The quote "It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live." - Albus Dumbledore from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone holds a realistic meaning. To me it means that dwelling on an unrealistic dream that may never happen and forget to act about what is happening in reality. If we were to dwell on dreams that are so obviously impossible (like bringing the dead back to life) most would stop caring about everything and give up on what they can do because of something they cannot do. Allowing ourselves to linger on unrealistic dreams would also cause us to start confusing dreams and life therefore making us likely to do something only to be accomplished in a preposterous dream. We cannot let a dream rule our life. There would be a cease in development. This quote first came up when Harry Potter first found the mirror of Erised and was caught by Professor Dumbledore. Harry had been coming to the mirror every night for a week. He loved looking in this mirror because he could see his deceased parents. He knows he can not bring them back but he has come so often that it almost seems like he thinks he can bring them back. According to Dumbledore people have gone mad in front of this mirror because they could not reach their deepest desires that would stare back at them when they looked in the mirror. This quote, although from a fictional novel, may be more true than it seems. If we were to dwell on our dreams, what would really be accomplished?
Thoughtful posts from the great minds in Mrs. Dupuy's English I Honors classes.
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