James dreamed that he went to his neighbor's house at midnight and made himself a sandwich.His psychoanalyst interpreted the dream to mean that James really wanted to have sex with his neighbor's wife.Making the sandwich was the _____.

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The manifest content of a dream refers to the literal storyline or events that occur in the dream. In this case, the manifest content is James going to his neighbor's house and making a sandwich. The psychoanalyst is interpreting the latent content, or the underlying unconscious desires, which in this case is sexual attraction to his neighbor's wife. The sandwich itself is not symbolic or resistant content.

James Dreamed That He Went to His Neighbor's House at Midnight