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The author of the story “Black boy”, Richard Wright, expressed the theme, the
importance of dream by making readers relate to the situation in “Black Boy”. “Black
Boy” is about this little boy who writes a story and the story’s title causes this uproar
because it has the word hell in it. “ The Voodoo on hell’s half acre” is the title of the
story. The theme is importance of dream, and this theme relates to the story because the
main character had a dream. Stayed with that dream, and he didn’t let what others said
about him bother him.
The theme importance of a dream relates to “Black Boy” because the boy decided
to go for his dream. His dream was to become a writer, as seen on page 431, the narrator
expressed that the boy woke up one day wanting to be a writer, and he then picked up his
composition book and he wrote the story. He showed a way on how go with that dream
and he had also had the courage to stay with that dream.
Also, The character had stayed with his dream; this is shown on pages 432-434.
He had put so much time into that story that he took it to the editor himself. Once the
editor got it he wanted a response immediately. That shows that he stuck with his dream,
he wanted an immediate response from the editor. After that he wanted to know what was
he going to do with the story. The main character had a dream, and he didn’t care what
others said.
Lastly, the main character in the story “Black boy” didn’t care what people said
about his 3part story. He even was hurt by his own grandmother, (as seen on pages 432-
In “To a Mouse”, Robert Burns views dreams as if they are fragile things that are broken easily.
to tell the story of the dreamer whose dreams were corrupted.
and he savored reading. His father at one time aspired to be a poet. His
The story is riddled with death; all of the dead he’s has seen: Linda, Ted Lavender, Kiowa, Curt Lemon, the man he killed, and all the others without names. Through his memories of them he relives his time in Vietnam. By telling their stories he “keeps dreaming dreaming them alive.” to try and restore his
the dream, in the end, he is left dead and without the hope of winning
as the town people called him, was a dreamer, he wanted others to dream with him
believed that money would make him happy. When he became rich, his dream then became
The speaker chooses that he wants to be a writer rather than what his father does since he had “…no spade to follow men like them.” The speaker uses emotion to put himself down while praising his elders. The speaker does not retain the meanings or the cravings to live as his family did and decides to use his pen to write instead. The speaker creates art based on his emotion about his family which allows a connection for the audience to relate
Lennie dreamed about tending the rabbits on the farm with George, but Lennie doesn’t have a chance to do that anymore. Curly’s wife wanted to be an actress in Hollywood for a show, but she never got the call that she’s in. Crooks never got to be a free slave. But this story at least talked about the characters trying to reach those dreams, which shows they have dignity and pride within themselves. But in reality, dreams are something we stride for, dreams will never be perfectly perfect nor perfectly
The fantastic tale “Was It a Dream?” by Guy de Maupassant is a story narrated from the first point of view, in which the main character, who remains anonymous, describes his desperation and overwhelming grief since the loss of his loved one. He also relates a supernatural event he experienced, while in the cemetery, in which he finds out the truth about his significant other’s feelings but refuses to accept it, or at least tries to ignore it. Maupassant’s readers may feel sympathy towards the narrator as they perceive throughout the story his tone of desperation, and are able to get to the conclusion that he was living a one-sided relationship. Maupassant achieves these effects in the readers through the use of figures of speech, like anonymity, symbolism and imagery, and the structured he employed in the story.
His parents were unsuccessful. and "his imaginationâ€never really accepted them as his parents at all"(104). Always envisioning a better life for himself and a bigger purpose for his life, he has an amazing ability to make his dreams come true. As a child he dreams of being wealthy and living in luxury. and he attains this.
Though dreams are usually considered to be pleasant distractions, the man believes that good dreams draw you from reality and keep you from focusing on survival in the real world. The man’s rejection of dreams and refusal to be drawn into a distraction from his impending death exemplifies the futility of trying to escape; McCarthy presents dreams and memories as an inevitable conundrum not to be trusted. The man’s attitude towards dreams is established from the beginning of the novel. When battling with a recurring dream of his “pale bride” the man declares that “the right dreams for a man in peril were dreams of peril and all else was the call of languor and of death” (18). To the man, the life he lives in is so horrible that he believes that his dreams, in turn, must...
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Through research and collection of dreams from different cultures and people, Jung was able to note that dreams have common themes and are of two types: Big and Little. The former is characterized by universal prototypes, while the latter by human’s own thoughts and experiences. According to him, dreams are symbolisms of one’s aspirations and history that are beyond our consciousness. He believed that we must carefully think about our dreams from our subconscious minds as it sends messages on how we can live a meaningful