In the universe of Minnelli’s films, almost everyone has dreams. Dream itself is a self-dominant world, in which the dreamer could create,change,or destroy for his own will. Reality is the container to hold so many self-dominant worlds. Speaking of the relationship between dream and reality, Jean Douchet makes an ambiguous argument about a recurring thematic in Minnelli: “Reality is the dream of other, but it is also one’s own dream.” It means that each dreamer has his own projection of the…
{No intro yet or conclusion}Psychological criticism is a method in which reading as dictated by Freud is applied to analyse texts, as Freud argues that the main argument to this theory is that texts such as dreams present unconscious desires of the author. Ursula K. Le. Guin is best known “for inventing fantasy worlds and uncommon experiences in such a way that readers can see themselves in the stories’ reflections,” as X.J Kennedy and Dana Gioia pointed out. Le. Guin demonstrates this in “The…
During waking the frontal cortex is reigning in the limbic system. During dreams, the frontal cortex metabolic rate decreases drastically, and the limbic system goes wild. Rational regulation of your emotional brain goes offline. We have wild escapades, violence, fighting, running. My wife says that I run in my sleep. I also get into fights and one time I actually hit her. That woke her and me up. So dreams are dreamlike because the prefrontal cortex is offline during REM sleep, allowing…
Working hard is going above and beyond, taking the extra mile and doing what no one else wants to do. Without hard work there is no getting ahead in life. The sought out American dream is to follow the work hard, get ahead belief, which is the most effective way to accomplish objectives in life. A lot of businesses like to know that you work hard because that helps ensures a company’s success, which will help you get ahead and accomplish your goals. This popular belief can be viewed as true…
Chasing My Dreams I have achieved many of my goals in life and I am so proud to say that I have reached them, these include graduating high school and getting a nice car, however I have many more dreams and goals to tackle before my hourglass runs out of sand. I plan to travel, I want to go as far as I can and to as many places as possible with a few major places that are a must. I want to have a plantation style house completely done in eighteenth century décor, hopefully I will be able to buy…
Troy used this to advantage by taking the disability checks that Gabriel receives from the government. Troy takes the money Gabriel receives to pay for the house. For example, “They give him a lousy three thousand dollars. And I had to swoop down on that” (28). Troy even states, “If my brother didn’t have that metal plate in his head.. I wouldn’t have a pot to piss in…” (28). Troy has used the money for his own personal gain. Of course, Gaberl had been living with them;…
The Power of a House In the 1950s, in America, the definition of American dream changed as homeownership became an essential part of it. This still stands true today as many immigrants dream of one day saving enough money to buy a house for their family. Through the years, a house has become to symbolize stability, comfort, and even happiness. A house is simply a building of habitation but the more time one lives in it, an attachment develops. This attachment can be attributed to the sense of…
Forrester. Knowing that the necklace was all paid off, she saw no harm in telling Mrs. Forrester what had happened. With much surprise, Mrs. Forrester laughed and said that her necklace was only costume jewelry. This means that Mathilde gave up everything she had in order to pay off something that never existed. It was an allusion just like the entire life would be. The author themes this story very well, he told about a woman who wanted what she could never have, never realizing that what she…
When it comes to dream interpretation the first to come to mind is usually the well-known Mr. Sigmund Freud. Freud created that stepping stone regarding the hidden meaning of dreams. A supporter of his for some time, Carl Jung used the fundamentals presented by Freud to create his own psychological theory of the unconscious. He used the same structured concept of Freud’s unconscious principle but named it the personal unconscious. One of his novel ideas however, was the collective unconscious…
First, Santiago’s fear of failing to achieve his dream in the future causes him to be more reluctant in proceeding with his journey. During the journey Santiago’s heart “began to speak of fear. It told him stories it had heard from the Soul of the World, stories of men who sought to find their treasure and never succeeded. Sometimes it frightened the boy with the idea that he might not find his treasure” (Coelho 144). The fear of not being successful in a journey, backed up by stories of…