What a person is thinking about while awake can affect what the person dreams about that night. For example, while writing Mayflower Dreams, Dr. Petit did a lot of research about the Pilgrims. This research helped her to create historically accurate content for her novel, as well as to have several helpful dreams. One night, after doing a lot of research that included looking at online images of historic paintings, Petit then went to sleep. She dreamed about living in the seventeenth century, walking on cobblestone streets, and going inside of multiple stone buildings. Exploring this setting in her dream world helped her to envision the appropriate setting for some parts of her historical novel. The following excerpt from page 77 of Mayflower Dreams shows Rose (the protagonist of this novel) in the middle of her dream story about the Pilgrims:
Rose followed Mary into a stone building. The windows were all open, and
there were no screens. A large number of flies and mosquitos were present. Some
were flying around, and some were interested in the food sitting on the wooden table.
There was meat that looked like chicken or turkey. Wooden bowls in the middle of the
table contained pieces of flattened bread, a salad, and a cheesecake. The table was
set with cloth napkins, spoons, and knives; there were no forks.
The floor under the table had a beautiful handmade rug with flowers, leaves,
and other designs. In the middle of the rug’s designs appeared some words from
the Lord’s Prayer: “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matt. 6:11 GNV). (Petit 77)
Work Cited
Petit, Karen. Mayflower Dreams. Mustang, Oklahoma: Tate Publishing and Enterprises, LLC, 2014. Print.
Rose followed Mary into a stone building. The windows were all open, and
there were no screens. A large number of flies and mosquitos were present. Some
were flying around, and some were interested in the food sitting on the wooden table.
There was meat that looked like chicken or turkey. Wooden bowls in the middle of the
table contained pieces of flattened bread, a salad, and a cheesecake. The table was
set with cloth napkins, spoons, and knives; there were no forks.
The floor under the table had a beautiful handmade rug with flowers, leaves,
and other designs. In the middle of the rug’s designs appeared some words from
the Lord’s Prayer: “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matt. 6:11 GNV). (Petit 77)
Work Cited
Petit, Karen. Mayflower Dreams. Mustang, Oklahoma: Tate Publishing and Enterprises, LLC, 2014. Print.
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