Winter Dreams | Style

Narration
Fitzgerald employs a third person omniscient narrator in ‘‘Winter Dreams,’’ but with an innovative twist. The narrator almost becomes a separate persona in the story, as he occasionally steps back from the plot and speaks directly to the reader, giving his critical perspective on the characters or on the action. Fitzgerald borrows this technique from Joseph Conrad who, in works like Heart of Darkness and

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