The Symbolic Language Of Dreams Stephen King Analysis

In Stephen King’s article,“The Symbolic Language of Dream,” he states, “ I think that dreams are a way that people's minds illustrate the nature of their problems. Or even illustrate the answers to their problems in symbolic dreams”(38). Dreams shows the individual unconscious and being to glimpse one's deepest desires and problems that are happening in their life. There are certain symbols that have meaning to them. In Carl Jung “The Importance of Dreams” every object and sign in the dreams represent a deeper meaning than what it actually is. How every individual person has a separate meaning to that object. While dreams can show a person's deepest fantasy and wishes there is also a dark sides to the dream. In the unconscious mind a person's

shadow self will come out however it can be helpful to know this dark self. In the article, “The Shadow Side of Everyday Life” by Zweig and Abrams this dark side can take over a someone if that one person doesn't have control over it. Understanding the symbols presented in the dreams can be important because dreams interpretation helps one to solve problems and to understand one's inner world.
The mind can have a lot of stress put upon it when the individual is conscious, when that person dreams and has a vision it can help with the problems they are facing in the real world.

Dreams can be used to that person advantage by lucid dreaming and create many stories so they will be able to write books about them like the famous author Stephen King. He wrote many of his stories by his dreams. Whenever he has trouble finishing a story or doesn't know where it should go next he will dream it and incorporate it in his stories. Some dreams may be show a glimpse of a person's future and give important information to them. King’s says, “Precognitive dreams are a staple of our supernatural folklore”(39). Every story and film that has come out has eventually started out from a person's mind and they must of gotten that vision from a dream. Turning that dream into something that everyone can see whether it's a book or film. “ Creative imaging and dreaming are just so similar that they've got to be related” (King 42). It must be, it all comes from the mind and just like daydreaming seeing a vision in the mind when the individual is conscious and is able to have control over

it.
When an individual sleeps they will dream of a certain sign or a symbol that will have a completely different meaning and will show the answers that they have problems to. There are many signs and symbols in the world that people can easily recognize like the cross sign and will know that it is a symbol of Christianity or a white dove which symbolizes purity and a spiritual message that is being delivered. There are signs that people dream of and will have no clue what that symbol means or haven't heard of it before. As a matter of fact, that individual has seen it but wasn't paying attention to the symbol when they pass by it before in their lifetime. “ They have happened, but they have been absorbed subliminally, without our conscious knowledge… and though we may have originally ignored their emotional and vital importance, it later wells up from the unconscious as a sort of afterthought”( Jung 191). The unconscious is something that has many scientists debating of its existence and that they are two personalities within one individual. Mankind has developed a consciousness and self awareness over time, and there have been a side of man that is called a biological shadow that still existed today hidden deep in our unconscious. “ The dark side is not a recent evolutionary appearance, the result of civilization and education... that is based in our very cells. Our ancestors, survived tooth and claw… The beast in us is very much alive just caged most of the time” ( Zweig and Abrams 329). This beast inside us is hidden and can show up in dreams trying to show any sign of aggression to any other person. Whoever that individual dislikes and won't do that evil action to anyone when they’re conscious, it will happen in their dream however too much can be a bad sign.
The shadow is what everyone has, a sort of self image that no one wants to see and once in awhile it will come out the only way to have control of it is to actually meet the shadow. People will keep on pushing the shadow self deeper and deeper into themselves and will not find a way to get rid of it and sooner or later it will take hold of someone. The shadow is different for everyone it depends on the person and the culture they follow. When someone is conscious they will be kind to one another,and have moral behaviors and what is socially acceptable in their environment. The shadow will be anything mean or what will be considered shameful and the individuals will try to hide it in their shadow selves. Any sort of negative energy that person feels is being sent to the unconscious shadow and will be shown again in their dreams. However having a shadow could have its benefits, it shows the person what they really want. When the person is dreaming of have a fight with someone they dislike they will wake up feeling completely upset that they were fighting with that person. There seems to be some conflicted between them and that person can relieve the problem by talking to this individual. Having a balance between the shadow and self will give more power to that person who is able to control it. “ Meeting the shadow is to develop an ongoing relationship with it, to expand our sense of self by balancing the one-sidedness of our conscious attitudes with our unconscious depths” (Zweig and Abrams 331). Having the individual use this amount of dark energy and making it into a positive energy by turning it into something light by diffusing the negative emotions in day to day life.
Dreams can help anyone with problems either knowingly or unknowingly they hold the strongest answers people just have to find a way to understand it. Creative writers use dreams to help with their stories. The mind captures everything a person sees when they are conscious and gathers the information in the mind and they show symbols and messages to the individual. The individual needs to know oneself in order to understand the messages that come to them.The person needs to understand their own dark shadow by seeing what their deepest desires are pushing them with something that they'll regret in the end. They will need to understand the message and the symbols that is unique to each person. Whomever dreams of any object has its own meaning because they each have their own experience with that symbol whether it's a good sign or bad. King says,“ Whatever’s going on in our daily lives, our daily thoughts, the things that the surface of our mind are concerned… trickle down and then they have some sort of an influence”(40). By finding the meaning of each object in their dreams people will be able to identify the issues in their lives and by keeping a balance in their lives both dark and light.
In conclusion, anyone can solve their own problems just by seeing what their unconscious is trying to tell them and to fully understand what each symbol means.

Dreams are still a mystery, it's the unconscious that is in control of the mind the individuals could just sleep and watch the vision play out in their mind. Dreams could be a whole world in the mind of a person who will then write stories about it and share them to others. They show the answers to the person who needs them the most and will need to find ways to understand their own dreams by identifying the symbols by going back and thinking about their dreams. Having people write out their dreams in a book, they will easily be able to see what they need to work on. The dark side of a person will come out in the unconscious mind trying to overtake the person in making them do things like showing aggression to others however, by understanding the person dark side by listening to the shadow self, one will be able to control it. Dreams can solve any problems like having full acceptance of oneself, not just the conscious side but also the unconscious to fully accept the whole

individual.