Conrad's dream has many important images and symbols that exclaim how it connects to lo life. When the author describes his dream she says, "Miles and miles the same stretches in front of him a cool smooth highway and the mouth of the tunnel appears a metal cylinder curving ten feet over his head the lower rim buried in the sand. He enters it" (Guest, page 76). Instead of walking through the miles of sand, Conrad walks into the dark tunnel. By this sentence and image, I can infer that when he went into the tunnel, it symbolizes a bad place. This connects to his life because even though the clear path of sand was right in front of him, he entered the dark tunnel. The miles of sand represents the right direction , or heading towards…show more content… The memory still haunts him. Conrad entered a tunnel that closed up on him the further he walked into it. The author uses certain language in order to create this meaning. "The blood tingles in his veins, hot and then cold. His heart is pounding painfully" (Guest, page 77). By this sentence the author describes how much the dream affected Conrad after he woke up. One key word the author used to describe how Conrad felt is that his heart was pounding painfully. When someone has a nightmare, they will sometimes wake up frantic and anxious, like Conrad did. Another example of how the author's language is significant to the meaning of his dream is when she describes Conrad feels right after he wakes up. "No sudden movements. He feels as if he could shatter into a million pieces if he is jarred" (Guest, page 77). Shattering into the million pieces usually means it feeling destroyed or feeling defeat. Even though Conrad doesn't like to show his feelings to other people, including his parents, the quote describes how he still is very fragile. At any moment he can break. The specific language described by the author, Judith Guest, is important to understand the meaning of Conrad's dream amd how it connects to his real
