Summary:
In the short story "Winter Dreams" the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, portrays Judy Jones as a careless, snobby person that cannot live any other lifestyle other than a lavish one. Throughout the story, Judy is demanding, and judgmental towards people.
In the short story "Winter Dreams" the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, portrays Judy Jones as a careless, snobby person that cannot live any other lifestyle other than a lavish one. Throughout the story, Judy is demanding, and judgmental towards people. Judy leads Dexter on, and in the end she finally crushes his dreams, but comes running back to him when she is lonely.
Judy is careless towards people and their feelings. Judy just seems to do what she wants to whomever she wants, whether it is ok or not. The following quote portrays this the best: "fore!" from behind a hill in their rear. And as they turned abruptly from their search, a bright new ball sliced abruptly over the hill and caught Mr. T.A Hedrick in the abdomen...A head and a voice came up together over the hill: "Do you mind if we go through?" "You hit me in the stomach!'' "Did I?.".."I'm sorry. I yelled 'fore!'" This quote goes to show the reader that Judy Jones has no feelings of remorse towards anyone, and that she just wants to go forward and do what she feels.
Another example of Judy Jones demanding that she get what she wants is when she has her first real conversation with Dexter. In this conversation she states; "Well do you know how to drive a motorboat? Because if you do I wish you'd drive this one so I can ride on the surfboard behind. My name is Judy Jones." Throughout the story Judy uses her charm and beauty to manipulate men, and get what she wants, yet she always find something to complain about in every man that she dates. In this quote Judy states, "Do you mind if I weep a little?" This quote is telling us that Judy is either lonely, or she is so wrapped up in herself that she constantly needs someone to either notice her or feel sorry for her.
Finally Judy is portrayed a judgmental character that wants to live nothing other than the lavish life style that she has. Judy does not want to be with poor men, or men that have less than her. The following quote explains this to us: ."..There was a man I cared about, and this afternoon he told me out of a clear sky that he poor as a church mouse. He'd never even hinted it before. Does this sound horribly mundane?" Judy wants nothing other than riches, and this mentality that she has seems to get in the way of her finding true love and happiness. If Judy were to just accept people for who or what they are, her life may seem to start falling into place.
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