Dexter Green from the story Winter Dreams is outgoing, demanding, and knows exactly what he wants in order to live the lavish lifestyle he craved. Dexter lived an extraordinarily high and mighty lifestyle, but continued to live his life in the background of his own lies. At the inexperienced age of fourteen years old, he was persistent in the working world in order to proceed up the chain. “I do not want to caddy anymore, I am too old” shows how mature he truly was for his age (Fitzgerald 1). Dexter struggled with who he was internally compared to how he carried on externally, but he felt accomplished for being aggressive enough to work his way up in the working world and to go after the love of his life, Judy Jones. Dexter Green learned to
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Dexter has no problem sharing his wealth with the world, and not in a generous way either. He shows his self centered personality to Judy Jones right off the bat on their first date when he states he was “probably making more money than any man his age in the Northwest” as if that was suppose to win her over (Fitzgerald 7). Once Judy found out how self absorbed Dexter truly was she started playing hard to get by going out unescorted and not seeing him as often. Dexter started using his wealth to “buy his way into clubs he was sure he would spot Judy Jones” at to sweep her away from other men (Fitzgerald 8). Dexter thought by using his money he could wedge his way between Judy and other men, but soon found out his money could not buy every person’s happiness. Dexter Green held onto the symbolism of his money, however he finally realized the money he possessed could not bargain his way into the heart of Judy Jones or block her from seeing her other lovers. Dexter Green learned to acknowledge his weakness in order to strengthen his work ethic and independence because he wanted to “win” Judy Jones; however, he finally realized that his prize was not her loyal love, but his ability to love …show more content…
He became so dissatisfied with his life when Judy Jones abandoned him for other men he settled for a new woman, Irene Scheerer. Irene gave Dexter the connection in the business world that would make him fall head over heels in love with her in a heartbeat. Her father adored Dexter and always believed in him when it came to his business making decisions. Dexter could talk for hours to Irene “about things he did not know about,” unlike when he was with Judy (Fitzgerald 8). Dexter did everything in his power to remove Judy from his life and to stop thinking about her, however “people still linked them together and asked for news of her” not knowing they did not talk anymore (Fitzgerald 10). When Dexter ran into Judy Jones later in life he tried to patch up the empty spots in their relationship. Dexter held onto the idea of filling his empty life with things he could not have. Dexter Green learned to acknowledge his weakness in order to strengthen his work ethic and independence because he wanted to “win” Judy Jones; however, he finally realized that his prize was not her loyal love, but his ability to love
Dexter has no problem sharing his wealth with the world, and not in a generous way either. He shows his self centered personality to Judy Jones right off the bat on their first date when he states he was “probably making more money than any man his age in the Northwest” as if that was suppose to win her over (Fitzgerald 7). Once Judy found out how self absorbed Dexter truly was she started playing hard to get by going out unescorted and not seeing him as often. Dexter started using his wealth to “buy his way into clubs he was sure he would spot Judy Jones” at to sweep her away from other men (Fitzgerald 8). Dexter thought by using his money he could wedge his way between Judy and other men, but soon found out his money could not buy every person’s happiness. Dexter Green held onto the symbolism of his money, however he finally realized the money he possessed could not bargain his way into the heart of Judy Jones or block her from seeing her other lovers. Dexter Green learned to acknowledge his weakness in order to strengthen his work ethic and independence because he wanted to “win” Judy Jones; however, he finally realized that his prize was not her loyal love, but his ability to love …show more content…
He became so dissatisfied with his life when Judy Jones abandoned him for other men he settled for a new woman, Irene Scheerer. Irene gave Dexter the connection in the business world that would make him fall head over heels in love with her in a heartbeat. Her father adored Dexter and always believed in him when it came to his business making decisions. Dexter could talk for hours to Irene “about things he did not know about,” unlike when he was with Judy (Fitzgerald 8). Dexter did everything in his power to remove Judy from his life and to stop thinking about her, however “people still linked them together and asked for news of her” not knowing they did not talk anymore (Fitzgerald 10). When Dexter ran into Judy Jones later in life he tried to patch up the empty spots in their relationship. Dexter held onto the idea of filling his empty life with things he could not have. Dexter Green learned to acknowledge his weakness in order to strengthen his work ethic and independence because he wanted to “win” Judy Jones; however, he finally realized that his prize was not her loyal love, but his ability to love