Both Jung and Freud have the same opinion that dreams may look backward to the past experience. What the writer tries to explain before shows
that Charley always remember his past time and relates it with his recent time. From the first part, which is the morning, the writer can see the relationship
between Charley Benneto and his mother in his childhood is revealed, including the questions dealing with his daughter, Maria.
2. “NOON” as Representations of Charley’s Quest to Find Answer about
His Life
After visiting Rose, they go home for lunch. While they are eating, Charley’s mother asks about his wife. Charley answers that they are fine. But
somehow his mother gives him another question about Maria, “And this business about Maria being ashamed of you? What does Catherine say about that?”
p.107. Then, Charley tells her the truth that he and Catherine split up. Charley explains to her that it is his entire fault, and how he feels that the situation will
never be the same anymore, but then his mother says to him that he should not worry about it because everything can be fixed.
His mother’s next appointment is Miss Thelma who once becomes the Benneto’s housekeeper. Throughout this meeting, Charley finds out that his
mother joins Miss Thelma to work on cleaning house. One thing that makes Charley hurt is that his mother does it to pay the college tuition for him and his
sister. He is very angry at that moment because his mother never explains to him about it. He thinks that the job as a house cleaner is embarrassing. His mother
realizes that conditions and it is her reason why she does not tell him about her job p.145. From this part, Charley feels guilty because at that time he chooses to
play baseball and leaves his college whereas his mother tries hard to pay the school tuition.
Suddenly, Miss Thelma house is exploded, and there is voice thundering from outside the house. A voice that calls out his name, and he is very confused.
He asks his mother what to do and his mother says to him that is up to him to make a choice p.146.
The writer finds that Charley has several questions which have not been answered yet. All those questions are revealed in this part. Charley also consider
his problems in this part. Later on, this part is known as the place where Charley gathers all information he needs in his decision making process.
3. “NIGHT” as Representations of the Result of the Quest
After they finish with Miss Thelma, they walk down the road again, head back to their house. On their way, Charley’s mother shows him the proof about
what she says about how people still lives in other people mind long after they die, and Charley’s fear about being forgotten is not proved. Their conversation
continues by Charley’s question about why his mother does not get married again. His mother says that she does not have time to think about that because she
concerns more on her children’s life. He explains how life changes very fast and how sometimes they do not get the time they needs, and how they should not
waste the time they have while they still alive p.151.
After Charley finishes his dinner, his mother tells him that they still have one more appointment, so they go to a small apartment, which Charley never
remembers where it is located. They enter the apartment and find a woman inside the apartment and his mother says that the woman is his father’s wife. His mother
starts to complete the story about the woman. Charley can see how hurt his mother is when she tells him the story.
“…you have one family, Charley. For good or for bad. You have one family. You can’t trade them in. You can’t lie to them. You can’t run two at once,
substituting back and forth. “Sticking with your family is what makes it family” p.183.
Charley finally knows the reason why his father leaves them that night. His mother tells him also that when people keep a secret, it will tear them apart.
Soon after she finishes the story, she asks Charley to go. While Charley is in deep confusion about how he should go and where he must head up to, his mother asks
him why he wants to die. Charley with all his might reveal all the anger, the sadness, the desperation about his family, his job, his life, he answers that he gives
up on life. His mother later tells him not to give up and deals with the choice that Charley makes in every aspect of his life which he admits that his choice is wrong
p.188. Charley sees that his father’s wife stands up and says a word “perdonare”
which later is known as forgive. It is the word that directed to him, that he must forgive the entire mistake that his father does to them and he must forgive
himself, about every mistake that he makes in life. His mother tells him that he
must live to fix everything and continues his life. Suddenly, his mother disappears and he finds himself lie down under the water tower with a young police officer in
front of his face p.192. According to Jung in Feist’s book entitled Theories of Personalities, what
happens to Charley in his dream is a mirror of his ego. Charley tries to find what he does not find in his conscious life. Something is missing there and Charley
tries to find the missing. Questions that arise in his mind are answered in his dream. When his mother still alive, Charley does not know that his mother works
as a house cleaner. He finds it in his dream. Later, he feels guilty because he ignores his mother wants to go to school. Charley prefers playing baseball to
studying. The simplest question in his mind has an unpredictable fact. The question
of “who she is?” gives Charley very shocking news. The fact is also the answer of his question that comes from his childhood. Finally, Charley knows the reason
why his father leaves that night. Again, the answer that does not exist in his conscious state comes to his unconscious state. For Freud, everything which is
kept by the dreamer will reveal in his dream. According to Freud, dream is full of meaning. The writer uses this theory
to show that the contents of Charley’s dream have deep meanings. What the writer writes before can be the evidence that Charley’s mother tries to reveal all of
Charley’s questions one by one. This step has big contribution in Charley’s decision making process. The dreamer will find the meaning if the dream is
interpreted correctly. Fortunately, Charley, as a dreamer, is success to interpret his
dream and the interpretation of his dream affects his previous decision. Charley’s decision is shown in the next part.
C. The Effects of Charley’s Dream toward His Decision in Life
