Dreams and lathe
Transcript of Dreams and lathe
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Dreams
And The Lathe of Heaven
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SleepBefore going into dreams, You need to understand a
little about sleep.
Sleep is essential to survival
Sleep is made of REM and NREM stages
You must be asleep to Dream
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What does sleep do?
Restores – During Sleep is when the body rejuvenates itself. This involves physical regeneration as well as mental.
Protection – Another theory is that sleep developed to protect us from hurting ourselves during this period. This theory also stated that this happens because we do not need a full day to meet the requirements of survival.(example = eating)
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Cycles
The two major sleep stages are REM and NREM.
REM – is the rapid eye movement stage. This is when dreams happen.
NREM – is the non rapid eye moving stage. This encompasses 75-80% of sleep and dreams tend to not form.
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Dreaming
Dreams can only occur while asleep and are composed of the images, thoughts and feelings experienced while sleeping.
Daydreams, a type of “dream” that occurs while you are awake, are not really dreams. They are actually resemble a deep thinking process more than a dream, which tends to be more random.
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Dreaming
Why do we dream?
There are many different theories about why we dream. But I prefer the theory that dreams are like a mental sandbox. You can think, feel and do anything you want without any of the restrictions of reality, society or even yourself.
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Conclusion
So how does this relate to “Lathe of Heaven”?
The power that the protagonist has to change reality based on his dreaming is really quite a catastrophic power. When a person dreams there are no rules and everything is fair play Essentially, he was subconsciously playing God. This is a common theme in Scifi and fantasy do the ability to create new worlds within these dreams. There are many theories regarding the creation of a new universe within the dream world. As a matter of fact the concept of a “dreamworld” is also incredibly popular.