Winter Dreams
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All Themes Class Mobility and the American Dream Gender and Ambition Dreams, Happiness, and Reality Time, Progress, and Repetition
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Winter Dreams

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Section 1
  • Section 2 
  • Section 3
  • Section 4
  • Section 5
  • Section 6
Themes
  • All Themes
  • Class Mobility and the American Dream Theme Icon
    Class Mobility and the American Dream
  • Gender and Ambition Theme Icon
    Gender and Ambition
  • Dreams, Happiness, and Reality Theme Icon
    Dreams, Happiness, and Reality
  • Time, Progress, and Repetition Theme Icon
    Time, Progress, and Repetition
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Dexter Green
  • Judy Jones
  • T.A. Hedrick
  • Mortimer Jones
  • Devlin
  • Irene Scheerer
  • Hilda
Symbols
  • All Symbols
  • Winter Dreams Symbol Icon
    Winter Dreams
  • The Sun Symbol Icon
    The Sun
Lit Devices
  • All Literary Devices
  • Flashbacks
  • Foil
  • Foreshadowing
  • Genre
  • Imagery
  • Irony
  • Metaphors
  • Mood
  • Oxymorons
  • Setting
  • Similes
  • Situational Irony
  • Style
  • Tone
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Sutton, Mary. "Winter Dreams." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 9 Feb 2018. Web. 11 Dec 2025.


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Sutton, Mary. "Winter Dreams." LitCharts LLC, February 9, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2025. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/winter-dreams.

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