Manifest+&+Latent

=__Psychoanalytic Theory: Manifest and Latent Content __=

 Both manifest and latent content refer to dreams. Manifest content is the actual dream we have dreamt and remembered, such as the story line of the dream...things and objects are as is and literal. Latent content is what the objects of these dreams represent, the underlying meaning of the manifest content. Essentially, it is the interpretation of the literal aspects. These deeper meanings represent what the unconscious is hiding: deepest of emotions and desires.

For example, someone may remember dreaming about a monster chasing them in their dream. But a meaning behind this could be that the monster represents their work building up that they left for the last minute.

**The Latent Content of a dream is the concealed and contorted content that we will usually not remember. If the latent content of a person's dream is uncovered, the problem or conflict could be resolved by finding out the true meaning.** =__Manifest and Latent Content of LITERATURE __=  In regards to literature, manifest content refers to the actual story plot and happenings, and latent content refers to the evaluation of these aspects with careful analysis of **//symbols//**. We apply these terms to literature to find the main character's true feelings and emotions behind their suppressed ideas.

=__Manifest and Latent Catcher __=

In __The Catcher in the Rye__, Holden had faced the problem between the reality and his own stream of consciousness, which had its own perception of reality.


 * An example of the Manifest content would be when Holden decides to have a meaningful conversation with a prostitute instead of doing things most other people would do with her. The Latent Content would be Holden's attempt at holding onto his innocence by rejecting the most common transaction done between a client and a prostitute.


 * =====In The Catcher in the Rye Holden's hat and the ducks are two symbols in the novel that are just apart of his daily experience, but deeper they are symbols for multiple things. =====


 * Holden's dream is to be the "catcher in the rye" and essentially protect kids from falling off the edges of the cliff. However, in latent content, the symbolism is examined and it can be seen that he is trying to protect not the kids' lives but their and his own innocence.

=Don't forget about all of the symbols we discussed in class...=