Literary Themes In Winter Dreams By F. Scott Fitzgerald

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story, “Winter Dreams,” ambitious, “desirous” Dexter stands at the threshold between admiring “glittering things” and finding out that the “glittering things” he admires fade away sooner or later. Dexter‘s character throughout this short story, changes in many ways, from being unaware of what he really wanted in life to being aware of what he actually became.

The Great Gatsby is a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald about Jay Gatsby, the embodiment of a rags to riches narrative, and his undying love for Daisy Buchanan. Told in the point of view of friend Nick Carraway, we learn about Gatsby and the lengths he would go to for love. “Winter Dreams” is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about Dexter Green, another character who went from rags to riches, his love for Judy Jones, and dreams of being rich. “Winter Dreams” is a prototype of The Great Gatsby because the characters in both works are similar in that Dexter resembles Gatsby, they both cover the theme of time, and the topic of unrealistic love in both of the stories is similar.

People who come from similar backgrounds may share similar experiences. This applies to the characters of Jay Gatsby and Dexter Green, who progress throughout The Great Gatsby and Winter Dreams to achieve the lifestyle that they always wanted, but fall short when it comes to love. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby and Winter Dreams. Both of these stories give an insight to what life was like in the 1920s. Jay Gatsby is one of the major characters in The Great Gatsby. He came from a poor family and eventually becomes extremely wealthy, but he isn’t satisfied without his past lover, Daisy Buchanan. Dexter Green worked as a golf caddy when he was young boy, which is where he met his love interest, Judy Jones. As he grows older and rises

The narrator suffers from catalepsy, a physical condition in which the individual cannot move or speak for hours or, in extreme cases, for months. According to the narrator’s explanation, what are some of the ways that one can tell a cataleptic is still living?

Throughout human history, there has been many horrible and tragic moments involving famine, death and war. In that long line of history, there is however one moment that can’t be challenged to none other and that is World War 2: The rise of Nazi power and the slaughtering of many Jews. Many Jewish people suffered during those times and not many survived. Few of the people who did survive however, managed to write about their experiences and morals they had during World War 2, sharing their ideas to the world. A survivor and author of one of these books, Elie Wiesel, inscribed many of his morals and ideas in his writing using many literary terms such as tone, mood, characterization, diction, and even dialogue to portray them as themes in his

“There can be no deep disappointment where there is no deep love.” (Martin Luther King Jr.) When love and understanding embeds itself between two extraordinary individuals, there will most undoubtedly be sorrow when the relationship ceases to exist. The novel The Great Gatsby and the short story Winter Dream, both by F. Scott Fitzgerald, each features an eligible man who becomes utterly devoted to a woman shortly after encountering her. Although both stories commence excessively similar, they end quite diversely. Even though the two stories are noticeably comparable, they end contrastingly apart as a result of the minuscule discrepancies within the stories. These major differences and similarities lie within the approaches the two

The short story of “Winter Dreams” was written around the same time that Fitzgerald was developing ideas for a story to turn into a novel. While The Great Gatsby wasn’t published until 1925, “Winter Dreams” débuted in 1922 and the similarities between the novel and short story were done on purpose. “Winter Dreams” became a short draft which Fitzgerald paralleled The Great Gatsby after, but also differentiated the two in specific ways (“Winter Dreams” 217). The main characters are both men, Jay Gatsby and Dexter Green, who desire for the American dream, not necessarily for themselves, but in order to lure back the women they idealize. In The Great Gatsby and “Winter Dreams” F. Scott Fitzgerald’s constant theme is shown through the

In American literature, there is a sentiment that seems to be constantly expressed in one way or another; the pursuit of one's dreams. The finest example to many tends to be The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It centers around James Gatz, a man who breaks free from the shackles of his unfortunate past and reinvents himself. However, his life is not complete until he achieves the woman of his dreams, Daisy Buchanan. Additionally, many symbols are used throughout the book to more accurately depict Gatsby’s struggle. In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald symbolizes weather to express the mood, which emphasizes the unattainability of the American dream.

Dreams may be defined as a goal a person will do anything to achieve during their lifetime. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby creates a false sense of wealth and affluence to achieve his dream of marrying Daisy, and in the process he loses his identity.

Imagine having everything possible in life. Poof! It is gone. That is the basis of a classic tale written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, having everything at once, then watching it slip. “Winter Dreams” was published in Metropolitan Magazine in 1926. Most know of F. Scott Fitzgerald for his work “The Great Gatsby” but every novel has a muse! Winter Dreams was written as almost a rough draft for The Great Gatsby. They share a common theme like most of his work such as reality versus realism and the fall of the American dream. Fitzgerald loves to write about the classic love story of a poor boy falling in love with a rich girl, as its shown when Dexter falls in love with Judy. This short story shows the characteristics of Dexter, Judy and their questionable relationship. It also illustrates the symbolism of changing seasons and depicting colors. Finally, this short story gives a theme of reality vs realism. F. Scott Fitzgerald in “Winter Dreams” summarizes sometimes no matter how hard

The setting is in the country of Ireland, where it is usually bleak and dismal most of the time. Since the weather in Ireland is not great, the winter blues comes over the people of Ireland. In this story, I feel like the reader that each character is majorly affected by the setting. I think the author might have chosen this setting to give the reader more of a way to understand the characters by giving them a background to live in. As the reader, I think if the author gave the

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel about the American Dream. In the Great Gatsby, the dream is that one can acquire happiness through wealth and power. To get his happiness Jay attempts to reacquire the love of his lost sweet heart, Daisy. The main problem with Jay's dream is that Daisy is married. Gatsby's personal dream symbolizes the larger American Dream 'The pursuit of happiness'.

F. Scott Fitzgerald was an american author with several breathtaking novels and short stories. Among his most well known pieces of literature is The Great Gatsby which is a about a rich man who is in love with a married woman. “Winter Dreams” is also another piece of literature that Fitzgerald wrote. “Winter Dreams” is about a man's dream of becoming wealthy and dream of marrying the woman he loves. These two pieces of literature are very similar in various aspects that are noticeable as the reader compares the two. The constant mention of the desire of love and the desire for luxury demonstrates that these two things are not always the key to a happy life.

The concept of the American dream has been related to everything from religious freedom to a nice home in the suburbs. It has inspired both deep satisfaction and disillusioned fury. The phrase elicits for most Americans a country where good things can happen. However, for many Americans, the dream is simply unattainable. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Winter Dreams,” Dexter Green, a hardworking young man born into the middle class, becomes wrapped up in his pursuit to obtain wealth and status in his life. These thoughts and ideas represent Dexter’s fixation on his “winter dreams,” or, the idea of what the American Dream means to him: gaining enough wealth to eventually move up in social class and become somebody, someday. As Dexter attempts

The short story “Winter Dreams” was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and was first seen by anyone in December of 1922 when it appeared in Metropolitan Magazine. The story also illustrates many of the same themes as “The Great Gatsby,” the greatest novel in American history. “Winter Dreams” is about a young man named “Dexter” who has desires, but thinks the only way he can have them is if he is rich. His ambition gets the best of him when he strives for everything he cannot have. When unmasked to reality, your dreams can expire instantaneously.