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Winter Dreams Literary Analysis
In the short story “Winter Dreams” we see the main conflict of Dexter mentally fighting with himself over the desire for material success, and the emotional desire to feel the love of his one “true” girl Judy. Throughout the story we see many examples of this internal war.
Many examples of the desire for the material success are shown throughout the reading. We see on page 731 that dexter started out as a coded to try to earn good money. Next on page 735 we see that dexter attends a well reviewed collage to get a better job and to maybe even make his social status appear higher to those around him. Also on page 735, Dexter owns 2 Laundromats. Each of these examples show a great desire for the material success.
We then see that dexter also
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