Comparison Of Life And In Winter Dreams By F. Scott Fitzgerald

     Dexter in the story started off as a very young boy who worked as a caddy at a golf course. There he met Miss Jones for the very first time. Judy Jones was a beautiful, young woman who came from a glittery family, but was also very cunning with her “preposterous smile” . Dexter was very

Death is inevitable; it should not be feared but instead accepted, and this is the main idea and theme explored in Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death.” In the poem, Death is personified as a gentleman who “kindly stopped [stops] for me [her]” (Dickinson 2), “slowly drove [drives] … know[ing] no haste” (Dickinson 5), and with whom she stops at a “house that seemed [seems]/ A swelling of the ground” (Dickinson 17-18) or in other words, her grave. To begin the poem, the fact that Death is represented as “if he were a human being” (Evans 15) implies that it is humane. This contributes to the idea that death is not to fear. Later on, it can be concluded that this person has control over her as she describes how she “had put away / My [her] labor, and my [her] leisure too, / for his civility” (Dickinson 6-8), which implies that “everything that had once seemed so important and distracting now recedes in importance” (Evans 17), and how he “slowly drove [drives] … know[ing] no haste” (Dickinson 5), which gives “no clear sense of the underlying purpose of the journey or its ultimate destination” (Evans 16) and thus implies that only Death knows the path and destination of the journey. Both of these examples contribute to the fact that Death completely controls a person against its will and that it is inevitable. Finally when “we [they] paused before a house that seemed / A swelling of the ground” (Dickinson

The settings of “The Great Gatsby” and “Winter Dreams” both have an effect on their characters. Dexter Green lives in Minnesota and worked as a caddy at a prestigious golf club. He dreams of achieving the level of wealth that the golfers he once worked for possess. Jay Gatsby is originally from Minnesota and moved to West Egg in New York. He also dreams of fitting in with upper class society. “Mr. Hart-- one of the gray haired men who like to say “Now there’s a boy”-- gave him a guest card to the Sherry Island golf Club for a week-end… He did not consider it necessary to remark that he had once carried Mr. Hart’s bag over this same links.” (Winter Dreams 3). It is at this point where Dexter has completed the transformation from caddy boy to somebody with

“And as to you Corpse I think you are good manure, / but that does not offend me / I smell the white roses sweet-scented and growing, / I reach to the leafy lips, / I reach to the polish’d breasts of melons” (Whitman “Song of Myself” Lines 1291-1293). Whitman knows that something amazing happens to the ones who die. Emily Dickinson on the other hand, remains either apathetic or has a negative opinion on death. “Or rather, he passed us / The dews grew quivering and chill / For only gossamer my gown / My tippet only tulle” (Dickinson “Because I Could Not Stop For Death” Lines 13-16). Dickinson admits that she is afraid of death. The quivering and chill is describing that death is cold hearted, and gossamer is covering her. If death were so nice, then he wouldn’t have such a creepy image and Dickinson would be describing her trip with him like a trip through a haunted house. She is afraid of him at this point. Though Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson may share different opinions about dying, they both know that death is inevitable and they will have their time one as well.

Dickinson starts the first stanza of the poem with, “Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me” (807). Clearly she was not ready to go, death simply took her by surprise and brought her busy life to a halt. This could be seen as a beautiful way to take on death because death is usually said in such a morbid tone and the fact she associated “kindly” with death makes it beautiful. The second line says, “The Carriage held but just Ourselves – and Immortality” (Dickinson 807). The author emphasizes Carriage, Ourselves, and Immortality. Dickinson seems to be talking about her own death chariot and by immortality, she believes her death is not the end, but rather as a step to eternal life.

The ensuing line states, “He kindly stopped for me” (Line 2). From this, the reader could possibly deduce that the narrator was glad to see death. Dickinson was known throughout her life to have been oddly fascinated with death and immortality, so it’s not out of the question to assume that this fascination was reflected in the narrator’s personality and was why death was welcomed. However, a more likely conclusion is that Dickinson was merely being ironic. Death is ominous as it is a leap into the unknown; we simply cannot fathom the eternity of afterlife. Taking us without consent from our lives (which we already have no power over), and thrusting us into an incomprehensible eternity is not exactly a kind act to commit, thus irony was used in this case. This further strengthens the idea that our lives are out of our control because with or without consent, death will choose to take a life whenever he pleases.

Emily Dickinson is well-known due to the fact that she uses an immense amount of death in her poetry; she is also known as being reclusive and death-obsessed. Although other poets don’t typically use large amounts of death in his or her own poetry, Dickinson decided to take her own path in order to get her point across; meanwhile, some found her obsession with death rather disturbing. On the other hand, death could be interpreted through various forms of symbolism. For example, death can symbolize things such as equality, religion, and journeys. Additionally, death can be used to express the loss of a loved one or even an internal loss of yourself, such as despair. Her poems about death

Short stories have fully developed themes but appear significantly shorter and less elaborate than novels. A similar theme found in short stories “Winter Dreams” written by Scott F. Fitzgerald and “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner included the social and environmental influences that encouraged and controlled the character’s life and decisions. In “Winter Dreams”, the main protagonist-- Dexter-- fell into a fixation over a young, whimsical blueblood, Judy Jones. His obsession led him to believe that Judy Jones reciprocated his feelings for her, leaving him bare and mortal-- despite prior beliefs. Following her father’s death, Miss Emily fell into a dark obscurity due to the pressure and compulsion of having to carry on the honorable family name. While using a unique point of view (first person peripheral), “A Rose for Emily” followed a mysterious and desirable woman named Miss Emily as her hometown tried to understand her peculiar ways and began to find her disgraceful. By comparing and contrasting these two literary pieces, a similar organization-- including the writers’ purpose and themes-- should become clear. By using literary devices-- such as point of view, dramatic irony, detail, and figurative language-- Scott F. Fitzgerald and William Faulkner conducted two short stories similar in aim and reasoning, probable for contrasting and comparing elements within the parallel writings.

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He aspires towards social advancement and a life of wealth and success. In the first chapter of the short story, Dexter’s winter dreams are filled with high expectations associated with an upper class life. A hundred times, he replays an imagination of a summer at Sherry Islands in which he beats Mr. T. A. Hedrick in a marvellous golf match. Untiringly, he changes the details of the matches. Sometimes he would win with laughable ease and sometimes he came up magnificently from behind. His dreams of succeeding would lead to him being honoured by an admiring crowd. He would by then have achieved an adequate status amongst the wealthiest of patronisers at the “Sherry Island Golf Club”. The dreams and aspirations towards success and prosperity make him quit his job already at the age of fourteen:” I don’t want to caddy any more.. I’m too old,” (page 1). He then hands in his “A class badge”, collected the salary that was due to him and walked home to Black Bear Village. He is persuaded by his winter dreams and is willing to sacrifice in order to achieve them: “… Dexter was unconsciously dictated to by his winter dreams”, (page 2). He was not satisfied in just being associated with glimmerings things and glimmering people, instead he wanted the glimmering things themselves. F. Scott Fitzgerald foreshadows the development of Dexter’s American dreams:” His winter dreams happened to be concerned at first with musings on the rich…” (page 2). Later, his real intention and underlying American dream would turn out to take shape in a relationship with Judy Jones rather than succeeding in business. It is no secret that by the end of the short story, Dexter and Judy Jones are neither married nor engaging in a relationship. His real American dream is lost. This very sequence and future of Dexter’s American dream is already revealed within the second paragraph of the short story. The second paragraph deals

Our focus on wealth and social status leaves us divided rather than united as people had hoped. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Winter Dream”, Fitzgerald shows that social status and wealth are not just an aspect of life, but barriers that people struggle to overcome. Dexter Green constantly made his decisions based on money. The only reason he caddied was “for pocket-money” (Fitzgerald 659). This resembles the American way of doing things solely for a profit. He was swayed by money and status when he decided to leave his job after meeting Judy Jones. He did not want to caddie for her, because then he could never be her equal and would lose the chance of winning her over. From the moment he met her, he let the differences between their social status and wealth separate them. Hemingway uses this to resemble the way American people let money influence our perceptions of others. America has become a materialistic society. If someone does not resemble a high social standard, then they viewed as less than. Just like Dexter, people are concerned that their financial status is what they will be judged and viewed by. He, like many people, then strived to change his place in society. Even after Dexter attended college and set up “the largest string of laundries in his section of the country” earning him a fortune, he still did not fit in the world that Judy Jones was a part of (Fitzgerald 662). This shows that the money that separated them in the beginning was not the only thing that kept them apart. Overall, Fitzgerald uses his influence as a writer to shine a light on the sad reality of wealth’s influence in American

Winter Dreams is short story written by the great F. Scott Fitzgerald. The protagonist in Winter Dreams is the young Dexter Green. Dexter Green is young man who wishes to become rich. Green invasions himself being wealthy and marrying a wealthy woman. Throughout the short story we learn how Dexter made his dreams become reality, though he does not achieve all his dreams. However, if the protagonist was changed into a female, this story would have been beyond different.

Dickinson gives Death many characteristics that help to shape our image of him. The line "He kindly stopped for me" in the first stanza, immediately gives a male gender (2). This male image gives the reader the traditional idea of the gentleman caller. This line also reveals a kind quality of death. The kind quality is important throughout this poem because it allows the speaker to

The subject of death, including her own was a very prevalent theme in Emily Dickinson’s poems and letters. Some may find her preoccupation with death morbid, but this was not unusual for her time period. The mindset during Ms. Dickinson’s time was that of being prepared to die, in the 19th century people died of illness and accidents at an alarming rate, not to mention the Civil War had a high number of casualties, she also lived 15 years of her youth next to a cemetery. Dickinson’s view on death was never one of something to be feared she almost romanized death, in her poem “Because I Could not Stop for Death”, she actually personifies death while narrating from beyond the grave. In the first stanza she states “I could not stop for

The satisfaction that Dexter feels at becoming socio-economically advantageous leads him to pursue unattainable goals, which transform him into someone that he does no more recognize. To begin with, when Dexter returns to the Sherry Island Golf Club, he tries to “catch a gleam or gesture that would remind him of himself, that would lessen the gap which lay between his present and his past” (34). Although he only makes his first big success at that moment, he already misses the young Dexter who innocently believes that money is the key to every problem. The melancholy of this sentence indicates that he has not yet found happiness in his first success, thus leading him to pursue more challenging goals. The gap between his past and his present is even extended after he encounters Judy Jones. Before the adult Judy appears on the lake where Dexter and her first meet, Fitzgerald employs a multitude of words associated with sun, such as “shining”, “lights”, “gleaming”, and “for once, he was magnificently attuned to life and that everything