Dreams, what are dreams? For many years I have wondered what dreams are made of. After much thought and deliberation I have stumbled upon three possible answers to this question. ... Second, I believe that dreams provide a time of contemplation of past mistakes and what would have been the outcome if a different choice would have been made. Third, I think dreams may contain the simple answers to difficult problems which the mind overlooked and disregarded as to basic of a solution for such a complex problem. ...

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The two main characters in this novel, George and Lennie, are completely the opposite to each other, both physically and mentally, but they both have the same hope/dream of what life will be like when they have enough money. ... Lennie believes everything that George tells him, I get the impression that Lennie is excited about the dream because when he is talking about it with George, Steinbeck says that "Lennie shouted" as he recalls that they will "live off the fatta the lan" finishing George's sentence for him. ... George on the other hand didn't really want to have to tell the ...

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It has a taste of far-off lands I can only dream about. ... We all have to die someday, but it seemed a lonely way to end one's life, out here in the wild and all I mean. ... But, what scared me the most was never seeing all of that before; to be suddenly awakened from a dream, as it were. Now, several days later, I'm finally beginning to think of other things again; real thoughts, not just the same recurring dream. ... I was surprised I guess. ...

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The basic storyline of A.I. is that a group of scientists create a little Mecca (mechanical) boy who is supposedly supposed to "have a mind". ... The Mecca then does begin to feel emotions, like love and hate, and David (the Mecca) also begins to chase after dreams. ... I guess you just program something to think, learn, and feel emotions and then it should be set, wrong. ... A.I. tries to show that somehow you can create a boy that loves, hates, and dreams, and in A.I. they do succeed. ... Singer argues against right-to-life activists with his statement, "Christianity makes a huge gulf betwee...

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It is not enough to think about something, you have to bring it to life to give it some sort of meaning to you. ... Taking the first steps to bring the dream into a reality is the hardest part. ... You could give thought to success having no physical evidence to it or that it is not a living thing. ... I wanted to raise my children and I knew that having a demanding career would not allow me to grow with them the way I wanted to. ... My rules were simple; treat others the way you would like to be treated, the golden rule, that I learned as a child that has had the strength to carry me to a suc...

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My Guardian Spirit I have chosen the dog as my guardian spirit. ... 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. ... Falling in dreams really means having lost control with some sort of situation in our life. ... I've also stopped having dreams of losing balance. ...

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Of course it seems easy to write about such a subject since I know myself better than anyone else, but when it comes down to it, I have absolutely no clue. ... And I guess you could say I have an irrational fear of monkeys. ... One of my friends also say that I have cute hands, but I won't get deeper into that subject. As for my wants and dreams, I don't wish for anything too special. ... I want to get married and have a big family. ...

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Therefore, he must have been living in some sort of dream world where he thought he can just wake up any mourning and just return to the past. ... I believe that Gatsby is an illusion created by Nick and that is the only place that can withhold such a being. ... Gatsby's character had to have been an illusion created by Nick since his personality contradicts itself. ... Later we see that Gatsby has a dream to pursue Daisy totally disregarding his previous dream. ... Since this story was displayed form the memory of Nick, I believe that this story actually could have been a dream. ...

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Since you have probably gotten a bunch of movie reports on 1) the action or 2) the religious symbolism, and I don't really want to write about those things, I am going to write about my thoughts after watching the movie. A few key things: The Matrix=dreaming=heaven How many times have you had a dream where you have brought back to life somebody that you had known before they died? ... Have you ever had a friend who was mad at you, but in a dream everything was ok between the two of you? ... Now I have come up with another question. ... Back to the "If I think, therefore I am- arg...

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He observes that when you dream you usually assume that if you pinch yourself during a dream you will wake up, or if it hurts you aren't dreaming, but he asks, could it be you are dreaming the hurt from the pinch? ... Does the pain actually exist or are you only dreaming of the pain in your dream? ... This is how be comes up with the idea that we do not have thoughts for ourselves and that anything that we believe or perceive to be "real" is actually a dream implanted in our heads by an evil-demon. ... "Cogito, ergo sum" I think, therefore I am. ... But others have reinterpreted his t...

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Antonio is Alienated I believe that in the novel Bless Me, Ultima Antonio is an alienated individual. He doesn't seem to act like any of the other kids his age and has been through so much more then they have. ... Throughout the book, Antonio has many dreams and some of his dreams tell about things that happen in the future. His dreams often foreshadow into what's going to happen in the next chapter. ... I wonder why Antonio can see the golden carp when he acts just like an adult. ...

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You have to love something in order for it to turn out good. ... Maybe I just lie down and start dreaming to forget and calm down. But then after that dream, I wake up and everything turns real again. ... I start thinking that I have to love my life and remember those special people who love you and are beside you every step trying to make it worthwhile. ... That's what I want to do make that dream a reality, and that's what I"ll do and hope my parents are still with me when I do to see me accomplish it. ...

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I looked up to see the man of my dreams in front of me. ... I never imagined being with someone successful, but Scott is everything that I ever dreamed of and more. ... I have always wanted to have my own children, but the first chance I got I gave it up. ... Maybe I'm dreaming or maybe I'm not. ... If I'm not dreaming, then how and why would I be hearing people talk? ...

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I without a doubt have confidence in going for broke, and having no second thoughts. ... I say this because I've had a total of three dreams my entire life. ... There have been times that I needed to stop, I thought surrendering was the answer. ... I have committed errors some that I am not exceptionally pleased with yet those are lessons learned. ... I couldn't have done and friends. ...

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Faced with an idea of being dumb and having a future in mining didn't stop the pursue of the boys being "rocket scientist". The Bear Creek boys being pushed down from their peers to Homer's own father almost led them to plunge a rocket dream. But there were few people who did try to make the boys dreams come true. ... Being the first believer and a family member of Homer helped the boys dreams seem to come real slowly. ... She kept there minds alive with new ideas and I think everyone needs a person to push everyone to be the best. ...

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There are also other characters in the story and most of them have some dreams and some of them are lonely. ... They all had dreams and they were all disappointed because something in their lifes. ... He thought "I could be alone worker going sometimes to the town and have nice life". George's dream was to have his own land with little house and his plan was to get one like that before he would die. ... His dream was to have friend and somebody to talk to he felt lonely and only thing that he did after work was reading books. ...

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s "I Have a Dream" speech. I have always heard about this famous speech and wanted to read it, but never found the appropriate time. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. decided to try and make that change with his extraordinary "I Have a Dream" speech. With his significant remarks made in the speech, I believe him to have accomplished his "dream." ... Personally I would have liked to have been there, on that particular day in 1963, to have been able to witness such a profound speech given by such an amazing individual. ...

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When the news of the pearl reached the town, everybody starts to fantasize and dream of the "impossible". ... He is driven by greed, so much so that he could even see "dream forms" in the pearl. ... When he wants something, he did not stop there, he continued to dream of the impossible, for "humans are never satisfied". ... However, when a group of hungry peasants arrived at his door with the poisoned child, he refused them entry by saying, "have I nothing better to do than cure insect bites for "Little Indians"? I am a doctor, not a veterinary". ...

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Another concept that I think is important that Krishna Kandath was talking about in one of his lectures was the American Dream. ... I think that most people's definition of the American dream is the same as the idea as consumerism. ... I know that it is a little far-fetched but I really do believe that that is most people's idea of the American dream. ... I have looked at my situations from a different lens time in and time out and I think that none of these perspectives has changed my view on e way or the other. I have to hear these things from my friends all the time and no matt...

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Sure, George may have been mean to him but it was for the best in the long run. ... There dreams was what kept them going. In fact, their dreams always included Lennie feeding the rabbits. ... If George hadn't killed Lennie then Curley would have tortured. ... Well, I say innocent because these two properties tend to over lap without and fine line between them. ...

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I feel as though if I would have applied the knowledge that I've acquired in this book to many of my past actions and situations I could have prevented many things from occurring. ... I am a very firm believer in the fact that dreams and visions are real. I am a dreamer that has accomplished every dream and vision that I have set for myself. There are still many dreams and visions that I haven't achieved, but I know that with self motivation, persistence and drive I can achieve them. ... I literally didn't even have the willpower to get out of bed. ...

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Therefore this trip let Finny have some peace within him, that he couldn't have at Devon by escaping reality through a trip away. ... After Finny's leg shattered he suffers a great deal because he knows he can't aim for his dreams anymore. A dream of his was going to the 1944 Olympics, and since he can't participate anymore he intended on living out his dream in Gene. So even though Finny's dream was out of the ordinary at the time, Gene didn't try to argue instead he thought, "And not believing him, not forgetting that troops were being shuttled toward batt...

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Ever since day one I have never quite fit in with any of the people I have met. Well this was all strange to me at first but now that I have looked at the ways you live and compare it to my life I have come up with only one conclusion. ... I also have the weirdest of the weird dreams at night. I have dreamt that I was walking in this strange world and I was looking for my mom. ... I was a little confused the first time I dreamt it but after dreaming it like ten times now it finally makes since. ...

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As a little kid, I was always dreaming about being that soldier that would one day come home from a war and be considered a hero. ... Well I happen to have a hero at home that I never realized till a couple of years ago. ... As my dad told me when I wanted to quit things, "Pain last only a moment, But Pride last forever." ... If I ever become half the man he is I will have reached a point that most people dream of. There is no other person who comes to mind, and I doubt there ever will when I think of my hero. ...

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I am one of those few depressed individuals who have experienced some of the worst of what the mind can create. ... As I froze in the middle of nowhere I lost myself to dream. ... To this day I think I would have had not He interceded. ... Life does have joy in it. ... Through Him and in Him I have found joy amidst the troubled thoughts of my misguided mind. ...

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