Comparative Essay Idea no. 2...

I had an idea that I could write about the significance/symbolic nature of dreams within the novels The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Sorrow of War. In the first text I would like to focus on Tereza's dreams as hers are extremely telling; often untold as dreams and presented as a reality.There are also many to write about. In the second novel, I would focus on Kien's dreams, often nightmares and hellish memories from war that tormented him every night. Here I could also mention the fact that Kien loathed his dreams so much that he used Canina Flowers in order to bring on a hallucinogenic sleep. This can also be compared to Tereza's hate of her nightmares which lead her to grip Tomas tighter and keep him close throughout the night.