The strange dream always begins on a country road. Kim
stands on this road and sees a lane with a white fence and a hedge on each
side. At the end of the lane, on the top of a little hill, she sees a small
white cottage with green shutters. Then she walks up the lane to the house,
goes in and looks around. In one of the rooms, she finds a man asleep in bed.
He is a little old man with white hair and a white beard. When she comes near
his bed, the man wakes up. Then he sits up and looks at her. When she tries to
speak to him, she wakes up. She is very surprised and troubled by the dream because
she has never known any little old man like that and neither the place.Kim’s roommate knows everything. So, one day she ask Kim to visit her (Janet’s) parents’ farmhouse to feel peace in mind. As they
pass through a country road, Kim sees a similar place which she sees in her
dream. They stop there. Janet does not want Kim to go and see the small cottage
but Kim goes.
The house was exactly the same, except for a sign in front
of the house which said ‘FOR SALE’. Unlike her dream, Kim goes to the door of
the house and knocks and to her surprise, the same old man answers the door who
immediately closes the door. After Kim’s request, he opens the door. Kim again
asks why the house is for sale. The old man answered that the house is haunted
by a ghost. Kim tries hard to think to say something but she asks who the ghost
is. The old man shocks her by replying that she is
the ghost. In this way, at last Kim found herself as a ghost.
A. Answer The Following (page no.4)
1. In which country does this story takes place?
Ans. The story 'The Recurring Dream' takes place in England.
2. How old is Kim at this time?
Ans. Kim is 25 years old.
3.Who is Kim's room mate?
Ans. Kim's room mate is Janet Wilson.
4. Where is the house in Kimberly's dream?
Ans. According to Kimberly's dream, the house on the country side of England on top of a small hill.
5. Describe the lane and the house?
Ans. Kim's dream begins on a country road where Kim is standing on the road having lane with white fences and hedges on the sides of it. At the end of the lane, on top of a little hill is where she finds the house having a green shutter.
6. Describe the man Kim sees in the dream.
Ans. The man according to Kim's dream is a little old man having white hair and beard.
7. Where in the house is the man when she sees him?
Ans. The man was asleep on his bed when she came across him.
8. Where does Janet want to take Kim for a few day's?
Ans. Janet want's to take Kim to her parents farm for a few days.
9. Where does Kim see a house like the one in her dream?
Ans. Kim sees a house like the one in her dream on the way going to Janet parents' farm.
10. What does the little old man do when he sees Kim at the door?
Ans. When the little old man sees Kim at the door, he hurry and shut the door in fear.
Ans. The story 'The Recurring Dream' takes place in England.
2. How old is Kim at this time?
Ans. Kim is 25 years old.
3.Who is Kim's room mate?
Ans. Kim's room mate is Janet Wilson.
4. Where is the house in Kimberly's dream?
Ans. According to Kimberly's dream, the house on the country side of England on top of a small hill.
5. Describe the lane and the house?
Ans. Kim's dream begins on a country road where Kim is standing on the road having lane with white fences and hedges on the sides of it. At the end of the lane, on top of a little hill is where she finds the house having a green shutter.
6. Describe the man Kim sees in the dream.
Ans. The man according to Kim's dream is a little old man having white hair and beard.
7. Where in the house is the man when she sees him?
Ans. The man was asleep on his bed when she came across him.
8. Where does Janet want to take Kim for a few day's?
Ans. Janet want's to take Kim to her parents farm for a few days.
9. Where does Kim see a house like the one in her dream?
Ans. Kim sees a house like the one in her dream on the way going to Janet parents' farm.
10. What does the little old man do when he sees Kim at the door?
Ans. When the little old man sees Kim at the door, he hurry and shut the door in fear.
B. Answer The Following.(page 4-5)
1. What do you think is the reason some people have recurring dream?Ans. According to me, the reason why someone would have a recurring dream usually differs from a person to another person. The common reasons maybe due to lack of proper rest, work overload, stress and tension,etc. Also unfulfilled desires, busy work schedule or even over thinking of something what one is afraid of may also be considered as some reasons to have recurring dreams.
2. Why do you think Kim has this dream?
Ans. Kim has this strange dream mainly because of her over imagination about the dream itself and besides, because of her heavy workload and busy work schedule.
3. It says in the story that Kim simply goes into the house in her dream, but it does not say how she enters. How do you think she enters? (Remember the ending of the story)
Ans. When Kim starts having the dream, her spirit is actually in the house of the little old man and since a spirit does not require any sort of medium (door or window) to enter a house, her spirit simply goes through the walls without any blockage freely entering the old man's home.
4. In your opinion, why does Kim wake up each time she tries to speak to the man in her dream?
Ans. Kim wakes up each time she tries to speak to the man in her dream because in order for a spirit to communicate with a living matter, requires their physical body to be present and since Kim's body is at her apartment and her spirit at the old man's home, she wakes up every time when she tries to speak to him.
5. Why does Janet want to take Kim to her parent’s farm for a few days?
Ans: Janet wants to take her friend to her parents’ farm because Kim had a problem of a recurring dream. She used to see the same old man and the white house in her dream. Kim tried to speak to that old man in her dream but suddenly woke up from her dream. This happened daily. Her friend, Janet wanted to take Kim to her parent’s farm so that Kim will feel easy and forget that recurring dream. So Janet takes Kim to her own parents’ farm for a few days.
6. When Kim sees a cottage like the one in her dream, Janet does not want her to go and see it. why?
Ans. Janet does not want Kim to go and see the cottage like the one in her dream because she thinks that it is only Kim's imagination. Her logic is that there can be many places that appear to be similar. Janet believes that Kim might get problems if she does go and sees the place.
7. Why does Kim's body shake when she sees the little old man at the door of the cottage?
Ans. Kim's body shakes when she sees the little old man at the door of the cottage because of the fear and the looks which he has being exactly similar to the one from her dream. So she is shocked about her nightmare and the lively incidents which was becoming identical.
8. Why does the little old man close the door when he sees Kim?Ans. The little old man slams shut the door on seeing Kim because, she is the exact same girl who has been haunting him and his cottage for a few days.
9. Why does Kim say something about the for sale sign?
Ans. Kim says something about the for sale sign because she wanted to use this opportunity to figure out the exact reason of her having the same dream each and every night. She also wanted to continue the conversation with the little old man
10. Why do you think the cottage is for sale?
Ans. I think that the cottage is for sale, maybe because the little old man maybe so worried of being haunted by a spirit. he wanted to leave the house and shift to another place .
Discussion Questions(page-7)
1. Write about a dream that you have seen recently.
Ans: Yesterday I saw a terrible dream about a ghost. In my
dream I found myself sitting with my friends in the jungle. When I was a little
away from my friends, I saw a ghost dancing around me. It was telling me that I
was going to be killed. In my dream, I cried so badly. I was asking for help.
My friends did not listen to me about what I was saying. I fell in a critical
condition. I thought I had to kill the ghost. Then, the fight began between me
and the ghost. The ghost had had very sharp claws and red eyes. It was so
furious so I was. I tried to thrash it on the stone. Fortunately, I succeeded
on my own and the ghost was thrown into the river nearby. Finally, I went to my
friends who were looking at me. They asked me how the fight was like. I also
narrated the event as it has happened. The next day, the result of my dream
came true. I got the first division in the exam.
2. Do dreams have any connection to our real life? Discuss
your personal view. Also, relate to the story. “The Recurring Dreams.”
Ans: Of course, dreams have a connection to our real life. I
have got such an experience in my life. Once I saw my friend Krishna fallen down
from a tree in my dream. After a few days, I heard the news that he met an
accident. He was rushed to the hospital. His condition became worse. His hands
and legs were broken .Similarly I have found people saying that the thing they saw in dream has their specific meaning , the dream can affect our real life.
also in the story "The recurring Dream" Kim has recurring dream. She sees the same dream in which she sees a country road, a lane with a white fence and a hedge on each side. At the end of the lane, on the top of a little hill there is a cottage. Inside, in one of the rooms there is an old man sleeping in the bed ,when Kim and Janet were on the way they found the similar place
also in the story "The recurring Dream" Kim has recurring dream. She sees the same dream in which she sees a country road, a lane with a white fence and a hedge on each side. At the end of the lane, on the top of a little hill there is a cottage. Inside, in one of the rooms there is an old man sleeping in the bed ,when Kim and Janet were on the way they found the similar place
therefore we can conclude that dreams has connections to our real life.
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Ans. According to me, the reason why someone would have a recurring dream usually differs from a person to another person. As in the story Kim has recurring dream where she sees the same dream in which she sees a country road, a lane with a white fence and a hedge on each side. At the end of the lane, on the top of a little hill there is a cottage. Inside, in one of the rooms there is an old man sleeping in the bed when she tries to talk to him she wakes up and the same dream repeated continuously . here Kim was suffering from this strange dream because of her over imagination about the dream itself and besides, because of her heavy workload and busy work schedule.
So,The common reasons maybe due to lack of proper rest, work overload, stress and tension,etc. Also unfulfilled desires, busy work schedule or even over thinking of something what one is afraid of may also be considered as some reasons to have recurring dreams. Once i too had recurring drams for many days because i wasn't taking proper rest and working overnights. My grandfather once told me once he wished to have a big house but as a result he got a strange dream where he was alone in a very big house from where he couldn't escape and the dream came to him for many days.
Therefore ,we can conclude that people have recurring dreams because of unfulfilled desires,tensions and lack of rests.
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