This book takes place on Earth and the main character, Mr. Orr gets sent to this medical and mental health facility where he meets Dr. Haber who does some tests with him. Mr. Orr was taking drugs to suppress the dreams he had and Dr. Haber's goal is to convince Mr. Orr to stop taking those drugs. However it's harder than it seems for him because Mr. Orr believes that his dreams can affect the outside world and that dreams are made by emotions from your unsocialized self so his unconscious selfish desires come true into reality with his dreams. He has been taking drugs to suppress those dreams even since then but the doctor still tries to see if they can help him. Dr. Haber then suggests that Mr. Orr should dream right in front of him to determine the results of his dreams. Dr. Haber puts the man to sleep and makes him dream of a horse. Mr. Orr does that and after he wakes up, it is revealed that the mural in the room was a horse, the same one he dreamed of. Though, the mural was actually of a mountain before his dream and Dr. Haber, at first, had problems remembering the mountain. Then after a few seconds, forgets the painting of a mountain and automatically accepted the horse mural as reality. He had a backstory for the mural and everything. So it's really interesting to see how Mr. Orr is thought to be a crazy person but can actually alter reality against his will.
I haven't read a dystopian novel before but this novel is very intriguing to me. I am going to assume that this book is different compared to other dystopian books due to its focus on psychological concepts and philosophy about dreams. I think it's very interesting and I get absorbed into the science and philosophy of this book. The discussion about dreams and why they are important stood out to me. The new technology they have for dreams and the equipment they have are also very interesting like the Augmentor, the machine that can make records of people's dreams. It's such a interesting world in the book and I can't wait to read more! The book takes place on Earth and the world is still suffering from pollution in the air, just like the reality we live in. The effects of climate change are taking an effect on the environment in the book. (Pg. 27) I will comment on Rachna's and Matthew E's blog!
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Matthew Evans
6/8/2018 03:32:29 pm
I thought your post had lots of detail to it! You explained a lot about how these dreams essentially build up and destroy his life. How do you think the main character could change the world with his "powers?" Could he improve it?
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