A client tells his therapist about a dream of riding on a train with his boss. At the end of the journey, the boss gets off the train at a terminal. The content of this dream, as related by the client to the therapist, is what Freud called its manifest content . The manifest content of a dream is the actual literal content and storyline of the dream which include the sights, sounds, and storyline of the dream and it is usually contrasted with what is referred to as the hidden meaning of the dream for example A client tells his therapist about a dream of riding on a train with his boss. At the end of the journey, the boss gets off the train at a terminal. The content of this dream, as related by the client to the therapist, is what Freud called its manifest content.
Jonah spent 40 days in Nineveh and Jesus spent 40 days in the desert. They both sacrifice themselves. Jonah being stuck in a whale for three days foreshadows Jesus' descent to hell.
