Possible
questions:
1.
Why does Janet want to take Kim to her parents’ farm for a few days? (2059)
2.
Why do some people have recurring dream? (2063)
3.
Write about the dream that you have recently seen. What is the special meaning
of dream? (2058,2067)
4.
Why do you think the cottage is for sale?
5.
Why do you think Kim has such dream?
6.
Describe the lane and the house.
7. Explain
the dream that Kim had.
The
“Recurring Dream” is a supernatural story that particularly centers round a
strange dream, which Kim was frequently haunted by. Kimberly Clark, the
protagonist, has undergone a serious problem which she had the same sort of
dream time and again. She is a young and beautiful woman of twenty-five who
used to live in London and worked in a large company. She keeps a good position
in the office however she has a problem. She sees a mysterious and frightening
dream almost every night. In the dream, she finds herself walking on a village
lane that is surrounded by white fences on both sides of it. At the end of the
lane there is a little hill where on the top a beautiful cottage is located.
She enters inside the house and finds in an old man with white hair and white
beards fallen asleep. When she goes near him he wakes up and looks at her. But
when she tries to speak with him she wakes up and finds herself in her bed in
London.
The recurring dream troubles her badly. So,
she shares her problem with her roommate Janet Wilson. One day Janet went to
her parents’ farm for a few days with Kim to keep Kim free from her problem. On
the way Kim falls asleep and has the same dream. She was surprised to see the
same place in front of her that she usually sees in her dream. She asks Janet
to stop the car and she gets out of it. She sees the same lane, hill and
cottage of her dream. As in the dream, she goes towards the house. There she
sees assign of “FOR SALE” in front of the door.
As in the dream she knocks at the door and the
same old man with white hair and white beard opens the door but he is afraid to
see her. So, he immediately closes the door. Kim again requests him to open the
door and when he opens it she asks him if the house is on sale. The man replied
positively and says that a ghost has haunted the house every night. Then Kim
asks him who the ghost is? The old man replies “It is you” then he closes the
door.
