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The American Dream In F. Scott Fitzgerald's Winter Dreams

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He wanted the glittering themselves not the association. In F, Scott Fitzgerald’s short story,” Winter Dreams” , he suggests that the American Dream is a desire for glittery . Dexters desire for the material for success and dexters desire for judy. The desire dexter has for the material for success. Dexter feels like he is getting to old to work at the country club and decides to quit. That is not the only reason he thinks that judy was pretty and started to have feelings for her but did not see her as a partner or wife. Judy throwing a fit and not caring that she hit someone in the head with the golf ball and it showed dexter that she was still immature. Dexter was afraid of commitment. He had financial problems but his goal was to be able to have money. He needed to work hard his money and he worked extra to get the he wanted and needed. As he wants to be one of the richest young mans in the Midwest and when he opens his own business it shows he can become that. When Judy comes back and sees that Dexter actually has money she wants to get back with him but it is to late because Dexter has a wife. After dexter sees Judy he starts making second thoughts about his decision about not leaving his wife and going back to Judy but then realizes that he made the …show more content…

He was around 16 or 17 and Judy was only 13. Dexter thought that judy was very pretty and started to like her alot. As they started working together he seen that she wasn't very mature. Dexter isn't the type to try with Judy because he knows the age difference between them. When the man started to talk to Dexter about Judy he was saying about Judy that Dexter didn't .like. It showed that Dexter still had some sort of feelings towards Judy after they hadn't seen each other in awhile. Even though Dexter had another women he still always wondered what him and Judy could have become if he would not have gave up on

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