Question

Lines 136–142: What does Fitzgerald mean by "stuff" in line 140? Explain what the reader learns from the direct address and flash forward in these lines that could not have been inferred from the narrative to this point. What type of shift does the section break signal?

Answer 1

Answer:

Fitzgerald meant the ‘contents’ of the winter dreams remained. The reader went further to learns that Dexter makes decisions in his life based on his winter dreams.

Therefore the section which was been break in the story tend to signals a shift in the topic of the story because the topic shifts from how the winter dreams affects Dexter to what the winter dream has in it.

Explanation:

Fitzgerald meant the ‘contents’ of the winter dreams remained without been changed. The reader went further to learn that Dexter makes decisions in his life based on his winter dreams or the winter dreams he experience.

Therefore the section which was been break in the story tend to help signals a shift in the topic of the story because the topic shifts from how the winter dreams affects Dexter to what actually the winter dream tend to has in it.