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Definition of Setting
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Setting
Explanation and Analysis:
“Winter Dreams” is set in Minnesota and New York in the decades before and after World War I (roughly 1900s to 1920s). The story opens at the fictional Sherry Island Golf Club in Minnesota where Dexter is a caddy for the wealthy white residents of Black Bear, Minnesota. In "Winter Dreams" (as in many of his stories and books), Fitzgerald is very attentive to class dynamics between the characters in this story. For example, after spending so much time around wealthy men, the young Dexter develops “winter dreams” of growing up and becoming a successful businessman like them, which he is eventually able to do.
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