“Winter Dreams rehearses the themes of F. Scott Fitzgerald 's best-known novel, The Great Gatsby, reveals his obsessive preoccupation with the power of material wealth, and anticipates the tragedy of his own truncated career and life,” (Flibbert). The famous novel of The Great Gatsby reflects and is similar in several different ways to the less famous short story of Winter Dreams. This short story tells of the life of a man named Dexter. It began as a young boy living in Minnesota, at the age of fourteen years old and employed as a caddy for a golf club. His life story begins when he meets eleven year old Judy Jones, who would eventually become the love of his life. Throughout the story misfortune and fortune continue to take place to Dexter
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As grows older, encounters with Miss Jones increase and his life continues to change rapidly. He attend college at a state university and was able gain many useful skills in business and eventually owned a chain of laundries. At only twenty three years old, he was deemed to be making more money than any other adult his age. Eventually, he was engaged to Irene Scheerer, the new girl in his life, only until Judy Jones reappeared in his life. While this short story has many twists and turns throughout in regards to plot, the moral idea remains the same. In Winter Dreams, F. Scott Fitzgerald explores the ‘American dream’ through Dexter as he is young boy, twenties, and early thirties, in his pursuit for success and ‘glittering things’. In Winter Dreams by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the ‘American dream’ is demonstrated by Dexter as he was young, at the age of fourteen years old. The short story begins by speaking of the privileged life and his love for skiing in the winter. At this point in introduces his job of caddying and his …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald, the search for ‘glittering things’ and the ‘American dream is once again demonstrated when Dexter was in his twenties. At this point in the short story, Dexter is a successful young man, and making far more money than anyone else his age. He was invited to go golfing with a few other men of a higher rank in the social hierarchy, which led him to meet once again, Miss Judy Jones. That evening she asks him to go to dinner the following day, and to assist her with her motor boat. This is truly the beginning of their love flourishing, even though she claimed to have a man at home. This is also the beginning of Judy’s scandalous ways. One of the opening questions in the conversation held by Judy and Dexter was the question of his financial status. In response he explained his situation, “I’m probably making more money than any man my age in the Northwest. I know that’s an obnoxious remark, but you advised me to start right,” (Pg. 741). “Fitzgerald clearly outlines the steps Dexter takes to become successful: he attends a prestigious Eastern university and upon graduation learns everything he can about the laundry business. The knowledge he gains, coupled with his confidence and a small financial investment, guarantees his prosperity,” (Perkins). From this point forward, Dexter’s entire life changed in order to accommodate Judy Jones. He would change his personality, and go out of his way to attend dances in which she may or may
As grows older, encounters with Miss Jones increase and his life continues to change rapidly. He attend college at a state university and was able gain many useful skills in business and eventually owned a chain of laundries. At only twenty three years old, he was deemed to be making more money than any other adult his age. Eventually, he was engaged to Irene Scheerer, the new girl in his life, only until Judy Jones reappeared in his life. While this short story has many twists and turns throughout in regards to plot, the moral idea remains the same. In Winter Dreams, F. Scott Fitzgerald explores the ‘American dream’ through Dexter as he is young boy, twenties, and early thirties, in his pursuit for success and ‘glittering things’. In Winter Dreams by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the ‘American dream’ is demonstrated by Dexter as he was young, at the age of fourteen years old. The short story begins by speaking of the privileged life and his love for skiing in the winter. At this point in introduces his job of caddying and his …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald, the search for ‘glittering things’ and the ‘American dream is once again demonstrated when Dexter was in his twenties. At this point in the short story, Dexter is a successful young man, and making far more money than anyone else his age. He was invited to go golfing with a few other men of a higher rank in the social hierarchy, which led him to meet once again, Miss Judy Jones. That evening she asks him to go to dinner the following day, and to assist her with her motor boat. This is truly the beginning of their love flourishing, even though she claimed to have a man at home. This is also the beginning of Judy’s scandalous ways. One of the opening questions in the conversation held by Judy and Dexter was the question of his financial status. In response he explained his situation, “I’m probably making more money than any man my age in the Northwest. I know that’s an obnoxious remark, but you advised me to start right,” (Pg. 741). “Fitzgerald clearly outlines the steps Dexter takes to become successful: he attends a prestigious Eastern university and upon graduation learns everything he can about the laundry business. The knowledge he gains, coupled with his confidence and a small financial investment, guarantees his prosperity,” (Perkins). From this point forward, Dexter’s entire life changed in order to accommodate Judy Jones. He would change his personality, and go out of his way to attend dances in which she may or may