Ethan's+Dream+Log

Ethan F   English 7-C 5-10-08  ** Dream Telling ** In the book //The Giver//, by Lois Lowry, once a male or a female become “a three” they, must begin dream telling. That means that they must tell their family unit about the dream they had, and what it might mean. Their family unit may also critic the dream. Jonas, the main character, does not dream often; however, he has a dream to share with his family unit one morning. He had a dream about his friend Fiona, a girl he likes. Like Jonas, I do not dream often, and I have dreams similar to his sometimes; although, I do not dream about bathing another girl, which was his dream. Dream telling is important in Jonas’ life because it shows feelings or problem that your family unit can help you with. On Thursday night (May 8), I dreamt that I was playing Major League baseball for the Chicago White Sox. They were playing the Kansas City Royals, and we were in a very long rain delay. I was sitting on the bench looking out at the field in a daze. I got up, walked around, and I talked to several of my teammates, then I went to go sit back down. I am not quite sure what the message of this dream is, but it might be saying that the next few days I mite have late nights because of the delay, and I will be tired. I will not show that I am sleepy because I got up and talked to my teammates. The next dream I had was on Saturday night (May 10). I dreamt that I was surrounded by darkness. It was a dream, not a black out sleep, it was real darkness. I did not know what to do, what might happen, or what was going on. This dream I think is telling me that I will have days with many unexpected events, problems, or anything else because you could never know what happens in darkness. In contrast with the book, dreams play a role in our life as well. They may show things that might happen to us, or maybe keep us awake; however, I do not think that dreams play as big of a role in our lives, as to the lives of the people living in the story.