Aboriginal people believe that there are 'Dreaming Tracks' across the land. ... This allows for the creative life force within the dreaming to flow and maintain the present and future. ... They connect with them through Walkabout where they follow the dreaming tracks. ... The Dreaming incorporates both Transcendent and Immanent religious worldviews. Both are very important to give the indigenous people a sense of belonging within community, cultural values and set morals to live their lives by. ...

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In doing so I was able to see not only a variety within the answers, but also the common principle that was shared throughout each of their answers. ... His idea of the more realistic dream would be "to have a house, a beautiful family, a great job, an abundant circle of friends, and indefinite financial security," a dream, which he also stated, was attainable for every American citizen. ... The meaning of this dream to him is "Living a free life, and achieving all of your goals through hard work and positive ambition," qualities he thinks are vital in achieving this dream, along with morals...

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The American dream is a passion, which burns strongly inside those with desire to learn and prosper. ... What is the American Dream, and who are the people most likely to pursue its fulfillment? ... Clearly, there is no cut and dry definition of the American Dream. ... I am surrounded by examples of the American dream fulfilled in my life. ... In the United States, we have a democracy, which ensures that the power lies within the people. ...

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Is it a dream, or a vision? ... What exactly is the American Dream? ... "The American Dream is the same as the French Dream and the Iraqi Dream and the Somolian Dream it is to find a way to connect in a significant way with people you love." ... Malls today, for example, have been carefully designed in order to disorient the shopper and temporarily "trap" them within their walls. ... Happiness and the reality of the American Dream are found once we have abandoned all of the false dreams and created a dream of our own. ...

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The inconsistency, however, is found within her inhabitants. ... For example, "the slavery question was already embedded within our Constitution-the ideal of equal citizenship under the law that promised its people liberty" (Obama 1). ... This dimmed my dream and woke me up to some harsh realities. ... But it is also the American people who protect the dream. Only through their perseverance can our American dreams be attained....

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What is the true state of the so-called "American Dream" today? ... In fact, the original term "Ameri­can Dream" was coined during the Great Depression by James Truslow Adams, who wrote that the American dream "is that Brandon King is studying political science at the University of Cincinnati and plans to attend law school. ... In many ways, the American Dream of today is a trimmed down version of its former self. ... The American Dream, however, is based on perception, on the way someone imagineshow to be successful. ... Only then will the American Dream remain alive for future generatio...

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"I don't dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living."" ... How many of us can't dream? ... Jay Gatsby is the epitome of the American Dream pursuer, yet the ideal American Dream doesn't work in his case because his ambition is too great, thus overworking the Dream. ... Because his Dream was love, he in essence, also "found what a grotesque thing- the American Dream is. ... Since the end goal of the American Dream is corrupt, Fitzgerald also means the Dream itself is corrupt. ...

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The American dream is a constantly fluctuating set of ideals, reflecting the ideas of an era. ... The American dream is interwoven and deeply embedded in every fabric of American life. ... Gatsby after losing Daisy dreams deteriorate and waits to hear from Daisy again. ... Set during the Great Depression era the characters have dreams typically American of this era: dreams for untarnished happiness and for the freedom or opportunity to follow their own desires. ... After teaming up with another farmhand named Candy, they combine their money putting their dream farm in reach within the month....

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How can Death of a Salesman be interpreted as a critique of the American Dream? ... "The key to happiness is having dreams. ... The problem with the American Dream, I believe, lies not within the dream itself, but within the means people pursue to attain this dream. ... Therefore, he wastes his life trying to accomplish this dream. ... After all, according to the American Dream, quitters are failures. ...

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And so a dream was born. ... Yet the dream has soured. ... Even within our own race there is inequality. ... Is this how the dream should be? ... The reality of the American Dream is that it is defined by its title, it is merely a dream. ...

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Usually these dreams consist of things like fame or fortune or love, and for some people these dreams seem to be unattainable. The whole point of the term "The American Dream" was to create a phrase that showed people how much America was centered around people reaching their dreams. ... The American Dream is usually only attainable to those that are within the groups that society has deemed privileged enough. ... This brings us to the general inequality of the American Dream. ... That is not what the American Dream is supposed to be....

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Edgar Allan Poe's "A Dream within a Dream" deals with a man's struggle to find out the meaning of life. ... For example, the opening stanza of "A Dream within a Dream" starts off with a triplet, and then switches to couplets. ... He wonders whether it even matters if his life has had his love, dreams, and aspirations taken away from him because he feels that life is just a dream anyway. ... In the poem "A Dream within a Dream", Edgar Allen Poe, gives a special meaning to the poem. ... By stating that his life has been "a dream within a dream" s...

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Poe's poem "A Dream within a Dream" contains two stanzas each describing a certain experience. ... The meaning of the poem "A Dream within a Dream" is that everything in life is so fleeting and fragile, it is even more distant than a dream. ... "All that we see or seem/ Is but a dream within a dream.... "Is all that we see or seem/But a dream within a dream?... Perhaps life itself is just a dream within a dream....

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I would like to begin by presenting an abridged account of what I believe to be the American Dream. The American Dream is, to me, not an individualistic concept, but rather, a collective one. ... Even within themselves, religions generate deep and hateful – sometimes violent – sectarian divides; how can we expect different religions to accept each other if they have proven incapable of even accepting themselves? ... Other differences that threaten my American Dream are differences in political opinion. ... Even if the differences can be tolerated, the very presence of these differe...

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The American dream is a "recurring theme in American literature"(Pearson) and in American society. ... Daisy is stupefying and elusive, a crucial character who represents the American Dream (appositive phrase); when Gatsby unsuccessfully attempts to woo Daisy back, this unveils the false promise of the American Dream. ... Here, Daisy herself is the American dream, since her voice causes excitement within men in the same manner in which the American Dream provokes excitement. ... Daisy is evidently personified as the American Dream throughout The Great Gatsby. ... Not only does Dais...

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Everyone does in fact dream. ... Dreams start to brew around stage 2. ... This is the time the dreams occur. ... Why do people dream? ... Everyone dreams, and anyone can remember his or her dreams. ...

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The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement- wrote James Truslow Adams in Epic Of America' 1931. ... But the drug-a-delic duo stumble through Vegas in hallucinatory hopes of finding the American dream. ... Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas' also uses the idea of the American Dream as a key theme. ... "I tell you, my man, this is the American Dream in action! ... What people see on the outside of a wealthy, successful and powerful individual is not nece...

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Within the subconscious lie different types of things such as suppressed emotions, creativity, and basic human instinct (Ullman and Zimmerman 1979). ... The catalysts for these impulses are triggered by the subconscious mind and the emotions within it (Davidmann, 1998). ... The metaphysical is the imagery within in them and their relation to the subconscious. The physical aspect is the chemical reactions occur within the brain during dreams and the REM. ... The super conscious dream, lucid dream, nightmares, night terrors, sexual dreams, repetitive dreams, and the plain subconscious dream. ...

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The term "American Dream" first emerged in Hector St. ... During the 1500s, people who attempted to purify the Church of England from "within" were given the name of Puritans. ... In America, immigrants had a chance to achieve their dream, a dream based on freedom and equality for all. ... As America evolved, so did its people, and so did the "American Dream.... The American Dream is an ever changing ideal. ...

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Within the unconscious there were archetypes. ... The anima (feminine) and animus (masculine) must be shared by an individual in order to create harmony within themselves. ... By encouraging individuals to illustrate their dreams through art, while the dream was still fresh in their memory, Jung helped to link individuals with the world dream. ... Looking at Freud and Jung, both express this internal battle within the human. ... If either aspect of the unconscious is out of alignment total chaos can insue within the individual. ...

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The story follows a man named Jay Gatsby, who is Nick's neighbour; he is a man who has wrapped his life within the past five years around his sole desire to be with a woman named Daisy Buchanan. ... In this novel, the American Dream is a concept that is consistent throughout the entire story. ... Obtaining Daisy is part of his ultimate American Dream, which goes to show that people will do anything to gain the American Dream. ... This place represents those who have not even slightly obtained the American Dream; yet, nonetheless, they are still dreaming to achieve it in the long run. ......

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During this marriage, he wrote and published "A Dream Within a Dream". ... "A Dream Within a Dream" is one of Poe's many poems about death and memories. ... Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?" ... The sudden change from a solemn tone to a pleading tone jolts the reader to senses of how the speaker feels that life is nothing more than a dream within a dream. This poem shows the deep torment that the speaker feels because of death and how time passes by like a dream. ...

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The American Dream: A pursuit of material possessions. ... The American dream is a quest of material possessions. ... This is my parent's view of the American dream. To achieve the true American dream, people must learn to live within there mean and to stop trying to keep up with their friends or neighbors. ... The true American dream has to be somewhere in the middle. ...

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On the surface dreams may seem unimportant and worthless to some people. Individuals may superficially over look the depth and degree that dreaming affects us, but I have concurred from my reading, in section two, that dream research is important. Research has shown that we learn while we are dreaming. ... Nothing was really known about "how" we dream let alone why. ... The human brain is so complex and seemingly untapped in comparison to the capacity and potential within. ...

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Dreams Dreams! What are dreams? Why do we dream? ... Stage 1 of sleeping is very quick if the person is not disturbed they within a few minutes slip into stage 2 of sleep. ... That was later proven incorrect, dreams actually run in "real time" so when you dream what you do in your dream takes exactly that long to dream. ...

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