Dexter

of confusion caused mostly caused by daisy and her husband Tom. In Winter Dreams Dexter fell in love with Judy Jones, who is stunning…

Fitzgerald and Dexter. Fitzgerald came from the 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…

There’s a well-known assumption that authors are an aloof and twisted bunch. Well, Pete Dexter fits this stereotype perfectly. Dexter lived in several places as a child including Illinois, Georgia, and South Dakota (Bodine 1). He experimented with many different careers before becoming a reporter. Dexter suffered brain damage during an incident where he was beaten severely by a drug gang he reported on. He lost his sense of taste, and with that, his love for alcohol. “All of a sudden, I had an…

it feel like” (Dexter). Two stories “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, and Dexter by Jeff Lansing both depict characters that have conflicting emotions caused by insanity. In “The Tell Tale Heart,” the main character is insane; this drives him to kill a man. After he is finished he makes sure there is no evidence. But when the police come he is overcome with a ringing noise in his head that pushes him past the edge and he snaps, telling the police that he is guilty. In Dexter, the main…

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through the changes in characters and their social statuses. With their accumulation of material wealth, Fitzgerald’s self made characters begin by believing in the false security of money, and they fall victim to their own self deception. These men, Dexter and Gatsby, respectively from “Winter Dreams” and The Great Gatsby, are so obsessed with material wealth, that they can no longer see their true goals. With their affinity toward social improvement, the two men hope to be like those who…

character they are playing are the actual attributes that they possess is actually who they are. When Dexter gives face towards his family and co-workers, he is performing a self that he made up to avoid his identity (serial killer) from being discovered, as a way of making them believe that he is a good father, husband, brother and employee to meet or keep up with society’s standards. The front Dexter presents is that of a ‘family man’ and a Blood Splatter Specialist for the police department,…

written a wonderful portrayal of the darker side of the American Dream in Winter Dreams. In this short story, we read about love, passion, and heartache. We also read about Dexter Green, a young man who falls in love with Judy Jones, a woman who believes that her life will only have meaning if men are fawning over her. Dexter Green is a young man who is the son of the owner of the second-best grocery store in Black Bear, Minnesota. April eventually begins and the first golfers brave the…

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…

of Dexter Green. Dexter’s journey to the realization of a boyhood dream turned into a life depleting nightmare serves to prove that the whole construct of social class is an illusion and that money can never buy happiness. At the onset of the story, Dexter is an ambitious middle-class boy and the son of the owner of the “second best grocery store in Black Bear” (Fitzgerald 1). This is significant in of itself because it provides context to Dexter’s ambitious mindset. From the moment Dexter saw…