“Whenever you feel like criticising anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you’ve had” -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald is a writer who has imposed himself and his life story into many of his characters. Most notably, his famous novel called The Great Gatsby, is about a man who feels unhappy despite his wealth. However, there is another story in which Fitzgerald uses himself as the main character, a short story called “Winter Dreams”
“Winter Dreams” is a story about a man's strive for the American dream. The story starts with the main character, Dexter, a middle class boy who works as a caddy during his childhood. Next in the story, Dexter is a young man and well off …show more content…
His fortune begins around age twenty-three when he begins a laundry chain and he starts to get acquainted and meets with the upperclassmen at parties and golf outings. While doing these things, Dexter starts to feel proud of himself as he is heading toward his goal. By the end of the story Dexter is at the peak of his wealth in the story. He comes back from the war and returns west to New York. Fitzgerald (1922) describes his wealth as, “so well that there were no barriers too high for him now” (p. 978). Yet, not all is well. When a character by the name of Devlin walks into Dexter’s office to see him for business reasons and tells him of Judy’s whereabouts. Dexter then realizes that without her, he is not truly happy despite his wealth. According to Frederick J. Hoffman (1949), “In ‘Winter Dreams’ (1922) Fitzgerald…experimented with the notion that success conferred such an inclusive privilege, and he had concluded that money bought only a limited number of things” (p. 135). Hoffman (1949) is stating that Fitzgerald was a writer who often wrote about how privilege does not bring joy when it comes down to it as Dexter never married the love of his life, …show more content…
He was born to a middle-class furniture salesman as a father and an immigrant mother. Fitzgerald begins his writing career at Princeton but unfortunately had to quit when he dropped out of college to join the army and was stationed in Alabama, however the war was over before he enlisted. Fitzgerald then moved to New York in 1919 and finished a novel that he had started during college. The novel, named This Side of Paradise, became an instant hit and immediate bestseller and at the age of twenty-four Fitzgerald was now one of the richest and most famous authors of the 1920’s. Fitzgerald also watches his life crash around him while at the peak of success. The Fitzgerald family was experiencing financial issues, F. Scott Fitzgerald found an alcohol addiction within himself, his Wife suffered from mental illness, and soon after her diagnosis the couple
“Winter Dreams” is a story about a man's strive for the American dream. The story starts with the main character, Dexter, a middle class boy who works as a caddy during his childhood. Next in the story, Dexter is a young man and well off …show more content…
His fortune begins around age twenty-three when he begins a laundry chain and he starts to get acquainted and meets with the upperclassmen at parties and golf outings. While doing these things, Dexter starts to feel proud of himself as he is heading toward his goal. By the end of the story Dexter is at the peak of his wealth in the story. He comes back from the war and returns west to New York. Fitzgerald (1922) describes his wealth as, “so well that there were no barriers too high for him now” (p. 978). Yet, not all is well. When a character by the name of Devlin walks into Dexter’s office to see him for business reasons and tells him of Judy’s whereabouts. Dexter then realizes that without her, he is not truly happy despite his wealth. According to Frederick J. Hoffman (1949), “In ‘Winter Dreams’ (1922) Fitzgerald…experimented with the notion that success conferred such an inclusive privilege, and he had concluded that money bought only a limited number of things” (p. 135). Hoffman (1949) is stating that Fitzgerald was a writer who often wrote about how privilege does not bring joy when it comes down to it as Dexter never married the love of his life, …show more content…
He was born to a middle-class furniture salesman as a father and an immigrant mother. Fitzgerald begins his writing career at Princeton but unfortunately had to quit when he dropped out of college to join the army and was stationed in Alabama, however the war was over before he enlisted. Fitzgerald then moved to New York in 1919 and finished a novel that he had started during college. The novel, named This Side of Paradise, became an instant hit and immediate bestseller and at the age of twenty-four Fitzgerald was now one of the richest and most famous authors of the 1920’s. Fitzgerald also watches his life crash around him while at the peak of success. The Fitzgerald family was experiencing financial issues, F. Scott Fitzgerald found an alcohol addiction within himself, his Wife suffered from mental illness, and soon after her diagnosis the couple