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Essay / Divergent Paths: The Dissimilarities of Freud and Jung in...
Many believe that “dreams are a series of images, ideas, emotions and sensations that occur in the mind during certain stages of sleep” (Braden, 1). According to Freud, he states that dreams are a series of events and images perceived by the mind during sleep (McLeish, 2). He said, “If you want to know more about an individual, you can do so by interpreting their dreams” (McLeish, 5). For example, Freud believes that a person expresses himself through his dreams. Unlike Freud, “Jung’s depiction of dreams focused on symbolic imagery” (Jacobson, 3). He believed differently. He believes that an individual's dream does not distinguish the true meaning of the individual (Jacobson, 3). In other words, Jung believes that a person can dream of anything and it means nothing (Jacobson, 3). Rather, he believes that dreams have many different meanings and do not interpret ideas (McLeish, 3). He sees dreams as a series of events. Freud disagrees because he believes that it is the character of the individual that creates his own imaginations (Jacobson, 3). In other words, Freud develops a theory that dreams come from the thoughts and personality of the individual, and Jung develops a theory that dreams are only symbolic images and have no real meaning.