Summary
Chris woke up in a new place where nothing had a shadow; not him or the tree he was next to. He knew he was not on earth anymore, confuse of where he was, Katie a dog he and his family use to have was there. Katie had died awhile back when Ian his son was growing up. He was in a peaceful place and he liked it a lot. While walking around he notice this house a type of house his wife would buy so he walked to it. Putting water on his face, he said that it was like he was water proof because it ran off his face. Then the same stranger from the day he died called his name, it was his cousin Albert and now he has to learn some new things. Chris wanted to see his parents and other family members, Albert informed that they were all here but he can't meet them yet until he is ready and learn some everything. He also learned to guide them but they have believe in it. Chris wants Ann to be with him, but Albert tells him she will come soon. Albert also explain how everyone makes their own living with their mind anything they want, so then he wants into Albert's house. Thoughts are a big part in the afterlife, and Chris has to get use to Albert reading his mind. When creating a place to live it takes awhile but eventually it comes up if you don't want a certain thing anymore it vanishes into the matrix. Chris went to sleep dreaming about Ann having an adventure with him, but then it turn into a nightmare when he thought of Albert he came fast like he promised. Chris notice Albert was not moving his lips but he can hear his voice, which Albert explained that there people communicate by thought. Chris is still a beginner with using his mind. Chris really wants Ann to be with him he can't accepted the fact that he is away from her.
Quotation
Chris is starting to learn that in the afterlife he has to use his mind to do everything and Albert says, "Thoughts are very real" (Matheson 72).
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I found it very odd how in afterlife people communicate with their minds, it not just communicating with their minds but also the way they want to live in what they call heaven. I also understood it too because since they are in heaven there is no use for the physical body parts or internal body parts. I wish that it was that easy to think about something and then you have it. It is like Chris is being reborn into a new world and has to be taught how to live life. Albert is the person who guides him on how to live his new life in heaven. When Chris is inform that using his thoughts helps a lot in the afterlife, he starts to notice that the whole time he has been talking to Albert he notice he has been using his mind a lot. I think thoughts in this story will be a significant.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
What Dreams May Come (pgs 1-52)
Summary
The book is a manuscript of Christopher Nielsen after life. It was given to Robert Nielsen by a stranger who says she is a psychic, she claimed that for many months she has been writing it because of his brother Chris wanting him to know the truth. Chris Nielsen who gets in a car accident that causes him to be unconscious. Soon when he is conscious he does not believe that he is dead, Chris said that he had this flashback which was so fast and it went backwards from his death to infancy. Chris really believes he is not dead that he is under anesthetics and is dreaming. While walking around the hospital a mysterious man told him he was dead, he later woke up next to Ann and told her the weird dream. Chris finds himself at a funeral, his funeral and when he is not able to "wake up" and sees all his family and close friends he starts to know for a fact that he is dead. His son Richard called Perry a psychic who was trying to convince Ann that her husband is with her right at that moment but she did not believe the guy. Chris calls her name so much, but then gives up, he walks in his daughter's room Marie and reads the letter she is writing. He found out that he can communicate through but Marie does not show her mom what he told her to write. After Chris starts thinking about his wife and children but then gets this weird feeling and there he knows his after life was not over.
Quotation
This is when Chris had the flashback "A flashback...So fast I couldn't follow it-and in reverse. The days before the accident, back through the children's lives, my marriage to Ann, my writing career. College, World War Two, high school, grammar school, my childhood and my infancy. 1974-1927" (Matheson 11).
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When Chris said he had a flashback I wanted to know what He had a flashback on. I really thought the flashback would of have started from the beginning of life to the end, but it did make more sense from it to start from the end to beginning. The reason because Chris was able to see all the special moments that happen in his life. He said that it went by really fast, I wonder how he remembered every second of his life that flash before his eyes. Usually when we have things flash before our eyes it takes us a moment to process what just happen. As Chris said it went by so fast that he could not keep up with it but remember the memorable moments. If I was in Chris' brother shoes I would not believe what I am reading but then again I would because when you have siblings you know their personalities. Is this the last flashback that Chris is going to have would he be able to see his whole life at any time he wants in his after life? It was funny because at that moment Chris still did not believe he was dead, which I did not understand because he has saw in movies when someone dies they have a flashback but I guess that did not ring a bell in his head. I think what Matheson is trying to show us through the character Chris is that when we have bad experiences we try to block them out and think the opposite even if though we know the truth of what is really going on.
The book is a manuscript of Christopher Nielsen after life. It was given to Robert Nielsen by a stranger who says she is a psychic, she claimed that for many months she has been writing it because of his brother Chris wanting him to know the truth. Chris Nielsen who gets in a car accident that causes him to be unconscious. Soon when he is conscious he does not believe that he is dead, Chris said that he had this flashback which was so fast and it went backwards from his death to infancy. Chris really believes he is not dead that he is under anesthetics and is dreaming. While walking around the hospital a mysterious man told him he was dead, he later woke up next to Ann and told her the weird dream. Chris finds himself at a funeral, his funeral and when he is not able to "wake up" and sees all his family and close friends he starts to know for a fact that he is dead. His son Richard called Perry a psychic who was trying to convince Ann that her husband is with her right at that moment but she did not believe the guy. Chris calls her name so much, but then gives up, he walks in his daughter's room Marie and reads the letter she is writing. He found out that he can communicate through but Marie does not show her mom what he told her to write. After Chris starts thinking about his wife and children but then gets this weird feeling and there he knows his after life was not over.
Quotation
This is when Chris had the flashback "A flashback...So fast I couldn't follow it-and in reverse. The days before the accident, back through the children's lives, my marriage to Ann, my writing career. College, World War Two, high school, grammar school, my childhood and my infancy. 1974-1927" (Matheson 11).
Reaction
When Chris said he had a flashback I wanted to know what He had a flashback on. I really thought the flashback would of have started from the beginning of life to the end, but it did make more sense from it to start from the end to beginning. The reason because Chris was able to see all the special moments that happen in his life. He said that it went by really fast, I wonder how he remembered every second of his life that flash before his eyes. Usually when we have things flash before our eyes it takes us a moment to process what just happen. As Chris said it went by so fast that he could not keep up with it but remember the memorable moments. If I was in Chris' brother shoes I would not believe what I am reading but then again I would because when you have siblings you know their personalities. Is this the last flashback that Chris is going to have would he be able to see his whole life at any time he wants in his after life? It was funny because at that moment Chris still did not believe he was dead, which I did not understand because he has saw in movies when someone dies they have a flashback but I guess that did not ring a bell in his head. I think what Matheson is trying to show us through the character Chris is that when we have bad experiences we try to block them out and think the opposite even if though we know the truth of what is really going on.
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