“Winter Dreams” is an excellent short story. The setting and tone of “Winter Dreams” draw the reader into the story wonderfully. The story “Winter Dreams” takes place mainly in Black Bear, Minnesota, sometime before World War I. The town sounds, to the reader, idyllic and peaceful. The setting is romantic. The tone is romantic, as well. The events of the story take on dream-like qualities because of the way the narrator describes them. “Winter Dreams” does an excellent job describing the characters with the perfect balance of indirect and direct characterization. The main character of “Winter Dreams”, Dexter Green, is fourteen at the beginning of the story and gradually gets older as the story progresses. Through indirect characterization,
