(439 words) A cherished dream is what we strive for. But this interpretation does not reflect all the facets of this concept. Sometimes the same daydream overshadows the mind of people and does not give a passage to reality, but at the same time it is the best ally in the fight against an unfair fate. It also makes a person change himself and his entire inner world for the better. As we see, desire is not just our ideal, it is also a fundamental factor shaping our worldview. To prove this, I will give examples.
In the story A.S. Pushkin's “Captain's Daughter” the characters in the name of their dreams did real feats, losing something, gaining something, and changing something in themselves. For example, Marya dreamed of family life with Peter, but fate seemed to decide to separate them. First, they interfered with the machinations of Shvabrin, then the refusal of Grinev Sr. to give a blessing for the wedding, then the rebellion of the Cossacks. And so, when Peter finally rescued Marya from captivity, the couple received a new blow from evil rock: the hero was arrested on suspicion of treason. This event could cross out the happy future of the captain’s daughter, but the girl pulled herself together and went to ask the empress herself for mercy. Mary boldly went to the reception of the queen, although no one expected such courage from her. Seeing the determination and fortitude of the supplicant, Catherine II pardoned Grinev. This example demonstrates to us that a dream is not only fantasies about what we would like to receive, but also what forms our worldview. Embodying a dream, the heroine enriched her character with courage, and her views on the world - with integrity.
But dreams do not always make positive changes in our lives, they do not always enrich the worldview. Sometimes castles in the air grow and ruin our inner world. For example, in the story N.M. Karamzin's "Poor Lisa" the author speaks of the tragically ended love of Erast and Lisa. Erast is a spoiled young man who is bored with the life of a “rich boy”, and he wanted a simple family happiness with an ordinary girl. But for him, only satisfaction of his own needs mattered, so he betrayed his chosen one, marrying a wealthy widow by calculation. Lisa could not survive this betrayal, because the dream of living together with Erast filled her entire consciousness. She could not imagine the future without him, and this dependence on fantasies played a fatal role in the fate of the heroine. The peasant woman left her sick mother and drowned, not thinking about the consequences. Daydreaming changed the girl’s worldview for the worse: she became selfish and fixated on her feelings. Here, a dream is an ideal possessing the fatal charm of a venus flytrap. He brought his victim to death.
These examples tell us that a cherished dream is not only an ideal to which we strive, but also a fundamental factor affecting a person’s worldview is ambiguous. He can make it better, or he can destroy it by luring it into a trap with its brilliance. Therefore, even the most beautiful dreams need to be carried away carefully so as not to get hurt.
