Winter Dreams a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the story of a young man, Dexter, and his dreams during the roaring twenties. The roaring twenties was a time when people attended lavish parties and enjoyed the finer things in life. Dexter dreamed of glittering things and the finer things in life affecting his decisions over the years.
Dexter began as a caddy to the wealthy on Sherry Island to earn pocket money. It was here on Sherry island where he first encountered Judy and introduced to the glittering things. Judy was a young lady that lived on the Island with her father who was a wealthy man. Her smile described as “ Radiant, blatantly artificial-- convincing” ( Fitzgerald 732) attracted Dexter when they first met. When they first met Dexter was still a caddy and Judy visited the golf course with her nurse and needed a caddy, but Dexter was about to quit so he informed her that he could not be their caddy. After Dexter told her this, Judy …show more content…
“ Dexter several times began to laugh… He could not resist the monstrous conviction that the little girl was justified in beating the nurse.” ( 734) although Judy had an entitled attitude Dexter now taken by her beauty judgement was now clouded. As Dexter matures, goes off to college, and returns after establishing himself he is still starstruck by Judy Jones. Upon his return he goes to Sherry Island on a visitors pass with a T.A. Hedrick and encounters Judy who is now a women. Later that same evening he sees her again as she is escaping a date with a man who is waiting for her at her house, and she asks Dexter for some assistance. While assisting Judy, Dexter is asked to go to dinner with her. While at dinner with Judy he learns of a man that she was seeing and had feelings for, but ended her relationship with because he informed her that he
Dexter began as a caddy to the wealthy on Sherry Island to earn pocket money. It was here on Sherry island where he first encountered Judy and introduced to the glittering things. Judy was a young lady that lived on the Island with her father who was a wealthy man. Her smile described as “ Radiant, blatantly artificial-- convincing” ( Fitzgerald 732) attracted Dexter when they first met. When they first met Dexter was still a caddy and Judy visited the golf course with her nurse and needed a caddy, but Dexter was about to quit so he informed her that he could not be their caddy. After Dexter told her this, Judy …show more content…
“ Dexter several times began to laugh… He could not resist the monstrous conviction that the little girl was justified in beating the nurse.” ( 734) although Judy had an entitled attitude Dexter now taken by her beauty judgement was now clouded. As Dexter matures, goes off to college, and returns after establishing himself he is still starstruck by Judy Jones. Upon his return he goes to Sherry Island on a visitors pass with a T.A. Hedrick and encounters Judy who is now a women. Later that same evening he sees her again as she is escaping a date with a man who is waiting for her at her house, and she asks Dexter for some assistance. While assisting Judy, Dexter is asked to go to dinner with her. While at dinner with Judy he learns of a man that she was seeing and had feelings for, but ended her relationship with because he informed her that he