Similarities Between Winter Dreams And The Great Gatsby
During the roaring 1920’s, after the devastations of World War I and 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, people in America began to change their American dreams. They started to rebel against social traditions, lose self-control, and party like never before. F. Scott Fitzgerald dubs the era the Jazz Age, as he reflects on the ambiguities of the American Dream. In Fitzgerald’s short story “Winter Dreams” and the novel The Great Gatsby, there are many similarities between the two main characters, Dexter and Gatsby. Dexter Green and Jay Gatsby epitomize the self-reliant individual; therefore, they are very successful financially; however, they fall short of attaining their full dream for they never get the girl. Many parallels can be drawn between Jay
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Scott Fitzgerald’s American Dream is based on success, wealth, and elegance symbolized by Judy and achieved self-reliance, ambition, and opportunity. Fitzgerald developed his short story and novel for moral and spiritual fortitude as he placed it within the main characters Dexter and Gatsby; as Dexter’s American Dream is to live a life of beauty and glamour that he believes wealth can buy him. He wished to get away from his ordinary life to get what he truly wants. Dexter works very hard but he does not have beauty and glamour in his life until he meets Judy Jones, who he’s known since he was a child. Judy then becomes Dexter's dream, all the beauty and glamour he has ached for since he was a boy but, her love for him has been an illusion. His memories have been lies, and was then left with nothing. In one sense, Gatsby's rags-to-riches success story makes him a great example for living the American dream. He started with little and by then time be became a young man, he had nothing. While on his own, he had the opportunity to change the future for himself. He then falls in love, which would change the course of his life forever when he meets Daisy. He believes everything he did was for the singular purpose of winning her. Money was the only issue that prevented their being together, so he thought. So Gatsby made sure he would never again be without it. Gatsby's drive and perseverance in obtaining his goal is, in many senses,
Scott Fitzgerald’s American Dream is based on success, wealth, and elegance symbolized by Judy and achieved self-reliance, ambition, and opportunity. Fitzgerald developed his short story and novel for moral and spiritual fortitude as he placed it within the main characters Dexter and Gatsby; as Dexter’s American Dream is to live a life of beauty and glamour that he believes wealth can buy him. He wished to get away from his ordinary life to get what he truly wants. Dexter works very hard but he does not have beauty and glamour in his life until he meets Judy Jones, who he’s known since he was a child. Judy then becomes Dexter's dream, all the beauty and glamour he has ached for since he was a boy but, her love for him has been an illusion. His memories have been lies, and was then left with nothing. In one sense, Gatsby's rags-to-riches success story makes him a great example for living the American dream. He started with little and by then time be became a young man, he had nothing. While on his own, he had the opportunity to change the future for himself. He then falls in love, which would change the course of his life forever when he meets Daisy. He believes everything he did was for the singular purpose of winning her. Money was the only issue that prevented their being together, so he thought. So Gatsby made sure he would never again be without it. Gatsby's drive and perseverance in obtaining his goal is, in many senses,