In Between Dreams

Theories and Functions of Dreams and the Nightmare From the beginnings of human communication, dreams have made a significant impact in human life. Dreams, as we perceive them, are a sequence of images, notions, sentiments, feelings, thoughts, and impressions that occur spontaneously and unintentionally throughout sleep. In spite of the culture, society, sexual orientation, or other aspects a person can be defined from or classified into, everyone dreams regardless of physical or mental…

In “On Dreams”, Freud (1901) lays out many of his thoughts of the fundamentals about dreams and their interpretation through the interpretation of his own dream which occurred on July 23-24th, 1895. In this case study, the fundamental concepts of dream interpretation will be outlined beginning with an analysis of the difference between manifest and latent content of dreams. Also included will be a discussion of of condensation and displacement as forms of distorting dreams and the related…

famously, Freud is accredited with his work published in 1900 The Interpretation of Dreams on dream analysis. Next, there was Carl Jung, who proposed another perspective giving people insight to the meaning of dreams. After years of research, psychologists have made significant progress in understanding why people dream, its function, and to some extent a more valid theory of what dreams mean. Freud “proposed that dreams provide a psychic safety valve that discharges otherwise unacceptable…

Brant combat the myth of The Dream and also myths of internalized hierarchies of race and status. In Between the World and Me, Coates’s idea of the dream is a lie of innocence that feeds the ignorance that most Americans have towards the injustices constantly occurring around them. He described his wife as being woken from the dream due to her “knowledge of cosmic injustices” that she experiences due to identity as a black woman. (Coates p. 65) Coates views the Dream as very negative because he…

Death of a Salesman presents the struggle of an American family to achieve success. Willy Loman, the main character, is a salesman who is motivated by the desire to provide for his family. This desire is the quintessential definition of the American Dream. Blinded by this desire, Willy Loman loses sight of his true happiness and tears himself apart. To fully understand the breakdown of Willy, one must first look to the play. Miller uses numerous literary devices to introduce the audience to…

America has made its name with the dream, the American dream. It was the one with the white picket fence and the lush green lawn in front of the nice house, the nuclear family with a father, mother, son, daughter, and dog. In the 50’s, it was perceived as the land where one could struggle into success. In Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me, he encapsulates his story as an African American. He tells a story contrary to the dream. Today what laid beneath the savory and fake image of the…

Seventeen years determine the age gap between my oldest sibling and me. Being the youngest of four and the sibling closest in age to me is still five years older, I felt like I was on my own. By the time I was finally aware of my surroundings and in need of guidance and advice from my wise older siblings, they had already started their lives and left me to become my own person and make my own mistakes. My parents strived to achieve the American dream; they worked long, irregular hours resulting…

For the mystic, Dream Yoga is an essential tool in the collection of Amrita and in understanding the nature of Nirvikalpa-samādhi, yet it is the Atman that will control the dreaming awareness as Self can only experience ordinary dreams. The Atman awareness can move out of the lucid dream state and enter into the unknown, unifying the energies of the Yantra chakra with the energies of the Bindu chakra. In many ways, ordinary Self becomes the dream and dreaming becomes the reality as the Atman…

their best selves, others let ambition control them to the point of failure. Through the characters of Macbeth in Macbeth and Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, both William Shakespeare and Arthur Miller reveal how uncontrolled ambition and reckless dreams possess the capability to lead one to their destruction. Ambition leads the characters to be extremely gullible and destroys their moral conscience and integrity. Moreover, ambition leads the protagonists to destroy their relationships with…

African American families are exposed to living in Chicago, during the 1950s, through the Youngers. Although the Younger family lives in a single bathroom apartment, the ten-thousand insurance check installs hope for them. The pursuit of the American dream is alive for the family. Specifically, the insurance check provides Walter Younger with the ambition to unshackle himself from the chains of oppression and poverty. Walter desires to provide for the Youngers, especially Travis. He puts an…