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What symbolism do dreams have? 14 Common Dreams and Symbols and Why They're important Huffingtonpost [|link] Website Speaker: DreamsCloud, Suzanne Bergmanne, Huffington Post Occasion: dream symbols Audience: readers, students, scientists, anyone Purpose: to explain the most common symbols in dreams and how they relate to real life Subject: Symbols in dreams Tone: informal, informative

The article is mainly about the most common symbols in dreams based off of user input using their database DreamsCloud and they are explained by professionals.It shows how dreams are very universal.

The main point the author makes is that basically everyone, no matter what ethnicity or cultural background, has similar dreams.

I am persuaded because they used actual people's input and they also used a professional source.

".. the field of dream research becomes even more fascinating when people from different cultures and backgrounds report having similar dreams."

".."Dreams are a universal language, creating often elaborate images out of emotional concepts," explains Suzanne Bergmann.."

".."But just as a smile usually means that someone is happy, these dream images are so common, that they do have a generally accepted meaning."

Title: Why We Dream, And What Happens When We Do Author: Dennis Rosen [|Link] Website Subject: How people sleep, different types of sleeping, links between dreams and illnesses, medication influences Occasion: Finding out how dreaming happens Audience: anyone interested in how dreaming works Purpose: to explain dreaming and the stages of dreaming Speaker: Dennis Rosen, Freud Tone: Formal, informative

Rosen gives explanations of the different stages of sleeping. He also explains different types of sleeping that often occur, that comes from Sigmund Freud's theories.

The main point Rosen makes is that there are different possibilities while dreaming, that occur to due to some external issue. For example, an alarm clock that gets disguised as a fire truck horn in their dream or medication that causes someone to have crazy dreams

I am persuaded by Rosen because he seems very professional and it is on a trusted website.

"Certain medications can make dreams even more vivid."

" [|Freud]  held that a purpose of dreams was to allow the psyche to take un-acted upon impulses and desires and fulfill them away from the conscious mind.."