2.
Jonas had slept soundly. But it was not
true that he had no dreams.
Again and again, as he slept, he had slid down
that snow-covered hill. Always, in the dream, it
seemed as if there were a destination: a
something he could not grasp what—that lay
beyond the place where the thickness of snow
brought the sled to a stop.
He was left, upon awakening, with the
feeling that he wanted, even somehow needed, to
reach the something that waited in the distance.
The feeling that it was good. That it was
welcoming. That it was significant.
But he did not know how to get there.
How is Jonas's dream foreshadowing a decision
he might make in the future?