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“The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive, and passion, it’s possible to achieve the American Dream.”(Hilfiger) “Winter Dreams” explains to us the basics of the American dream that many people dream about to be wealthy, healthy, and successful. The way to your American Dream is with hard work, and drive to get there. Over the years the American Dream has changed, such as pioneers dream was to go west, then the American Dream was to get married and work at the same…

middle class and always strove for his winter dream of being accepted into the wealthy class; this winter dream of Fitzgerald's transpires well into Dexter. I am a golfer myself, so the golf component of the story instantly drew me in: "Some of the caddies were poor as sin...but Dexter Green's father owned the second-best grocery store in Dillard—the best one was 'The Hub,' patronized by the wealthy people from Lake Erminie—and Dexter caddied only for pocket-money" (630). From the beginning,…

As a young men Dexter had little wealth, which is why he was a caddy for wealthy golfers. To go from little to extreme wealth is another form of achieving the American Dream. “He made money. It was rather amazing.”(735, Ln 15) Economically speaking, the roaring twenties were a time in which the lower class had the dream…

also during this time that Dexter begins to lose himself. While golfing with the eminent businessman Mr. Hart, who’s “bag he had once carried” (Fitzgerald 5) in his younger years as a caddy, Dexter begins to realize the distance between his boyhood dreams and his new reality, finding himself “glancing at the four caddies who trailed them, trying to catch a gleam or gesture of that would remind him of himself and lessen the gap which laid between his present and his past” (Fitzgerald 5). This…

Winter Dreams tells that sad story of a man whose dreams weigh so heavily that nothing could stop them from crashing down on him in the end. It is this sad finality that causes us to sympathize with him, in the same way that by the end of this read you will too. Starting with his growing obsession while working the golf course, to having his prized goal Judy not reciprocate the feelings he longs for, to finally having all this come crashing down on him in the end. We find Dexter, our main…

F. Scott Fizgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby and short story “Winters Dream” show that he tended to write what he truly knew. There were many parallels between the two pieces which both depicted central themes of materialistic values and an ever unreachable dream of greatness. Showcased through the writings were two highly persistent billionaires seeking affluence and the heart of a woman they would never have. Between wild parties, alcohol, desire for the most luxurious lifestyle and the uproar…

where we find our true happiness. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the story “Winter Dreams”. The main character in this story is Dexter Green. This young boy works at a golf course as a caddy and as he is working he comes across this elven year old girl who is very demanding and rich. Dexter quits his job as a caddy to go to college and starts his own laundry business. He began to finally fall out of being poor and ends up making a decent living off of this business. Dexter than joins the golf…

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…

The glory of wealth and success, seemingly enchanting, masks the darkness hidden within the American Dream—the lack of emotion brought on by the prospects of wealth exposes the true hollowness of a life full of indulgence. Material wealth and success are both components of the American Dream, a dream so many sought to capture during the early 1900’s. Through the story of Dexter Green, “Winter Dreams” is able to draw a parallel between the dream so many in America sought and the dream Green…