The story of “Winter Dreams” begins with a boy named Dexter Green, who was just a simple golf caddie at simply the age of fourteen. Throughout the story he becomes quite a success financially and was able to live a more prestigious lifestyle than he did in his earlier childhood. Through Fitzgerald’s short story, “Winter Dreams”, Dexter envisioned that economic success and seeking the possession of the unattainable would lead to happiness, but it would eventually lead to disarray and unhappiness
religion, to hobbies, to entertainment, and relationships. F. Scott Fitzgerald examines the harsh reality of such a dilemma in his work “Winter Dreams.” This story follows a self-made, successful man, Dexter, and his inner struggle between the need to attain wealth and success. Ultimately, Dexter is forced to face reality when this desire clashes with his fantasies surrounding Judy Jones, the woman of his pursuit. As a writer of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s characters often assume a materialistic
“The Swimmer” by John Cheever and “Winter Dreams” by F. Scott Fitzgerald have many elements in common. These stories are about two wealthy men interacting with other wealthy people. As the stories progress Neddy and Dexter search for the truth and the meaning of life. These two literary works fall under the literary movement called The Lost Generation. Finally, at the end of the narratives they are both grieving for themselves and realize that they have missed life’s meaning and opportunities. Authors
These two stories that I am going to start talking are “Winter Dreams” and “The Great Gatsby” by the author F. Scott Fitzgerald. These two stories take place in the 1900’s. In the beginning these two stories mention these two people Dexter Green and Jay Gatsby. One’s parents owned the second best grocery store and the other was a poor boy whose parents had no money. But these two have a similarity that makes the story better
Francis Scott Fitzgerald also known under his writer’s name, F. Scott Fitzgerald, is revered as a famous American novelist for his writing masterpieces in the 1920’s and 1930’s. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about his extravagant lifestyle in America that his wife, Zelda, their friends, and him lived during that era. In fact, a lot of his novels and essays were based off of real-life situations with exaggerated plots and twists. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novels were the readers looking glass into his tragic
than F. Scott Fitzgerald. In fact, Fitzgerald was first to coin the term in 1922 in his book, “The Great Gatsby” (USC n.p.) Fitzgerald stated that the 20s “…was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire" (Bruccoli n.p.) Fitzgerald, by many scholars opinions, defined the American 1920s and 30s, and offers a unique perspective on the time period that was oh so new to the minds of Americans of the time. Those in his novels and short stories like that of “Winter Dreams,” are
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, to an Irish Catholic family in St. Paul, Minnesota (Meyers, 1). He was named after his second cousin three times removed on his father's side, Francis Scott Key, who wrote the lyrics to the "Star-Spangled Banner." His mother, Mary McQuillan, was from an Irish-Catholic family that had made a lot of money Minnesota working as grocers (Meyers, 3). His dad, Edward Fitzgerald, had opened a wicker furniture store in St. Paul, and not too long
Is a Winter Dream a reality or just an illusion? Winter Dreams was published in December 1922. F. Scott Fitzgerald is most known for his novel The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald likes the common theme of failure trying to accomplish the American Dream, and false corrupt forms in which the dream really exists. His secondary themes include wealth, power, beauty, and economic class. Fitzgerald likes to write about love, corruption and, fantasy during the Jazz age. Winter Dreams is about a middle-class boy
light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.… Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.… And one fine morning—” (Fitzgerald 180). In this quote from The Great Gatsby, Nick attempts to describe the nature of Gatsby’s hope and draws the parallel to all of our hopes and dreams that we have as Americans. F. Scott Fitzgerald, an American novelist and short-story writer, was an amazing author who used his work, just like in the quote above, to write about the Roaring Twenties
F. Scott Fitzgerald was once quoted saying ”You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.” If this is the case F. Scott had a lot to say and almost every time what came out was a wonderful piece of literature. F. Scott’s stories will go down in history as some of the best telling’s of the average person striving for “the American dream”. To truly understand his work you must know his back round, know that he started in the quiet tranquil town of