How Does Dexter Change In The Great Gatsby
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story, "Winter Dreams," ambitious, "desirous" Dexter stands at the threshold between admiring "glittering things" and finding out that the "glittering things" he admires fade away sooner or later. Dexters character throughout this short story, changes in many ways, from being unaware of what he really wanted in life to being aware of what he actually became. Dexter in the story started off as a very young boy who worked as a caddy at a golf course. There he met Miss Jones for the very first time. Judy Jones was a beautiful, young woman who came from a glittery family, but was also very cunning with her "preposterous smile" . Dexter was very "neurasthenic" when it came to being with Miss Jones. In the beginning Dexter would be very shy but would always want to talk to her. She was the "no end of misery to a great number of men." As time elapses in the story, Dexter becomes an independent man but still thinks of Judy. He becomes much older and begins running laundry businesses. He became a man that people would call "Now there's a boy." Even though the people who knew him would say that about him, he still
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As much as he tries, it is impossible for him to forget about Miss Judy Jones. He starts dating Irene Scheerer, her father knew Dexter very well and thought of him as a "Now there's a boy" type of man. While with Irene, he agreed on that he could not have Judy Jones. He caused himself pain for no reason, he had been hurting himself and Irene by thinking of Miss Jones. Instead of him thinking about Judy Jones as being "priggish" he soon starts thinking as himself being "priggish." Being with Irene had changed Dexter very much, it changed him into having self confidence and realizing that he was "too strong" and "alive" to keep on thinking about Judy's slender lips, ecstasy, and her "youthful"
As much as he tries, it is impossible for him to forget about Miss Judy Jones. He starts dating Irene Scheerer, her father knew Dexter very well and thought of him as a "Now there's a boy" type of man. While with Irene, he agreed on that he could not have Judy Jones. He caused himself pain for no reason, he had been hurting himself and Irene by thinking of Miss Jones. Instead of him thinking about Judy Jones as being "priggish" he soon starts thinking as himself being "priggish." Being with Irene had changed Dexter very much, it changed him into having self confidence and realizing that he was "too strong" and "alive" to keep on thinking about Judy's slender lips, ecstasy, and her "youthful"