F. Scott Fitzgerald's Winter Dreams

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What is your dream? In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story, Winter Dreams, he introduces us to a man named Dexter who has the dream to become a golf champion. Early in the story on page 34, paragraph 3, the author says “He became a golf champion and defeated Mr. T. A. Hedrick in a marvelous match played a hundred times over the fairways of his imagination” But that was not his only dream, he always strived to be wealthier and have more power.
Dexter’s dreams were not as achievable as has he always thought of them to be. He faces many difficulties throughout his life. His vision of becoming richer and higher in society was not possible. He was only a caddy and his skills were not as impressive as he believed them to be. He could not make much

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