Winter Dreams In The Great Gatsby

“Winter Dreams” was published in 1926. Francis Scott Fitzgerald is most well-known for his novel “The Great Gatsby”. A common theme he is known for is the American dream and how it is corrupt. Fitzgerald enjoys writing about the poor boy chasing after the rich girl. This story is about a man named Dexter Green trying to achieve the American dream by obtaining the girl he adores. By the end of the story he cannot have the girl, and his dreams are ruined. The author illustrates Dexter Green as a wishful boy longing for what the future holds. Fitzgerald incorporates many symbols, as one being solely Judy Jones. The author uses style in the story by separating the short story into 6 sections. Fitzgerald in “Winter Dreams” depicts the fantasy of the American dream and how no matter how hard one works, he may never achieve his dream.
This short story is about a young and rich man who chases a girl he adores. The beginning starts out with Dexter Green, a caddy for golfers. After he encounters an incident with Judy Jones, he quits his job in search for more. At 23 years old, he makes a vast amount money with laundry businesses. Many years

The author describes this as “Fitzgerald skillfully arranges the story’s action in six sections, alternating between summary and incident to cover a period of 18 years” (Flibbert). Fitzgerald made each section focus on a specific incident in Dexter’s life. Between the first and second section, 4 years passed by. Those 2 sections summarize only a five-year span of Dexter’s life. The first section focuses on when Dexter departed from his job and witnessed Judy Jones for the first time. Consequently, the moment Dexter’s life progresses the most is between sections 5 and 6, where 7 years pass by while focusing on one incident in his life. This conveys the feelings of the author trying to progress the characters live through these