A Literary Analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams" would not be complete without a thorough examination into the life of Dexter Green. Carpe Diem in “Winter Dreams” is, in the long run, an unfulfilled concept. I expose Dexter’s botching his many opportunities to “seize the day.” The setting written during a period of time in and around the Roaring 20’s when Dexter is between fourteen to thirty-two years old. F. Scott Fitzgerald divides “Winter Dreams” among specific time periods which conversely correlate to Dexter’s own relationship with those in different classes of society. Furthermore, the setting of winter on the overall outcome is powerful. Dexter slips into fits of stubborn, upper crust thinking in an effort to keep up with the Jones’. It appears that winter severely affects Dexter’s mental state and causes an inability to chase his dream during the winter season.
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Dexter declines going to a state school for a private education far from his home in Minnesota, where his fiscal means are strained. He still longs for extravagance, but his desires are often denied. Throughout the story, Dexter imagines all the popular men from respected backgrounds who had once loved Judi Jones, the object and focus of how he will achieve his own success. Dexter acquires polish and sophistication despite his humble origins in upper
Dexter declines going to a state school for a private education far from his home in Minnesota, where his fiscal means are strained. He still longs for extravagance, but his desires are often denied. Throughout the story, Dexter imagines all the popular men from respected backgrounds who had once loved Judi Jones, the object and focus of how he will achieve his own success. Dexter acquires polish and sophistication despite his humble origins in upper