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    Dreams

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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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    Dreams

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    Dream By: FY All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. I believe every child is born a dreamer‚ from the moment we enter this world our mind wanders off in every direction. The thoughts created in our mind unconsciously creates us‚ as humans who differ from one another. For I have dreamed on and on‚ gone through thousands of dreams. Yet I realized that life is not unlimited‚ physically as well as our mentally we are not immortal and have a certain duration

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    Movie Review: Hoop Dreams

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    Hoop Dreams Paper The movie Hoop Dreams shows you the difficulties and obstacles that come in the way of dreams. Although it’s said that if you believe in a dream long enough it will come true‚ but in Hoop Dreams you are shown the harsh realities of the falseness of that statement. Then that the reality of a dream not coming true hits you like a brick wall. This movie shows the conflict perspective view showing how sports can be harmful because they make you believe that if you have a talent it

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    Robert Deiz AS 201 MW 5:30 – 7:20 4/14/10 The movie I chose for my presentation is Hoop Dreams. This movie was produced in 1994 by Steve James‚ Fred Marx and Peter Gilbert. Hoop Dreams is an excellent three hour documentary about two black boys growing up in the inner city of Chicago‚ Illinois with aspirations of playing basketball in the NBA. The movie starts out when William Gates and Arthur Agee are going to enter high school. William and Arthur both are recruited by Earl Smith a talent scout

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    Understanding the Dream Process and Dream Meanings Amanda N. Hollis West Georgia Technical College PSYC 1101 Treva Sexton Understanding the Dream Process and Dream Meanings Everyone dreams‚ but people do not always remember the dream. When someone actually does remember the dream there is a chance that person is wondering‚ “Why they would dream about that?” and “What does that dream mean?” In Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams‚ he claims that dreams are meaningful and the reason why they

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    Dream Analysis

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    Since the beginning of time‚ dreams have been a mysterious wonder amongst humans. The word "dream" comes from the Middle English word dreme‚ which means‚ "joy" and "music." Everyone has dreams‚ and those who say they don ’t in fact do‚ but just don ’t remember their dreams. A person spends 6 years of their life dreaming‚ which is equivalent to 2‚100 days in different world (dreamfacts). Many people often have weird and unexplained dreams that they usually just overlook‚ but research is showing

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    Dream High

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    Dream High Every single person has their own dream. Maybe it is small‚ maybe it is lofty‚ maybe it is simple‚ maybe it is hard to achieve. But Hip Hop and e.e.cummings tell us never give up your dream. Some lyrics and poems talk about similar things‚ like talking about achieving dreams; both the lyrics and poems give us inspiration. If we want to dream high‚ we must try ours’ best. Somebody have a dream‚ he has a lot of difficulty on the way of seeking the dream‚ but he has fire in his heart‚

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    The Importance of Dreams

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    The Importance of Dreams Dreams. Everyone has them. Goals‚ aspirations‚ things they strive to achieve. Some people’s dreams are more far fetched while others are more realistic. Nonetheless‚ everyone has a dream. It’s what fuels one to work hard. He or she knows that in order to achieve their goal or goals‚ they must work hard and try his or her best. The poem “Dreams” by Langston Hughes really defines just how important it is for one to have dreams. The poem compared dead dreams to a life that

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    The Psychology of Dreams

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    Why we dream: an analysis of contemporary research and theory on the function of dreaming Krista L. Hulm Essay Topic Why do we dream? Discuss with reference to psychological theories and research. Abstract Within classical psychoanalytic psychology‚ Freud’s (1900) conception of dreams is the most prominent dream theory among modern Western culture (Fosshage‚ 1983). Freud theorised that dreams serve a dual‚ compromise function. He suggested that unconscious‚ instinctual

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    The American Dream

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    Thesis Statement: The American Dream: Money‚ Success‚ and A Home The American Dream changes over time‚ always based on society. In the 40’s and 50’s the American Dream was to have a white picket fence‚ a dog‚ a two parent home‚ and a couple of children. Today‚ it’s a little bit different‚ the American Dream is to have money‚ cars‚ fame and success. The things I would have to say would never change about the American Dream and what it consists of would be money‚ success‚ and a home.

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