In Between Dreams

wrote The Great Gatsby in 1925, he claimed that his short story, “Winter Dreams”, written three years earlier, was a rough-draft or prototype of the novel. After reading both of these works, it is clear to the reader that this claim of Fitzgerald’s was correct. Throughout the plots of both stories, there are evident recognizable similarities between the characters and themes which are difficult to dismiss. Although “Winter Dreams” and The Great Gatsby have different endings and other minor…

“Follow your dreams,” quoted by Kobi Yamada. Now one may think this quote is talking about the dreams as in goals and things people want to do in their life, but think again. Have you ever wondered about real dreams? The one’s you have when you’re asleep at night; the normal dreams, lucid dreams, the false awakenings, and even the nightmares? A dream is a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep (Dream). Dreams are a great wonder to the world that…

The Working Poor and the American Dream: Hope lost Because of Class Throughout American history, people have fought for and moved to the United States to live a life of freedom, where they can pursue happiness and achieve their highest goals. The American Dream is viewed by many as accomplishing their desired life, making it unique to everyone with the same outcome: accomplishing their goals. Hope in the American Dream can be lost due to lack of wealth and class, that affect the way people work…

Death of a Salesman From the outset death of a salesman portrays the pitfalls of the American dream. The dream centred on the high chance that anyone can strike it rich in this Land of opportunity. Even in 1950s USA people were still taking a chance on this myth. Death of a Salesman shows the traps of the dream. The failures centred on poor Willy Loman This fine line between making it and become your average Joe becomes heavily apparent when Willy decides he has had enough and kills…

My vision for our production of a Midsummer Night’s Dream involves us coming together in a unique way to convey my central notion of how society can dictate one’s perspective on life. Shakespeare, the most influential playwright of his time, expressed so many ideas and themes in his plays, and we must do him justice by conveying them to the best of our ability. The specific theme we will be aiming to convey is the class relations between the Athenians and the Mechanicals, which relates to our…

Lucid Dream Have you ever been aware of that you are dreaming when you are in dream? Maybe you do, but you don’t know the concept of lucid dreaming. A lucid dream is a vivid dream and people are aware of that they are in dream with waking consciousness. You can take control of yourself and surroundings. Lucid dreamers can train themselves to know that they are dreaming. With improved skills, they can even create what they want and they are like “God” in their dream. “The dream state can be…

nature of his patient's dreams. He used the term 'dream-work' to describe the ways in which dreams materialize from the unconscious and argued that dreams reflect desires (primarily sexual) which are supressed by the superego in order for the ego to develop as a social individual. There are instances however, when desires often escape from the unconscious and are revealed through slips of the tongue or within dreams themselves. The content of a dream is produced by 'dream-thoughts' and…

retold for countless centuries. Even in this day and time, a franchise composing of fictional comic book characters still excite the minds of children and adults alike. In The Dream of the Rood and Beowulf, a reoccurring theme of a hero meeting their demise to save the masses, echoes throughout each work. In The Dream of the Rood, the audience is immediately introduced to the personification of a cross-to-be. The story begins with a speech-bearer dreaming about a glorious tree. This tree…

The American Dream is a characteristic spirit of an era that manifested its attitudes and aspiration meaning since the idea of the American Dream was constructed the dream to achieve the American dream never died, it just moved from one generations to generations evolving and adapting. As shown in ‘Of Mice and Men’ (1937) and ‘Death of a salesman’ (1949) the dreams they have is to own a property both Willy, Lennie and George and making money. Furthermore the novella and the play were written…

The Alchemist: Dreams Dreams are the theme that ties together the whole significance of omens and Personal Legends in The Alchemist. Santiago, the main character, is a boy shepherd who is constantly questioning himself as to what his purpose in life is and how he can fulfill it. Throughout the book, he learns that dreams are indications of his own Personal Legend, or inner desire. The author’s message about dreams is that it takes much diligence and desire to fulfill them but it is all very…