Solution
✅ Correct Option: 1
- Harold succeeded in overcoming the need for security - Correct. This interpretation captures Harold's decision to leave his stable job and the metaphorical 'throwing off' of his need for security, as represented by the creatures in the dream.
- Harold stopped giving much importance to dreams - Incorrect. The narrative focuses on the impact of the dream on Harold's real-life decisions, not a diminishing of his regard for dreams.
- Harold started tolerating social victimisation - Incorrect. The text indicates that Harold chose to reject societal expectations, not tolerate them.
- Harold killed all the bugs troubled him - Incorrect. The metaphor of 'throwing off' does not suggest literal violence but a metaphorical rejection of societal pressures.