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. ... Fitzgerald obviously wrote "Winter Dreams- and The Great Gatsby to coincide with each other on many levels. ... If one character in Gatsby has a dominant trait; its counterpart from the story "Winter Dreams- is sure to have that as well. ... "Winter Dreams- and The Great G...

• Word Count: 1300
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald's story "Winter Dreams- reflects on this overzealous period. ... He has many dreams that keep him from doing some things and force him to do others, even if they are irrational. ... 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 ...

• Word Count: 1508
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald's story "Winter Dreams- reflects on this overzealous period. ... He has many dreams that keep him from doing some things and force him to do others, even if they are irrational. ... 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 ...

• Word Count: 1504
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Winter Dreams,? ... In this midpoint passage fromWinter Dreams,? Dexter has committed to Judy Jones, a young and beautiful girl he remembers from his youth. ... This quote means that although Dexter tries to see the advantage Judy has over him, her innocence bars him from seeing past her skin. ... This quote means that Judy flaunted her physicality knowingly. ...

• Word Count: 1459
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... As a recent graduate from college, Dexter now runs his own laundry business. ... Fitzgerald is able to incorporate his opinion of how the idealistic American Dream promises more than it actually delivers. ... 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 altered man...

• Word Count: 782
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Unfortunately, Thompson was not as lucky, spending 30 days in jail, preventing him from graduating high school. ... His constant rejection from publishers threw Thompson into his work even more.... On March 23, 1964, Juan Fitzgerald Thompson is born, Thompson's first son. ... Critics came from both sides, some praising the inventiveness, others disregarding the new form of journalism. Tom Wolfe reprinted this in entirety with an exerpt from Hells Angels in the book The New Journalism. ...

• Word Count: 3077
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School