Literature
The Sandman and Dreams
Sleep can be a terrifying and wonderful thing. On one hand, you have the wonders of the imagination running wild and free. On the other hand, you have all the fears of the imagination running wild and free. Except this isn’t quite true. Your dreams and imagination are trapped within your head, only given the glimmer freedom when you dream, awake or asleep.
When the Sandman comes, he isn’t putting you to sleep or coming to kill you, as popular media states. He’s coming to make sure your dreams remain trapped inside your head, so they may never manifest within our reality.
To this extent, he is like a jailor m