbolic dream of the underworld. Enkidu dreams of a man with “a somber face, a face like the lion-headed monster-bird Anzu” in the underworld, and the dead was “dressed like birds in feather garments,” The avian reference reflects a symbolic associate with birds and the souls…