Dreams have been objects of boundless fascination and mystery for humankind since the beginning of time. ... Through observing and evaluating three of my own dreams, I have found these dreams as places where I am provided with comfort and situations that satisfy some of my deepest ambitions and fulfill my wishes. The first dream I evaluated was a dream I had in the sixth grade, about a date that I was on. ... I kissed her, fulfilling a wish as a child that I never would have imagined. ... I have come to the conclusion that many dreams are positive outcomes to problems or situations of the in...

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If I am distressed and under a lot of pressure I have more intense dreams than in other times when I am in a relaxed state of mind. ... I find that I can slip into REM fairly fast once and while, usually when I have been deprived of a lot of sleep. ... I have tried many times to fall asleep right after I wake up in the middle of a dream. ... Luckily for me I have not had a reoccurring dream. ... I look forward to all the dreams I will have in the future and hope that my subconscious will give me clues about my everyday life. ...

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When I say "partially" I mean only a specific aspect of dreams comes from daily life interactions. ... I spoke earlier of REM (Rapid Eye Movement); it is the time in which the individual will have their dreams. ... Now that the diagnostics of dreams has been covered, I would like to focus on the origin of dreams from a medical standpoint. ... Thus far, I have established that dreams have both a metaphysical existence and a physical. ... There seven types of dreams according to the facts I have researched. ...

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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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When we are little a dream appears to us of the most insane job. ... Although I did not always have, problems with making quick decisions it's when I aged it came to me {decision making}. ... Being a chef requires a bachelor degree and on the job training programs not to mention lots of hard work in which I have the mind set for. ... Writing notes always seems to happen when I have nothing to do. ... In conclusion, I know no matter what job I chose their will always be the advantages of one that I like more than another and disadvantages will always be less if I chose my one of my two dre...

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I get to the crowded parking lot and search for a spot remotely close so that I do not have to walk as far. ... I keep wondering what I could have done to shock all these people. ... I have absolutely no clothes on! Alright so not everyone has had this exact dream but most people have had one similar to it. Everyone dreams, but the big question is do they have any meaning? ...

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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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Even if once in a while a dream may creep in, I would forget it the second I wake up. Recalling back memories, there is one dream that clearly haunts in my mind. ... I had this recurring dream in my high school when college entrance exam exerted high pressure on me. ... Flying dreams also serve as an escape from the pressure of the real world. ... I have free spirit blood in my vein. ...

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Dreaming about Reality For ages people have tried to analyze our dreams, and make sense of them. ... Many respectable people have gathered thoughts about this topic, and have written works about it as well. ... Although they discuss the differences between the two, I feel that a person's most inner thoughts and feelings can only come true through their subconscious. ... Having dreams is the best way to achieve something that one can't achieve in the "real world." ... Being able to have super powers or being able to meet a celebrity is obtainable through the "dream world." ...

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My Dream Come True It has been one of the most common topics for great writers to write about. ... I was scared. ... My Dream my hope my desire of being with her grew thin and distant in my mind. ... We have been together now for a while and having a great time and I still feel that tingly emotion flowing through my veins. ... For our future only time will tell but I see us lasting for a while but we have to watch ourselves we do not treed to deeply into each others lives as we both have other commitments that we have to consider: Exams, Hobbies and most of all Family and Friends. ...

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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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"Every thought I was having while awake I can also think of myself as sometimes having while asleep; and since I do not believe that what I seem to perceive in sleep comes from things located outside me, I did not see why I should be any more inclined to believe this of what I think I perceive while awake.... John Locke's claim is that we cannot have the same physical presence of pain in dreams as we seemingly have in real life. ... Knowing the premise of the argument Hobbes stated, "because in waking, I often observe the absurdity of Dreams, but never dream of the absurdities o...

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Many people have dreams that they dream of for years and years, but never make the dreams a reality. Teaching is a dream for me, and I would like it immensely if I could make my dream a reality. ... I also have a desire to serve in my community as a noble individual. ... My desire to work with young children and to have the many benefits that a teacher has and to serve in my community all have important roles in my dream of a teaching career. I hope that if I strive at all that I do, then I can make my dream of becoming a teacher a reality in my life....

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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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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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We"ll have children, and our children will have children" (102). ... Miller allows Loman to exist in a disturbed version of the American Dream. ... Unfortunately, he convinces his two sons that having these traits is more important than school work and being a productive member of society. ... He realizes that "I"m like a boy. I"m not married, I"m not in business" (11). ...

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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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"I paid the man thirty-five hundred dollars down on the house. ... "And we have decided to move into our house because my father-my father- he earned it for us brick by brick." ... First they would each have to pitch in and pay 10,000 dollars to cover the first fees along with down payment. ... " All the dreams I had "bout buying that house and fixing it up and making me a little garden in the back- (Pg 45) They never moved into that little house so the way for her to have her garden was through a little plant that she had. ... " I bet this time next month y"all's names will hav...

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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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That dream lasted about a year, until I actually worked in a repair shop, then that dream went down the drain. ... Had I not watched that movie, the thought would have never crossed my mind. ... I have relatives out there, so it won't be too hard to find a small place to live. ... I haven't really narrowed one down yet, but I have a couple in mind. ... I know I am going to have to start out small, but you have to be realistic about things. ...

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First, Descartes realizes that many of his beliefs are false, stating, "It is some years now since I realized how many false opinions I had accepted as true from childhood onwards, and that, whatever I had since built on such shaky foundations, could only be highly doubtful (Descartes 13).... Even though he is dreaming, his senses and perceptions appear to be completely real and convincing. ... Descartes asserts, "When I think this matter over more carefully I see so clearly that waking can never be distinguished from sleep by any conclusive indications that I am stupefied (Descarte...

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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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