(343 words) A person should be able to dream, because this ability ensures his personal growth. We are developing thanks to the sublime and noble impulses of the soul, and only grandiose plans can produce a significant result. To verify this, it is enough to give examples from the literature.
In the book “Captain's Daughter” by A. S. Pushkin, the heroine dreamed of love. Nobody understood her aspirations, because in her days a dowager was supposed to rejoice at any offer. But Mary only wanted a love marriage, so she even refused Schwabrin, who was a very profitable option, and the only one besides. But the purity of Mary’s thoughts provided her with spiritual and moral purity: she was alien to mercantile calculations. Actually, this is what attracted the attention of Peter, a noble nobleman who arrived to serve in the fortress. The girl was able to fall in love with him, and he answered the same, because he saw before him a kind-hearted and principled woman, who cares not about his family’s money, but about her feelings. So, the ability to dream helped the heroine find love, build a beautiful family and keep all the best qualities in her soul.
In the story of M. Sholokhov, “The Fate of Man,” the hero loved his family very much, so he dreamed of returning home from the front as soon as possible. Of course, this desire gave rise to a determination to defend the homeland to the last, because for Andrei the fatherland meant native people who were waiting for his help. And he honestly fought to shield his wife, daughters and son from the horrors of war and captivity. The front life was given to him hard, he was in captivity and in battle, everywhere courageously endured suffering and deprivation. But during this time his family died. There was no one to return to. He waved his hand at himself, but met on the way a boy who, too, was left alone. Sokolov sheltered him and called himself his father. So, the dream of family life did not give the broken man an abyss of grief, she inspired him to start all over again and help the child do the same.
Thus, the ability to dream not only serves as a stimulator of personal growth, but also becomes our main weapon against failure and despondency. A person who gives free rein to the imagination, strives for something, always finds strength and faith in himself to rise after the fall and begin to live anew, because he has an ideal to strive for.
