Dreams vs. Reality
As perfect
as a situation may be in our head, many times it never carries over into the
real lives we live in our everyday life. As shown in Kingston’s vision in the chapter
“White Tigers”, she views herself as being ferocious, brave, and fearless. She
is seen climbing a mountain to meet a new family and to learn techniques to
become strong warrior. I believe however that this was simply her way of coping
with the issues and injustices that she faced in her real life; Her dream of
her being a ferocious warrior was how he managed to compliment the emotional strength
that she lacked so much in her real life. This is seen in the difference in how
the author addresses herself in her dream as opposed to how she addresses herself
in real life. For example how Kingston sais “I leapt on to my horse’s back and
marveled at the power and height it gave me”, it is her own subconscious way of
giving herself power, and she goes on to imagine all that she would do with
this power given to her. She however in reality is forced to submit too many
others in her life due to her own lack of power. She is treated poorly by her
parents and by her boss at work, and even though it helped her find how she can
create long term change for those in her position, no amount of wistful
dreaming could help her gain the power and strength to successfully demand what
she wanted out of others, unlike her warrior self who was able to.
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