Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud was born in what is now the Czech Republic. He attended the University of Vienna where he decided to go into psychology and neurology. Freud began studying different scientific methods as well as creating his own method of researching, analyzing and understanding psychological brain disorders. As his life progressed, Freud dove even further into psychoanalysis. This led him to further question the point or meanings of dreams. Freud released his book the Interpretation of Dreams in 1899. Freud decided to release this companion book as a more concise version of his masterpiece.

While Freud spends much of the book describing what dreams are and how to analyze them, the reader also gains insight to his character because he describes his specimen dream. As Freud peels back the layers of the dream, he reveals to the reader his softer side. At first he thinks he is simply...