Judy Jones Character Analysis

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However, like most addicts, Dexter begins to realize Judy will never settle down and he must cut ties with her in order to save himself. After a year and a half of being one of Judy’s toys, treated “with interest, with encouragement, with malice, with indifference, with contempt,” Dexter allows himself to become involved with another woman (127). Here is where Fitzgerald, once again, shines a light on the unforgettable Judy Jones. No matter how wonderful Irene Scheerer is for Dexter, she still does not hold his attention in the same manner as Judy. In comparing the two women, Irene is described as “a curtain spread behind him, a hand moving among gleaming teacups...fire and loveliness were gone” (129). Irene would make a wonderful mother and wife, but lacks Judy’s passion and flare for life. Dexter longs for his drug that is Judy Jones and places himself in a situation to see her one last time before he must relinquish the cause of his desire. When Judy does not respond to him with anything more than the common courtesy of a dance, Dexter resolves …show more content…
Judy may have found her winter dreams through a dysfunctional marriage, but Dexter also, while saddened by his disillusionment, achieved his because of Judy. “His tearful epiphany at the end of the story thus reflects the shock of his sudden discovery that he owed his drive, his ambition, and ultimately his business success...to psychological urges over which he had had no control” (Petry 137). Judy’s cruelty gave Dexter the determination he needed to succeed in life. He might not have accomplished the dream of obtaining Judy, but he did better himself because of her. Judy, no matter how dark a persona she might be, did give something good of herself to Dexter. She graced him with the opportunity to reach the American dream, to live a successful life. Judy, as heartless and vile as she is a character, breathed life into the protagonist, thus acting as a guiding light for him to

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