KOHEI YOKOMI
Amy Lee
Reading&Writing
645
May 10
The Valuable Lesson for Dream
“All
our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. I only hope
that we don’t lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by a mouse.”
These were the famous words of Walt Disney. This valuable message is also
interwoven into the short story, “Keep your dream.” Actually, the author of
this short story is unknown, but it is a famous short story, nonetheless. The
story focuses on a child having a dream to own a horse ranch. The author is
trying to convey the idea that it is important to having a dream no matter how
impossible it looks to come true.
“Keep your dream”
begins with a friend telling the story about a young son of an itinerant horse
trainer. The storyteller can use his friend`s horse to put on fund-raising
events to raise money for youth at risk programs because the friend owns a
horse ranch. The friend begins to tell the story to explain why he let the
storyteller use his horse.
In
the story, a young man is asked to write a paper about what he wants to be and
do when he grows up. That night he writes a seven-page paper describing his
goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He writes about his dream in great detail,
and he even draws a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all
the buildings, the stables, and the track. Then he draws a detailed floor plan
for a 4,000-square-foot house that will sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. But he
receives his paper back. On the front page is a large red F with a note that
reads, “See me after class”. The boy with the dream goes to see the teacher
after class and asks the reason of F. The teacher says, “This is an unrealistic
dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from an itinerant
family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money.” The
teacher also says, “If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal,
I will reconsider your grade.” But the boy turns in the same paper, making no changes
at all after thinking about his dream.
Then the friend says that he was the boy, and his dream has come
true. At last the friend says, “Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your
heart, no matter what.”
“ Keep your dream” is an valuable story with a
powerful theme. It reveals the importance of keeping your dream no matter what
it is, no matter if someone says it`s impossible. We should keep our dream
whether or not it is difficult. (454)
Hi Kohei !
ReplyDeleteYes , I really agree with you when you said that "It reveals the importance of keeping your dream no matter what it is, no matter if someone says it`s impossible." Of course we should keep trying do the best to get our dream even there someone tries to foil us. And I really felt glad for the boy when he did not care about what the teacher said to him for his dream, and he just kept going to make his dream. Thank you so much for your blog .
Hi Kohei, I read your summary and opinion. I totally agree with you. I am really impressed by the sentence from this short story, “Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.” We don’t have to give up our dreams if someone says it doesn’t have a reality, or if the dream seems difficult as you said. In my opinion, giving up dreams doesn’t give us something honorable, just leaves regret. I’m glad to know that the boy in this story keeps his dream, and it comes true. I want younger people to read this story. Thank you Kohei.
ReplyDeleteHi Kohei. I read your book reaction and I totally agree with you. I really like this phrase “ Keep your dream” because I think this is one of the themes of our life. We hope our dreams come true, but someone always burst bubble, so we can’t keep our dream. After I read your reaction, I felt that we don’t need to care about what others say or feel our dream. We just need to follow what we want to do and keep trying to get it. I hope a lot of young kids read this story and have wonderful dream. Thank you for your blog!!
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