Rikki: Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming by Freud

1. Identify and briefly define important words, terms, concepts, or characters.

Creative- originality of thought, expression, etc.; imaginative

Play- to engage; A lot of times referred to as fun and games

Phantasy- (fantasy) - to create in one's fancy, daydreams, or the like; imagine

Envisage- to contemplate, visualize; looking into the face of

Dreams- a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep; an aspiration; goal; wile or vain wanting;

Day dream- a dreaming or imagining of pleasant events; the making of unreal plans etc… while awake

Hero- a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities; a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal

2. Summarize the main idea, theme, action, or event of the reading. Be sure to include quotation that best captures the overall feeling or mood of the reading.

When people are young they often play to be happy, it is taken very seriously and is often shared with a group. They make up their own little world but take the physical things in the world of reality to make it please themselves. As time goes by, playing is looked at as being childish and the play is then stopped. This is compared to a creative writer because “the creative writer does the same as the child’s’ play. He creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously.” However, the play is not actually stopped it is replaced or substituted because “we can never give anything up; we only exchange one thing for another.” Instead of playing he is now fantasizing. Just like fantasizing comes from something we thought of in our childhood or early years, so to creative writers use already made stories or material to write something new and creative.

3. Formulate a question for discussion. The question should be relatively substantial, based upon a specified passage or scene from the text, and capable of sustaining a thoughtful discussion.

Is it true that someone’s childhood could have such a great impact on their life in the future? Do their creative thoughts stay with them forever and were once known as play become their fantasies? Does a creative writer take the thoughts he uses from no where or are they built up by already-made material?