Holden Caulfield and Jesus

Holden C.

Dream Description:
In this dream, I am trapped at the bottom of a 50-foot well with a bunch of children.  I am throwing the children one by one all the way up the well with the strength of a superhero so they will be safe.  Slowly, I begin to wonder who is going to save me . . . . . . .

ANALYSIS:
In this dream, I am sort of like Holden Caulfield except instead of being the Catcher in the Rye, I am the Thrower in the Well.  This dream probably means that I have chronic psychosomatic pseudo-Christ figure syndrome--a debilitating condition that makes me mourn the loss of my innocent childhood and use curse words in really awesome ways.

Jesus Christ - Superstar

Dream Description:
Some old guy wearing a white t-shirt and a leather vest is putting on a rock concert.  I've never heard of him, but I am at his concert, and I am loving his music.  His hair is gray and he has a beard.  He's also really fat.  I look at a clock on the wall of the concert hall and see that it is 10:30.  I feel very irritated because I realize that I have to leave the rock concert now to get ready for a Concert Choir performance.  I am in PA 145 (the old band room at my college) about to change into my tux when this girl from Concert Choir comes up to me.  She is really worried about pronouncing words in German.  I tell her that the w's sound like v's and the j's sound like y's.  She is flabergasted by this news and pleads that I help her go through some of the text to our German pieces.  I oblige, but I am getting irritated because I still need to change into my tux.  The performance time is getting closer, and I am afraid Dr. Hugo will walk in, and I won't be ready.  I finally shut her up, but before I can change, my friend Stephanie comes up to me, and we start talking about public school vs. private school.  She tells me that the only thing she learned in public school was facts about the life of Harriet Tubman.  Then her mom home-schooled her from 2nd grade on.  (I don't think this is actually true of her--it was only true in my dream.)  We begin talking about spelling words, and I recount how I can still see the spelling word pages from my second grade spelling assignments in my head.  That's how I can spell. [In my dream journal, I spelled the word spell "speell" at like 4:30 in the morning.]  I get flustered because I am trying to end the conversation so that I can change and Dr. Hugo won't get mad at me for not being in concert dress.  Suddenly, Dr. Hugo walks in, and I am not ready.  I feel very afraid of his disapproval.

ANALYSIS:
In this dream, Dr. Hugo represents Jesus.  I am afraid that I spend too much time pleasing other people rather than preparing myself by dressing not in a tuxedo, but in love.

Also, I apparently find rock music more stimulating than classical music subconsciously.

The girl from concert choir represents crazy people.

Stephanie represents the joy of knowing how to spell words.

2nd grade represents 2nd grade.

Harriet Tubman represents Moses.

The old rock 'n' roll guy represents going to a minor league baseball game--you think you are going to hate it, and then you are pleasantly surprised because it is Thirsty Thursday and there's lots of beer.

The most important thing about this dream is that one of my college professors represents Jesus.