ABSTRACT

Arthur had a dream that functioned to crystallize his own as well as the group’s shared dilemma. In the dream, he is traveling with a group of people inside a station wagon. His fellow travelers are acting strangely, “as if they have been invaded by an alien force.” Arthur finds himself feeling pressured and trying to act like others, with little success and no reward. He becomes frightened and wishes he could find a way out. He realizes that to do so, he would have to leap from the vehicle to his own and the others’peril.