Interpretive Speech – Topic: Dreams As we lay our heads on our pillows at night fast asleep – are we dreaming? As we sit in daylight with a blank stare gazing out the window - are we dreaming? And if so what are we dreaming about. Good Morning‚ my name is Shelton Redden and like many of you‚ other people feel that it is these dreams that give us life; and without dreams our waken state is tantamount to death. Langston Hughes in a poem entitled “Dreams” portrays this very point; [he writes:]
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Arnold Spirit “Junior” is the protagonist of our story. Funny‚ smart‚ emotional‚ poor‚ brave‚ persevering‚ all of these are traits that describe Junior. Born at the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit‚ Washington‚ Junior was expected to die during the surgery‚ but miraculously lived. However his brain suffered major brain damage during the surgery which gave him 10 more teeth than usual‚ and seizures. His head was much larger than the usual‚ and his feet were that of a clowns; and as you may
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Matthew Arnold’s famous poem “Dover Beach” contrasts strongly and in many ways with Augustus Toplady’s hymn “If‚ on a Quiet Sea‚” particularly in its attitude toward religious faith. Arnold’s poem expresses great doubts about the future of religion; Toplady’s hymn is a fervent expression of faith. The tone of Arnold’s poem is therefore melancholy‚ while the tone of Toplady’s hymn is optimistic and hopeful. Other contrasts between the two poems‚ especially as they relate to religious faith‚ include
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The American Dream 1. Give an outline of how the American Dream is interpreted in texts 2‚ 3 and 4. In text 2‚ by Arnold Schwarzenegger‚ the American Dream is interpreted as America being the place you would have to go‚ if you want your dreams to become reality. All it requires is hard work and determination‚ and you have to get involved with the nation‚ meaning that you have to learn the language‚ participate in political processes and not only take what America has to offer‚ but also give something
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Ruoqi Xu Psychology Professor Dude 11/22/12 Dream and Its Meaning Dream can be happy‚ delightful‚ absurd or even fearful. Dream is what we experience when we sleep; it “involves an integration of perceptual‚ emotional‚ motivational‚ and cognitive processes performed by various brain modules” (Passer and Ronald193). However‚ the content of the dream and the reason why we dream specific content still remain a mystery till today. Although many scientists have been attempting to find the answers
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Throughout the essay‚ “The Origins of Poetry in Langston Hughes” the author‚ Arnold Rampersad‚ makes three very important points. As a whole‚ the essay addresses the evolution of Langston Hughes’ literary works and reveals why Hughes’ poetry changed the way it did. The most prominent point in the essay addresses Hughes’ personal connections with his works. Rampersad stresses the idea that Hughes drew his creativity from his unhappiness. Hughes himself claimed that he wrote best when he was at his
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background music and suggests to the speaker some unspecified‚ unrelenting sadness. To this point (line 14)‚ the poem has been essentially straightforward description. In the second section‚ the speaker (presumably grounded in the classics as Matthew Arnold was) is reminded that the Greek tragic dramatist Sophocles had heard the same sound in the Aegean and it had suggested to him the turbid ebb and flow of human suffering‚ which had been the dominant subject of his plays. (The precise passage referred
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1. Outline of the American Dream interpreted in text 1‚ 3 and 4 The first text consists of bunch of interpretations of the American Dream. One of which James Truslow Adams has written‚ The Epic of America‚ states‚ that The American Dream should be a unadulterated success‚ that everyone would be able to achieve it according to their skills and fundamental abilities. That it is not a dream of fast cars and high wages‚ but more a dream‚ where people attain social abilities – having social order and
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INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION PROJECT DUE: 3.35.2012 Topic: Dreams Attention Getter: It’s midnight and your car broke down right outside of town. Your cell phone is out of range and you have to get home. You grab a flashlight from the trunk and decide to walk to the nearest gas station just a couple miles down the road. There is a very dense nightshade ahead and with every step you seem to get further and further into the eerie darkness. The flashlight starts to go dim and you remember the extra
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Dream Summaries Day Dreaming: When your imagination carries you away. Daydreaming is a classified level of consciousness between sleep and wakefulness. False Awakening Dreams: You dream that you wake up and your day starts‚ but then you actually wake up. Lucid Dreaming: Where you realize you are dreaming during your dream‚ and then have the ability to control your dream and what happens inside of it. Nightmares: A nightmare is a disturbing dream that causes you to wake up feeling anxious and
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