Sailors wanted adventure and explore the unknown. they sometimes did it for the sake of knowing is the world was round or for money :) hope this helps
Since I haven't read the novel, I would say the general purpose of telling dreams is to share your vision or special event that happened in your imagination. The ability to remember dreams is really good, because most people will forget. While you can tell dreams, try see if you can still visualise the dream. Some dreams can be in black and white, and some can be in colour. Dreams have no limit, they take you to your own little world.
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I'd say quotation marks and bold or what you have selected which would be italics
