Topics for Further Study
Last Updated August 25, 2024.
- Review the passage where Dexter skis on the snowy fairways and experiences a sense of melancholy. Compose a poem or a brief sketch that depicts a scene in nature and explores your—or a character's—emotional reaction to it.
- Read another story from Fitzgerald's collection All the Sad Young Men and analyze how its style and themes compare to those in ‘‘Winter Dreams.’’
- If you were to create a film adaptation of the story, how would you visually portray Dexter's ‘‘winter dreams?’’
- Research the impact of the Great Depression on Americans who were wealthy during the 1920s. How many lost their fortunes? How did they manage to survive?
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