Dexter Greene is a poor caddy in Minnesota and the son of a wealthy businessman. While caddying for T.A. Hedrick he met his daughter Judy Jones. He randomly quits his job, ironically shortly after beginning to like Judy Jones. Judy disappears one day, so Dexter meets Irene who he almost gets married with, but then Judy pops up at a bad tine. So Dexter doesn’t know what to do, so he ends up with no one and starts going crazy and believing that it was all just a bad dream. When the story begins, Fitzgerald defines the extensive measures someone would go through for love through similes and Dexter Greene’s character. For example, Dexter feels “No disillusion as to the world in which she had grown up could cure his illusions as to her desirability”
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For example, Fitzgerald says “It occurred to him that he could not have Judy Jones he had to beat this into his mind” (Fitzgerald 991). He characterizes Dexter’s life goal to be with Judy by showing the immense denial he goes through. Since Dexter realizes that he can’t have Judy his mind goes into denial because he feels his life is over. In addition, Dexter realizes that “It did not take him many hours to decide that he wanted Judy Jones ever since he was a proud, desirous little boy” (Fitzgerald 998). When Dexter realizes that he’s been in love with Judy Jones his life changes and goes in a bad turn. If Dexter never met Judy Jones his life could have been a whole lot different and better and he could have had a great life with Irene. Furthermore, literary critic Lihua Zhang describes Dexter’s life such as “In order to make his American Dream come true, which is to win Judy’s heart” (Zhang). Lihua describes Dexter’s life to be about winning Judy’s heart which is her love. The only way he’s going to win her heart is to become rich and successful because Judy only likes successful men which, at first Dexter wasn’t because he was poor. The characterization of Dexter shows how he devoted his life into getting Judy’s heart and her
For example, Fitzgerald says “It occurred to him that he could not have Judy Jones he had to beat this into his mind” (Fitzgerald 991). He characterizes Dexter’s life goal to be with Judy by showing the immense denial he goes through. Since Dexter realizes that he can’t have Judy his mind goes into denial because he feels his life is over. In addition, Dexter realizes that “It did not take him many hours to decide that he wanted Judy Jones ever since he was a proud, desirous little boy” (Fitzgerald 998). When Dexter realizes that he’s been in love with Judy Jones his life changes and goes in a bad turn. If Dexter never met Judy Jones his life could have been a whole lot different and better and he could have had a great life with Irene. Furthermore, literary critic Lihua Zhang describes Dexter’s life such as “In order to make his American Dream come true, which is to win Judy’s heart” (Zhang). Lihua describes Dexter’s life to be about winning Judy’s heart which is her love. The only way he’s going to win her heart is to become rich and successful because Judy only likes successful men which, at first Dexter wasn’t because he was poor. The characterization of Dexter shows how he devoted his life into getting Judy’s heart and her