People "dream about whatever they do when they're awake. Dreams, what [one] hopes for, [are] not separate from [one's] life- (133; ch.12). In Barbara Kingsolver's novel, Animal Dreams, each character's hopes, aspirations, and hardships are intricately woven throughout their lives and intertwined in their dreams. ... Each of these characters' dreams reflects their innate and cultural instincts. ... Her dreams were realized by the fact that she was able to act usefully in more ways than just her "Garden Hotline-. ...

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"Animal Dreams" is a novel rich in symbolism. There were symbols relating to Grace"s past, Codi's relationship with Hallie, and life. The references to bones in "Animal Dreams" were also symbols. The bones symbolize memory and death. For example, the "skeletons of cows" (7) in chapter two symbolize ...

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I have my own dog and I work at an animal clinic, so I spend a lot of time with many different dogs. ... My Dream I started having a recurring dream when I was about 4 or. The dream included me losing balance and falling off of a railing. ... I've also stopped having dreams of losing balance. ... This assignment made it clear to me why I have such a strong connection with dogs, and animals in general. ...

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The introduction of the ways of the animals and their spirits, the bear, beaver, wolf, wolverine was passed on. ... How that all began with a dream and their need to help the land to which they are dependent. ... How Dora-Rouge taught through discussing her dreams, what plants had medical properties (p 166- 175). ... The learning that life is connected and the oneness with the animals, and the sanctity of life must be respected was shown over and over through the stories of creation. ... That through dreams unheard of to the western mind, in the Native Indian mind worked very well. ...

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Anaya uses animals to symbolize intangible attributes such as good and evil. ... Tony realizes that in order to be successful, he must heed the warnings that come to him through nature, and his dreams. ... The connection that Tony makes between animals that live off the misfortune of others, and Tenorio, who holds vengeance toward others, is another step towards his realization of the world. ... Anaya uses animals to help Tony ease through the process of maturing, which Tony is forced to do in a short period. The animals help young Tony express his feelings through a medium that relates to ...

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"As an ex-animal, I look fondly on her excesses and simplicities, and would not return to them; taking no marks for what I have become, merely that my nine lives peal in my ears again and again, ring in these austerities". The persona is reflecting on the past fondly and remembering when she behaved like an animal. ... "These arbitrary disciplines of mine, most of them trivial: like covering the children on my way to bed, trying to live well enough alone, and not to dream of grappling in the snow, claws plunged in fur". ... She is fighting the urge to follow her animal instinct and do what she...

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What makes humans different from animals? The soul differentiates us from animals. ... This is what separates us from animals. ... This is animal like, and does not separate him from the animal. ... In life we all have goals, and dreams that we strive for. ...

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Not many people fulfill there dreams. ... That makes people unhappy and they become regretful and more and more surround themselves with the dream world rather then reality. When in fact they should be working on making there dreams a reality. ... But that's just an example of bites and pieces of memoirs all living things share with the following generations which give us the ability to understand our mistakes as animals. ... Because if we are the only things that limit our own dreams, what is holding us back from becoming the most important. ...

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Other animals don't have the same type of brain as a human; therefore animals are considered generally not to have this freedom of thought. ... His relationship with the fish is to explain the connection between man and animals. ... Again he shows that humans are limited and can be related to plain animals. ... The flowers were needed by warm blooded animals for nutritional purposes to keep there energy up. ... The last of the three is "The Dream Animal" in which Eiseley goes on about the evolution of man. ...

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She had been like a caged animal for years and this was her first glimpse of freedom. ... She was the wild animal set free once more and she would rather die then go on living her life as she had previously. ... She died because her dreams were taken away....

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She had been like a caged animal for years and this was her first glimpse of freedom. ... She was the wild animal set free once more and she would rather die then go on living her life as she had previously. ... She died because her dreams were taken away....

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She had been like a caged animal for years and this was her first glimpse of freedom. ... She was the wild animal set free once more and she would rather die then go on living her life as she had previously. ... She died because her dreams were taken away....

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She had been like a caged animal for years and this was her first glimpse of freedom. ... She was the wild animal set free once more and she would rather die then go on living her life as she had previously. ... She died because her dreams were taken away....

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The native Americans where very in tune with the harmony of the totality of nature and their connection to the basic energies of the universe, plants, animals and the sun. ... Aside from the importance of consciousness, Moore also suggests the importance of the unconscious that takes place in dreams, and gives acknowledgement to Freud's famous quote dreams are, "the royal road to the soul." "The way we deal with our dreams give us a great deal of insight into our habits and nature, but also the way we relate to our dreams can be indicative of our way of dealing with all kinds of things, ...

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His studies turned into the largest science experiment anyone had ever dreamed, Victor created an animate monster out of dead human remains. ... Besides, the strange nature of the animal would elude all pursuit, even if I were so far credited as to persuade my relatives to commence it. ... When Victor sees what he has created, he is immediately repulsed by the monster and hides. "...now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. ... I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beaut...

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The bone still has bits of flesh "clinging to it," implying there is something left behind by the animal and a bit of his life is left behind on the bone and is "still tainted by corruption (25)." ... Val Xavier is the most visibly alive character in the play, with his "wild" good looks and snakeskin jacket that almost serves as an extra coating of skin, and when it is removed he submits himself to vulnerability as his jacket is a symbol of wild vitality like that of an animal. ... She seeks an unconscious dream-reality that she finds in sleep, in an unconscious state. Later, this dream sta...

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Victor delves into the mysteries of nature "One of the phenomena which had peculiarly attracted my attention was the structure of the human frame, and, indeed any animal endued with lifeTo examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. ... He continues to describe his activities " Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?... Only when he completes his creation does he finally realizes the horror of what he has done "Now that I had finished, ...

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In the last verse of "Losses", he says, "It was not dying- no, not ever dying; But in the night I died I dreamed that I was dead, And the cities said to me: "Why are you dying? ... He describes the barracks where he sees grown men treated like animals, they too were scarred and the reality of this left a mental scar. ...

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Unlike him, every character has discovered a way to escape from real life: Amanda unwilling to face the truth of her current status returns to her days of glory, the moment she was young, Laura contained and protected from reality by her family, escapes to her imagination through her collection of glass and Jim, unable to face the fact that his is not as successful as he thought he would be back in high-school, dreams of a wonderful future in which his succeeds. ... He is aware of it but he constantly tries to find a way to escape, so that he can live his dream, his fantasy, as Laura, Amanda ...

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Rather then showing the creature love, Victor chooses to ignore the fact that he bestowed life upon the creature, " the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart." (85) He leaves the creature for dead just as an irresponsible mother would leave her child at birth. ... Many psychologists have done work o the effects of isolation on humans and animals. ... His creator's dream of greatness turned into a nightmare, and a story of unimaginable effects. ...

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After Laforgue made fun of the Indians view of an afterlife where souls of men hunt the souls of animals in the forest at night, Daniel retorted, "Is it any harder to believe than a paradise where we all sit on clouds and look at God?" ... This is seen when he allows Chief Chomina to die and go to his "She-Manitou" instead of him baptizing him as he lay on the island like he had seen in his dreams. ...

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He is one of those adventurous guys who does things that I would never dream of doing. ... He once called a friend who was going through some personal problems and told him that he was being investigated by the Humane Society for animal cruelty. ...

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Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, is a novel about self-discovery, in which Janie Crawford is determined to find true love in marriage, and live life according to her terms. Janie's search begins in her Nanny's yard, as Janie lies beneath th...

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Immortality, life after death, and infinity are people's concern and interest .Everyone one has a desire to still alive and to examine life and its secrets, Immortality expresses the existence of souls after the death of the body to confirm the fact; that death is not the end of everything .The origin of this belief, the existence of souls after death is a global abstract phenomenon that some anthropologist refers it to dreams which inspire of continuity of dead people existence. ...

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