"Winter Dreams" F. Scott Fitzgerald's" Winter Dreams begins by introducing the main character Dexter Green. ... Burhans states that "Fitzgerald once described "Winter Dreams" as "a sort of first draft of the Gatsby Idea," Mr. Burhans does not agree but considers the story "worth careful study" and states "Winter Dreams can be a fertile and challenging story; for a student of Fitzgerald, its careful analysis is a rewarding necessity." After reading "Winter Dreams" and "The Great Gatsby" I can see the common elements in the two stories that would make Fitzgerald describe "Winter Dreams" ...

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Scott Fitzgerald and embedded in the characters of his short story 'Winter Dreams.' ... His epiphany into the greatest value of his dreams is not the goals themselves but rather the dreaming journey. Now, the satisfaction accompanying his adventure has gone; his disillusionment abandons him with hollowness, and 'even the grief he could have borne was left behind in the country of illusion, of youth, of the richness of life, where his winter dreams had flourished.' ... Using that, 'Winter Dreams' by F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered a criticism to the destructive...

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Scott Fitzgerald's story "Winter Dreams- reflects on this overzealous period. ... In "Winter Dreams- Fitzgerald creates a complicated character, uses paradoxes to describe the relationships present in the story, and produces a person who molds his life around his dreams. ... Scott, "Winter Dreams,"" as quoted in Elements of Literature: Fifth Course, Kathleen Daniel, Austin: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1997, Page 589.) ... Fitzgerald creates a character that uses her place in life and beauty to her advantage in "Winter Dreams."" ... Fitzgerald constructs a complex character, makes ...

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Scott Fitzgerald's story "Winter Dreams- reflects on this overzealous period. ... In "Winter Dreams- Fitzgerald creates a complicated character, uses paradoxes to describe the relationships present in the story, and produces a person who molds his life around his dreams. ... Scott, "Winter Dreams,"" as quoted in Elements of Literature: Fifth Course, Kathleen Daniel, Austin: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1997, Page 589.) ... Fitzgerald creates a character that uses her place in life and beauty to her advantage in "Winter Dreams."" ... Fitzgerald constructs a complex character, makes ...

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Fitzgerald considered his short story, "Winter Dreams- a first draft for The Great Gatsby for several reasons such as the similarities between James Gatsby and Dexter Green, Daisy Buchanan and Judy Jones, and the themes of love and money. ... (Winter Dreams, 591) Judy's amazing beauty is what attracts men to her. ... He might not object to widows, but "(Winter Dreams 593) Judy further proves her shallowness in this statement. ... Fitzgerald obviously wrote "Winter Dreams- and The Great Gatsby to coincide with each other on many levels. ... "Winter Dreams- and The Great Gatsby are...

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Winter Dreams The twenties were an amazing time full of hopes, dreams, and for the wealthy parties. ... Within the short story Winter Dreams, by Fitzgerald, there were many of the same themes as that in The Great Gatsby such as infidelity as well as similarities between the characters. ... In both The Great Gatsby and Winter dreams, the two leading ladies start out in love with a poor man. ... Both The Great Gatsby and Winter Dreams differ in part because of the way each ends. ... Probably the most eminent similarity between The Great Gatsby and Winter Dreams was the theme of infidelity. ...

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The writer who summed up an era Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St. ... The search for love in "Winter Dreams" demonstrates Fitzgerald's search for love in his own life. When looking upon Fitzgerald's novels you can see an insight into his own personal life. ... "The Last Tycoon" was a novel that Fitzgerald was not able to finish due to his death in 1940. ... This is an author's dream to teach others though his writings. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald's corrupt idea of the typical American Dream. ... "Winter Dreams- portrays different thoughts of Fitzgerald's, particularly from events that happened in his own life during the Jazz Age. ... Fitzgerald is able to incorporate his opinion of how the idealistic American Dream promises more than it actually delivers. ... By writing Dexter's character this way, Fitzgerald is able to voice his opinion. ... This quote from Fitzgerald to his daughter provides insight into his own life and emotions and why he perceives the society and its' American Dream in an al...

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Fitzgerald's The Great Winter Dream F. Scott Fitzgerald is said to have been one of the most important American writers in the twentieth century, not only for his realistic views on the "American dream" but also for his insight and use of prose. It seems as though Fitzgerald was somewhat fixed on the dreams that men strive to acquire. This is extremely apparent throughout the short story "Winter Dreams" and The Great Gatsby. ... The two men both created their romantic dreams when they were young boys and they both remember the past as much as possible. ...

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Winter Dreams,? by Scott Fitzgerald, is a short story about the control of one person over the emotions of another. In this midpoint passage fromWinter Dreams,? ... Fitzgerald comments,It was the exquisite excitability that for the moment he controlled and owned? ... Fitzgerald's use of description and detail further indicate Judy's hierarchy over Dexter. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, James Thurber's short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story Winter Dreams establish that infatuation with dreams causes conflict, confusion, and loss of identity. ... (Fitzgerald 98) Nick gathers that Gatsby fabricates his background as a part of his mission to redefine himself. ... Dexter Green of Winter Dreams by F. ... Even the grief he could have borne was left behind in the country of illusion, of youth, of the richness of life, where his winter dreams had flourished. ...

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Within the stories, The Great Gatsby and Winter Dreams, the author, F. ... Fitzgerald, employs character, in order to epitomize the meaning of a good life. ... Within Winter Dreams, Dexter Green goes through the same basic experiences as Gatsby, with a few minor changes. ... With the literature, The Great Gatsby and Winter Dreams, F. Scott Fitzgerald described the lives of two comparable individuals. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald was born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald on September 24, 1896 in St. ... Scott Fitzgerald- 1-2). ... Scott Fitzgerald- 6). ... In the winter of 1924-1925 hoping to leave the memories of the affair behind, the Fitzgerald's moved to Rome where The Great Gatsby was revised ("A brief life of Fitzgerald- 2). ... "They both represent a dramatization of the false dream of money, which Fitzgerald had been fascinated with all his life- ("Structure of The Great Gatsby- 1). ...

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Fitzgerald's characters in "Winter Dreams" and Great Gatsby had money, but not satisfaction throughout their life. ... Characters in "Winter Dreams" and Three of the most satisfying materials that a person could own is a home, money, and a car. ... Providing all of the things above that can be satisfying Nick, Gatsby, and Dexter are three characters from Great Gatsby and "Winter Dreams", that would have an opinion on them. ... Gatsby is a firm believer in the American Dream of self-made success. ...

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During the winter in Black Bear Minnesota, there's this guy named, Dexter Green who is son of the second best grocery store. They have snowed in golf courses which Dexter was a caddy during the warmer months. He caddies to earn his pocket money. Dexter's financial resources had been stretched, so he...

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The Making of A New Writer How does a man with yellow tinted aviator glasses, a trademark cigarette holder, and khaki pants become one of the most influential writers of modern day? With arrogance, and 22 loaded guns at all times of course. This writer has been through many different paths in ...

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