'Winter Dreams' and 'The Great Gatsby'

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This paper analyzes the idea that the basis of wealth, love and power are the key influences that 'Winter's Dreams' instills on Fitzgerald's latter novel 'The Great Gatsby'. In many ways, the characters, themes and motives seem to revolve around class status and the desire for lower class men to see awe in their unattainable female superiors.

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" In this literature study the basis of The Great Gatsby will be revealed through the earlier short story "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In this manner, the characters, themes, and motives of Fitzgerald will be examined to show how these two literary works are linked. In essence, the earlier focus of "Winter Dreams" on a man that obsesses about a rich girl will be the association that eventually would create the modern classic: The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is closely related to the early short stories of Fitzgerald, especially within the tale: "Winter Dreams." The main character of Dexter Green is often associated with how Jay Gatsby relishes the life of wealthy person's above his economic class in American society. "

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