Winter Dreams And The Great Gatsby Analysis

Twins from Birth
Every decision may change someone's fate. Every little decision matters, it could change someone's life or kill them. F. Scott Fitzgerald had created both Winter Dreams and The Great Gatsby. The two stories are quite similar ,but also very unique in their own way. Gatsby and Dexter both come from either poor or middle class families. The two just want to fit into the higher class and both of them needed the last piece to becoming apart of the higher class. The location Gatsby and Dexter live impacted their lives and as well did the people that lived around them, also, the minor characters in these two novels extremely affects how the characters act.
The location that Gatsby and Dexter live makes a huge impact on how they
Daisy affected what Gatsby did; he based his life on Daisy and Dexter based his life on how the higher classmen acted. "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay." (The Great Gatsby 78). Everything Gatsby did, he did because of Daisy. He based every move off of her and how she would like things, for example he bought a house right across from her. He threw so many parties wishing she would just sneak in once but never did. Gatsby would change anything for her to make her happy. “When the time had come for him to wear good clothes, he had known who were the best tailors in America.” (Winter Dreams 4). Dexter was just trying to reach the higher class. He would watch how they act and dress so he could copy them. He would even go to the golf course, where he had earlier in life been a caddy, and he would golf with all the business owners. In addition, some of the minor characters played roles in lives
There are minor characters that played important parts in these novels. “Meyer Wolfsheim? No, he’s a gambler.” (The Great Gatsby 73). Wolfsheim was a businessman that helped Gatsby become who he was. He was the gambler that fixed the World Series with Gatsby's help and he had a owned a lot of drug stores with Gatsby. Meyer Wolfsheim was also the man that fixed the world series, he was a jew though. He needed someone who could actually do the business for him and Gatsby was his man. “‘Take him away.’ from Irene.” (Winter dreams 8). Judy was the one to cause Irene to up and leave Dexter. Judy jumped back into his life when he got engaged and corrupted things for him with his significant other. Judy was to obsessed with attention and Dexter fell for it and got played and then his fiance ended up hating him. Finally, Dexter and Gatsby spent too much time trying to obtain