Winter Dreams Character Analysis

Notwithstanding Dexter Green positive attributes and financial success, the author shows how all his dreams are not more than an illusion, and when he realizes it, he now has nothing; all his wealth will never fulfill the void in his life. This illusion or “Winter Dreams” as he called are massively related with the idealization of Judy Jones. Clinton S. Burhans, Jr. in his dissertation, for example, says, “With the real Judy out of his life, the girl he had dreamed of having can remain alive in his imagination, unchanging in the images of her youthful beauty and desirability”. In Dexter’s mind, the image of Judy full of beauty and vitality will be eternal, and it will become the principal source of inspiration to keep forward. This image

A tale can be told in several different ways. Many people are aware of the astonishing feat of the 1980 USA Olympic Men’s Hockey team, who were huge underdogs in their bid to win the gold medal against the powerhouse USSR. The movie “Miracle”, directed by Gavin O’Connor, is the dramatic journey taken by this team, from the anxiety-filled tryouts in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to the exhilarating game against the USSR in Lake Placid, New York. The book, “The Boys of Winter” written by Wayne Coffey, is based on the same events, but takes a less emotional, more factual approach to the subject. The purpose of this essay is to compare these two resources, and to discuss how they differ in tone, style, and theme.

There is no doubt that both Dexter Green and Jay Gatsby are destroyed by their ambition. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s two stories Winter Dreams and The Great Gatsby, both main characters lose their goals when they chase after them too much. The Great Gatsby is about a man who returns from war to chase after a previous sweetheart of his, despite her already being married. Winter Dreams is about a man who falls in love with a woman purely to prove he can fit in her social class. Despite the slight differences in their plots, both of the main characters a blinded by a hopeless love, are willing to do anything to reach their goals, and ultimately end up destroying themselves. There are several direct parallels between Gatsby and Green.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's works, the novel The Great Gatsby and the story “Winter Dreams” illustrates that the main characters Jay Gatsby and Dexter Green both face challenges in achieving the American Dream because of sacrifices to gain wealth and status; this theme is clearly revealed through the pursue to erase their lower-class beginnings and revitalize a treasured romance.

Fitzgerald knew the importance of internal conflict in an exceptional work of literature and he used it to his advantage in “Winter Dreams” when conveying his underlying theme. In this quote by the narrator “he sat perfectly quiet, his nerves in wild clamor, afraid if he moved he would find her irresistibly in his arms…” (p. 748) FItzgerald uses internal conflict to show Dexter’s struggle to deny Judy Jones. We see that even Dexter’s nerves are fighting to keep him stable. Throughout this internal fight He loses to a “Perfect wave of emotion” (p.748). In this wave of emotion he loses to his desire. He had to have her, despite knowing she was unobtainable, despite irene, despite his well being. To Dexter, one night with her was

The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen is an example of literature in which the protagonist faces a considerable amount of conflict in different forms. Not only does the protagonist, Jessica Carlisie, face conflict, but also the characters who were there to support her, such as her father and Rosa (Jessica’s friend), battled conflict of their own. Jessica Carlisie was an unfortunate victim of a bus crash on her way home from a track meet. As a consequence of the crash, her doctors are forced to amputate her leg, damaged beyond repair. Throughout the novel, the characters in the book struggled with all types of conflict: man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature, man vs.

In the film Joan demonstrates what Benokraitis (2015:162) explains is narcissism; playing with love. Benokraitis (2015:162) also expresses that “Narcissists believe that they are unique, smarter, and more attractive than others, and they constantly seek attention”. Linda Martinez-Lewi, Ph.D. Narcissistic Personality Clinical Expert, articulates that “Narcissistic mothers are one woman armies of human destruction. They are an elite team of ninja killers of the psyches of their children. One narcissistic mother does more psychological damage than you can imagine”. In her book she writes that “Showing disingenuous compassion or concern for others is a clever stage act the high-level narcissist uses to convince others to play his or her game” (Martinez-Lewi, 2008:18).

Fitzgerald Scott, the writer of the thrilling short story “Winter Dreams,” focus on Dexter Green who at the age of 14 years has resolved to follow his winter dream; pursuing Judy Jones’ wealthy world. Accordingly, Green adopts riches from his father and expands it to become a rich profile at the age of 27 years, an aspect that shapes his path of achieving his dream. Green borrows money after his college life to start a laundry job, which he anticipates to give him some real money. However, Green’s wealth-search is materialistic motivated to enable him hang out with the wealthy families in the Sherry Island. Green and Judy have bumped into each other several times in which they appear to be in love and strengthen their passion; the path to his Winter Dream (Fitzgerald, 2007).

Dexter Green is the protagonist in the story Winter Dreams, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The stories main focus is Dexter, portraying his love life and all his success. Dexter has many struggles in his life starting with the stories enemy, Judy Jones. Judy is not a pleasant character because of her actions and her ways in the story. Dexter creates his own problems and conflict in the story, that could’ve easily been prevented.

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.

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.

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

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

The annual tradition is back with Christmas trees decorated, presents placed under the tree, and the anticipation of Santa’s arrival. The kids dress in their holiday pajamas as their parents get ready to read them a bedtime story. The parents warn the children that Santa will not give them any gifts if they are awake at night. The clock ticks past 1 o’clock and one child is too anxious to dream away. The child is convinced that he needs some warm milk to fall asleep. As he walks down the stairs he sees his parents dropping presents under the tree that say from Santa. The entire reality of this child crumbles apart as he witnesses the reality of Santa. The reality of Christmas is similar to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, where reality is cloaked in illusions. The setting takes place in the roaring twenties where people partied like there was no tomorrow. Their perspective comes from a character named Nick Carraway, who learns that one man named James Gatsby throws extravagant parties every weekend in order to attract the attention of an old lover named Daisy. The main obstacle in Gatsby's way is that Daisy is already married to a man named Tom Buchanan and has a young daughter with her as well. Most people see Gatsby the way he presents himself, but there are a select few, including Nick, who see through his charade. Gatsby’s persistent dream insidiously blinds himself to the truth laid out in front of him. F. Scott Fitzgerald is conveying the theme that 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.