Winter Dreams

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Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6

Themes

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

Characters

All Characters Dexter Green Judy Jones T.A. Hedrick Mortimer Jones Devlin Irene Scheerer Hilda

Symbols

All Symbols Winter Dreams The Sun

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Flashbacks Foil Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Oxymorons Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone

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Winter Dreams

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis Summary

Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6

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

All Characters
Dexter Green
Judy Jones
T.A. Hedrick
Mortimer Jones
Devlin
Irene Scheerer
Hilda

All Symbols
Winter Dreams
The Sun

All Literary Devices
Flashbacks
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Oxymorons
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone

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