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An Attempt At Understanding DreamsA few months ago I watched a movie called The Candyman. It was a curse movie ab appear this psychotic woman who massacres people around her but hasno idea what shes doing. An imaginary creature called The Candyman isappearing to her and talking to her, and she actually thinks that hes the mavenwho is doing the murdering. Anyway, it was a scary movie and I had a bit of funfreaking out my mother that night by telling her that The Candyman will appearto her in her romances (although I didnt think about the consequences if hereally appeared to her and she killed all of us while we were sleeping).Fortunately for my mother (and the rest of us), she didnt dream about him thatnight. A few weeks later, I did, though However, I didnt get very scared in mydream because thanks to a legitimate technique that I demonstrable a few years ago, I hatful somehow avoid any dangers in my dreams by knowing that Im aspiration and thatnothing bad can happen to me. This helped me in a lot of annoying dreams beforebecause when Im in trouble I sometimes barely fly away in certain situations inthe dream or I just ignore it and tell the bad guy that he cant hurt me becauseI know its just a dream. I have no idea until today how Im able to do that,but it really makes me wonder. I also dont know why I had that dream a fewweeks after the movie and not the same night I watched it, especially that I hadcompletely forgotten about it until the night of the dream, at least consciously.Anyway, I decided to use the chance of having to write a paper forPsychology 201 and I almost instantly knew that I was going to search the world ofdreams and the process of dreaming. Before I go any further though, I think Iknow from the start that no matter how frequently material I gather or people Iinterview, I will not be able to explain the process of dreaming because Ibelieve that it is so complex and mysterious that no man can claim to reallyunderstand it. The maximum that I wish to achieve is just to admire thisincredible phenomenon and to at least try to clarify some of the little detailssurrounding it.Some questions come to my mind immediately when I think about dreamsWhat causes dreams? Does everybody dream? Do dreams have significant meanings inreality? Why do some dreams seem so weird and out of ... ...echnology. The mainproblem is the great diversity of the issue and the difficulty of conductingphysical experiments and analysis on such a phenomenon. It is a phenomenon thatdefies the laws of physics and society, and the limits of dreams are stretchedas far as the human imagination goes. The best we can do is to give limitedexplanations that we think might work with us, but the true secrets of dreamingwill never be uncovered. We can just share our dreams and try to understand someevents that happen to dreamers all around the world, which makes us appreciatedreams much and more.Works CitedAbdel Hamid, Ranya, 22 yrs., Mechanical Engineering major at State University.Aristotle, On Dreams, 350 B.C.Atkinson, Rita L., Introduction To Psychology, 1993.Dreams Interpretation Services & Resources, http//www1.rider.edu/suler/dreams.html, 1996.Farrag, Mariam, 20 yrs., Political information major at State University.Ghaleb, Teymour, 23 yrs., Marketing Analyst at Daewoo Co.Hassan, Farouk, Dr., Practicing Psychiatrist.Rafik, Nadine, 17 yrs., student at State University.Shawky, Safinaz, 21 yrs., Economics major at State University.