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    This document contains excerpts from various dream logs and reflections on dreams and overcoming hardships. It discusses the dreams and life stories of several individuals, including the owner of a bookstore in Japan whose business struggled due to censorship, a man who took up painting with his mouth after becoming paralyzed from a diving accident, the son of a sidewalk vendor who had to help support his family, and the founder of National Book Store in the Philippines. The document also contains quotes on dreams, challenges, and perseverance from notable figures like Alan Turing, Black Elk, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Martin Luther King Jr.

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    This document contains excerpts from various dream logs and reflections on dreams and overcoming hardships. It discusses the dreams and life stories of several individuals, including the owner of a bookstore in Japan whose business struggled due to censorship, a man who took up painting with his mouth after becoming paralyzed from a diving accident, the son of a sidewalk vendor who had to help support his family, and the founder of National Book Store in the Philippines. The document also contains quotes on dreams, challenges, and perseverance from notable figures like Alan Turing, Black Elk, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Martin Luther King Jr.

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    Grade 9 English lesson Dream Deferred (A poem written by Langston Hughes)

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    This document contains excerpts from various dream logs and reflections on dreams and overcoming hardships. It discusses the dreams and life stories of several individuals, including the owner of a bookstore in Japan whose business struggled due to censorship, a man who took up painting with his mouth after becoming paralyzed from a diving accident, the son of a sidewalk vendor who had to help support his family, and the founder of National Book Store in the Philippines. The document also contains quotes on dreams, challenges, and perseverance from notable figures like Alan Turing, Black Elk, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Martin Luther King Jr.

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    Dreams Deferred

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    This document contains excerpts from various dream logs and reflections on dreams and overcoming hardships. It discusses the dreams and life stories of several individuals, including the owner of a bookstore in Japan whose business struggled due to censorship, a man who took up painting with his mouth after becoming paralyzed from a diving accident, the son of a sidewalk vendor who had to help support his family, and the founder of National Book Store in the Philippines. The document also contains quotes on dreams, challenges, and perseverance from notable figures like Alan Turing, Black Elk, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Martin Luther King Jr.

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    Dream Logs

    who owns this dream?


    In 2-3 sentences, answer the
    question:
    “What is/are your dream/s?"
    GETTING TO
    KNOW
    PEOPLE WITH
    BIG
    DREAMS.
    • Owner of a
    bookstore
    • Did not prosper due
    to heavy book
    censorship by the
    Japanese during the
    war
    • The first branch was
    destroyed by fire
    • A typhoon
    destroyed almost all
    merchandise
    • Has always loved to
    paint
    • Had a diving
    accident when he
    was 17
    • Paralyzed him from
    the neck down
    • Son of a sidewalk
    vendor
    • Father died when
    he was 12 years old
    • Had to be raised by
    his mother with 5
    other siblings
    • Was unable to
    finish his college
    degree
    DREAMS by
    Langston
    DEFERRED Hughes
    What images are used
    in the poem? Identify
    the lines containing
    such.

    #DreamsDeferred
    What are some
    important facts about
    the author?

    #DreamsDeferred
    • born Feb. 1, 1902
    • raised by his
    grandmother who
    instilled in him a sense
    of racial pride and love
    for activism
    • published 15 books of
    poetry, number of novels
    and short story
    collections, nonfiction
    books, plays, children's
    books, and more
    • was 65 when he died May
    22, 1967, of complications
    after surgery for prostate
    cancer
    What could be his
    primary reason in
    writing the poem?

    #DreamsDeferred
    What societal issue is
    being addressed by the
    author in the poem?

    #DreamsDeferred
    Under the
    magnifying glass.
    Is discrimination in
    any form also rampant
    in the Philippines?

    #DreamsDeferred
    TRIUMPH
    over
    TRIALS
    Despite the several
    trials, she didn’t give
    up. She is Socorro C.
    Ramos.

    Owner and founder of


    National Book
    Store.
    Despite the several
    trials, she didn’t give
    up. She is Socorro C.
    Ramos.

    Owner and founder of


    National Book
    Store.
    The accident didn’t
    bring him down.
    He is Jovy Sasutona.

    He has been painting


    with his mouth for 24
    years.
    The accident didn’t
    bring him down.
    He is Jovy Sasutona.

    He has been painting


    with his mouth for 24
    years.
    Hardships and failures
    in life motivated him
    to go on.
    He is Alfredo Yao.

    He is the owner of
    Zest-O.
    TRIUMPH
    over
    TRIALS
    We can only see a SHORT distance ahead,
    but we can see
    PLENTY
    there that needs to be done.

    Alan Turing – British Computer Scientist


    Sometimes dreams
    . are wiser than waking.

    Black Elk – Oglala Sioux Medicine Man


    Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable

    and life is more than a dream.

    Mary Wollstonecraft – British Philosopher & Feminist


    If you are always trying to be normal,
    you will never know how

    AMAZING
    you can be.

    Maya Angelou – American Poet


    If you can't fly, then RUN.
    If you can't run, then WALK.
    If you can't walk, then CRAWL.
    But whatever you do,
    YOU HAVE TO KEEP MOVING.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. – Civil Rights Activist and Pastor


    UPDATING
    STATUS.
    “You have a dream… Yet
    there also things that may
    hinder or keep you from
    fulfilling those dreams.”
    What is your stand on this?
    #UpdatingStatus
    UPDATING
    ASSIGNMENT
    Read “Raisin in the Sun”
    by Lorraine Hansberry.
    If you can't fly, then RUN.
    If you can't run, then WALK.
    If you can't walk, then CRAWL.
    But whatever you do,
    YOU HAVE TO KEEP MOVING.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. – Civil Rights Activist and Pastor

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