Sigmund Freud's Dream Analysis

In the works of Chester Himes there is an underlying theme of dreaming. Throughout his various stories Himes uses dreams to function as a retreat for his characters. In his short story “The Meanest Cop in the World”, Himes is able to concoct an entire story that is descriptive and lifelike, which the readers just assume is real. However, when the curtain is pulled back at the end and Himes tells the readers that the entire thing is just a dream the readers are shocked. Dreams have a very specific function in Himes’ stories as fantasies to keep the prisoner’s minds occupied. The dreams give the readers an insight into the minds of the characters that allows the readers to connect with characters they would otherwise

Freudian concluded that dreams were a way for the mind to give you something you actually want in real life. They were giving you what you wish for. In information processing, it is believed that dreams help us sort out incidents that happened throughout the day and bring together our memories. In neural activation, REM sleep sets off neural activity that recalls incidental thoughts. Our brain makes these thoughts into stories. In other words means these dreams are random.

Dreams; they have been the subject of many songs, poems and other forms of entertainment and literature. I recall when I was a child, Walt Disney’s Cinderella. Cinderella sings the words “A dream is a wish your heart makes” Dreams have left many fascinated and sometimes in fear. Dreams are the images and thoughts that fill a person’s mind while he is sleeping and is an important topic in the field of psychology. Many psychologists have theories as to what dreams mean and what their function is. Some believe dreams reveal our inner wishes and conflicts; they are a wish-fulfillment. Others theorize that dreams help the brain in processing and making sense of all the mind experiences. Do dreams expose one’s inner feelings and fears? Are they some sort of relief for the brain to relax and process? Examining a dream might aid in answering these questions of meaning or if there is any meaning to dreams.

“The companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain” Mary Shelley once said. It's no secret that how a person grows up determines the path they take later in life. Certain tragedies and accidents can greatly impact them on a psychological level. Sigmund Freud, a famous psychologist, believed a family relationship has great influence on how a person grows up. In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, Shelley exposes the life of a scientist named Victor Frankenstein and the monster he created. These characters had a tumultuous relationship due to the monster’s upbringing. It can be argued that the true monster in the Frankenstein is Victor Frankenstein.

The nature- nurture debate was a debate that was argued a while back. It is an argument till this day in trying to decide which theory in the right theory. The nature- nurture debate is basically a debate about how a human being turns out to be in their life and what determines that. The nature- nurture debate is how both influence a human beings performance. Some argue that people were born to be the way they are on the other hand the other theory is that people turn out the way they are depending on their surrounding and their lifestyle. Nature is when it is genetic and biological influences, Nurture is when it is social, economic and environmental influences. Underneath are five different opinions from 5 different people on the nature nurture debate and which side they agree with.

Starting from the ancient times humans has always been interested in strange phenomena of sleeping and dreams. Dreams can be explained psychologically as images of subconsciousness and feedback of neural processes in human's brain. For most of us, dreaming is something quite separate from normal life. When we wake up from being chased by a monster, or being on a date with a movie star, we realize with relief or disappointment that "it was just a dream." Although in most dreams we are not aware of the fact that we are dreaming, a remarkable exception occurs in "lucid dreams" in which the dreamer “attains a clear cognition that he or she is dreaming while dreaming” (LaBerge 2000). This state can be viewed as being awake while

Dreams have a different interpretation and sides, the spiritual and scientific. According to the Encyclopedia of Dreams (comprehensive study of dream), dreams were used by God to deliver His messages and give lessons to people’s lives so it has a dipper meaning and symbolisms in our life; contrast, to the study of Calvin Hall, a behavioral psychologist, tells dreams shows our

Originally from Austria, Sigmund Freud was a trained neurologist who was particularly interested in the human psyche. Over many years, Freud developed a theory to explain human behavior, what we refer to now as “Freudian Psychology.” First, he divided the mind into three levels, and used the analogy of an iceberg to help others understand it. On the surface, Freud identified the Conscious. It is here that most of our decision making and ideas are processed. However, in Freud’s model, this consisted of the “tip of the iceberg” which barely resided above the water. Next, just below the surface, is the Preconscious, which contains all of the memories that an individual can retrieve and bring to the conscious. The final part of one’s mind is the Unconscious. Freud’s writings describe this as being a “cauldron” or “reservoir” of all the ideas, thoughts, and feelings that a person has, but does not necessarily know exists. This aspect resides far below the surface, and comparable to an

We are told today in society's teachings that being an egoist is a fallacious act. The book Anthem by Ayn Rand is the story of one man fighting for individuality in the collectivist society he lives in. It depicts Ayn Rand's philosophy against a collectivist society and supports more freedom for all men. The book advertises the way Ayn Rand believes society should be and promotes happiness for everyone “And my happiness needs no higher aim to vindicate it. My happiness is not the means to an end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.” Prometheus displays the ways of an egoist by having high confidence, having a clear vision of how it can be good and bad, and clear evidence from a speech in the Fountainhead.

Dreaming is the unseen spirit world. It is not incomprehensible and in the past. It is realism ‐ Dreaming is expressed in ceremonies, dance, song and art. It is both individual and communal

To many people, one's own dreams can tell a lot about a person. What exactly is a dream? A dream is a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep. If someone was to dive even deeper into what is exactly is a dream they would see that dreams is more complicated than what its definition defines it to be. Based on Bunuel's “Une Chien Andalou” and Freud “On Dreams”, the most psychologically significant aspects of dreams are sexual desires and wants that seem to only come out in dreams due to being repressed.

In his theory of dissociation he stated that: “The nature of conscious activity, especially partial automatism in which a part of one's personality is split off from self-awareness and follows an autonomous subconscious development”. Janet’s theory of the subconscious can be compared to Freud’s theory which is: “the unconscious mind governs behavior to a greater degree than people suspect”. Although there’re differences in the two theories, the main idea still remains, that the subconscious mind comprises thoughts inaccessible to the consciousness but to some extent, affect our behaviours personalities. Carl Jung (1953) also arrived at the same theory as Freud regarding the subconscious mind . However, there is a major difference between Jung and Freud’s model of the unconsciousness. Jung theorized the notion of collective (or transpersonal) unconscious. This is the second layer of his model of unconsciousness, with the first layer similar to Freud’s model. According to Jung, the human mind’s has innate characteristics imprinted on it as a result of revolution. These stem from our ancestral past (e.g. fear of the dark…) and they’re shared unconsciously with all the members of the human

three views, psychoanalytic, biological, cognitive. The psychoanalytic view focuses on our internal motivations. The biological view focuses on how our brain is responsible for creating these dreams. The cognitive view explains our dreams through our experiences. Then i stated that the cognitive view best explains my dream.

Freud’s claim that all dreams are motivated by a (sexual) wish has been controversial ever since it was first proposed mainly because critics objected to granting it scientific values and consequently, validity. Popper posited an objection that most critics have appealed to. Though he did admit its values in other terms , he asserted that Freud’s proposition was in no way scientific because it would permit readily available fabrication of excuses to fend off any potentially negating results. Also, a person could not readily, if at all, confirm Freud’s experimental results due to Freud’s insufficient elucidation on the dreams observed and analyzed during his clinical treatment. Also, psychoanalysis was too exclusive, for it could not be performed by the inquisitive general public. The lack of

Depression can be a biological disease as much as a psychological disease. It is most commonly defined as a lengthened sense of hopelessness in an individual. In the perspective of a psychoanalyst, the roots of depression come from hidden disturbances. This theory of psychoanalysis states that a person’s childhood residue of repressed conflicts and impulses stimulate negative effects on the person, one of which includes depression. Historically, some psychoanalysts believed depression is anger turned inward, or in other words, hatred turned into self-hatred. Sigmund Freud, founding father of psychoanalysis, suggested that people protect their self-esteem with defense mechanisms that reduce or redirect their anxiety by instead distorting reality.