AMERICAN DREAM

• The American Dream is the belief that anyone, regardless of where they

were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of

success in a society where upward mobility is possible for everyone.

• The American Dream is achieved through:

• Sacrifice

• Risk-taking

• and hard work rather than by chance.

 It provides :

 Freedom

 Equality

 Political freedom

 Rights

 Liberty

 Opportunity
AMERICAN DREAM IN WINTER DREAM

• The “winter dreams” of the story refer to the American Dream that Dexter
comes to embody, but success brings a high cost, and social mobility restricts
Dexter's capacity for happiness.
• “Winter Dreams” illustrates how social class defines people’s lives, often with
unfortunate results
• Dexter Green, the story’s protagonist, is a fourteen-year-old caddie
• However, Dexter is determined to become one of the wealthy men for whom he
works at the Sherry Island Golf Course.
• These ambitions are dictated by his winter dreams
• These “dreams” to possess “glittering things and glittering people are a
metaphor for the American dream of economic success and social prestige.
• As Dexter attempts to work himself up the social ladder, he falls in love
with Judy Jones, a shallow and selfish, rich woman.

• But to Dexter, Judy represents the very idea of the American Dream
obtaining wealth and status.

• Dexter’s pursuit of Judy and essentially the American Dream

becomes an obsession.

• In the end, Dexter is forced to accept the realization that his “winter
dreams” are actually just empty wishes

• . By characterizing Judy as a superficial, materialistic woman, Fitzgerald

criticizes the destructive nature of american dream