Interpretation of Dreams

In the chapter "Why Dream?" taken from The Interpretation of Dreams by Laurence M. Porter informs the readers about dreams and the different variety of interpretations. When a person's sleeping mind is awake, the dream will become more of a waking thought. "By saying that the mind has been temporarily crippled, it neatly avoids all the difficulties of trying to explain the inner contradictions and incoherence of dreams," (Porter). Regression and repression are the keys to Sigmund Freud's concept of the dreams. Porter emphasizes that we have all had immoral dreams. Immoral dreams can contain impulses repellent to our conscience; this shows that dreams have access to psychic material that happens to be absent from or minimal in the waking states of life. There are two rules of interpretation: the dreamer's associations to a dream should be considered as part of the dream and analyzed along with it; absurdity in a dream typically means that the dreamer is passing judgement on some situation that they find absurd (55).
The chapter above helps with my topic because it actually tells about the two different rules of dream interpretations. Porter has very good information to help, but some of the information seems to be repeated time and time again. I have always known their were immoral dreams but I never knew that everyone could have them. Sigmund Freud is the first person to ever interpret dreams; he has very good interpretations at that. This chapter gave details on Freud's achievements with dream interpretations, in which Porter used to help interpret his dreams and to help other interpret theirs. Porter does give some "gee-whiz" information that has nothing to do with dream interpretations as well as giving information about dreams that people already know.
Porter, Laurence M. The Interpretation of Dreams. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1987. 48-57. Print.