Why can dreamlike settings be powerful in literature and film?

Most people like to see happy endings or happy scenes in a film or in a novel. To reach the pinnacle of an amazing film and novel and then to read that the main character dies and the ending is as sad as can be would be a let down. Despite some novels doing exactly that like 'My Sister's Keeper', the epilogue contains a beautiful dreamlike ending and beautiful scenes in the pages of the novel. Most people dream of having such a good ending and to give that ending to them would encourage their pursuit of happiness which brings them easily to Cloud Nine.

This perpetuates the idea that everyone can have their own happiness which is what all individuals want and would love to have. To be immersed in such a scene and to truly believe that you can have the dreamlike quality which could be throughout the film can sometimes have tremendous effects on the readers.

A good film can make you laugh, cry and smile during that one to three hours that it captivates you attention. A good book can do the same. Great actors, actresses and writers can easily create a believable atmosphere and transport the reader or audience into the time frame. If people can cry at sad scenes which they do not want to happen, can you imagine their feelings during a dreamlike scene in which they yearn for themselves?

Some readers may begin to emulate their favorite character in that particular scene or act differently as they are in that dreamlike state. These settings are so powerful simply because people yearn to have that setting in their lives and easily believe that this could happen. There are some skeptical individuals but optimism and to be lost in a book or a film can easily override that pessimism and those practical ideas.

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