Why does Dexter find the spring dismal and the fall gorgeous and full of hope?
Dexter finds the spring “dismal” because it means he must return to his work as a caddy, and abandon his “winter dreams.” The fall, however, is “gorgeous” because then he can reflect on his “fleeting brilliant impressions” of summer and imagine himself, for example, a champion golfer, easily able to defeat the wealthy …
What is denied in Winter Dreams?
What is denied? He wants to have his children to have more money and be even more comfortable. The denial is in his own mind and he feels like he was not given something he should have been.
What does Dexter Green value most what desire motivates his every action and colors his perceptions of life?
Dexter wants a perfect life and the things that money can buy. He has confidence in himself and is willing to work hard. The biggest motivation for Dexter is Judy Jones.
What does Judy Jones symbolize?
For Dexter, Judy Jones is the epitome of the “glittering things and glittering people” of the world of wealth that he covets. It is around her that Dexter creates his “winter dreams.” When he first sees the young Judy, Dexter comprehends the power that wealth seems to bestow upon all it touches.
What does Judy want most?
We get the idea that Judy wants a man who is sexually attractive, wealthy, and supremely confident. He would be nothing at all like the men who constantly vie for her attention, for the purposes of securing her interest. After all, she does get married, but to a man who is by all indications a deplorable husband.
What does Judy want in her life?
In Winter Dreams, Judy wants to find happiness in her life.
Why does Dexter react the way he does when he first meets Judy?
Dexter first meets Judy when she is eleven (and he 14) at the golf course where he is a caddy. But when he is ordered to be her caddy, he decides to quit his job rather than submit. In doing so, he is asserting his equality with her.
Why did Dexter decide he didn’t want to caddy anymore?
When Dexter refuses to caddy for them because he must attend the shop, and he informs them that there are no other caddies available, Miss Jones and the nurse go outside, where the girl slams her club on the ground with violence and an argument ensues between the child and her nurse.
Why does Dexter become engaged to another woman?
Why does Dexter break off his engagement to Irene? He cheats with Judy and becomes engaged to her briefly.
What do Judy’s varying responses to Dexter’s marriage proposals reveal about her feelings for him?
What do Judy’s varying responses to Dexter’s marriage proposals reveal about her feelings for him? When Judy saw Dexter she found out that he was engaged and still flirted with him and kept bringing up that way he used to feel about her. He gets engaged to a woman named Irene Scheerer.
Why is Dexter attracted to Judy?
She was from a wealthy family. Judy was a carefree,direct and self-possessed and this makes her irresistible to Dexter.
Did Dexter marry Judy Jones?
After a month, she breaks off their engagement. And Dexter leaves Minnesota, never to see Judy again. Seven years after this disaster, Dexter hears that she has gotten married: Judy Jones is now Judy Simms.
Why does Dexter Green quit seeing Irene?
He wants a more steady and stable life. Why does Dexter Green quit seeing Irene Scheerer? Dexter decides to become engaged to Judy Jones instead.
How many months after he met Judy does Dexter become engaged?
Eighteen months
What happens to Dexter and Judy’s relationship after he breaks his engagement with Irene?
He accepts and spends the night with her. The decision leads him to break his engagement with Irene and to become engaged to Judy, whose “flare for him endured just one month.” After their final break-up, Dexter accepts that he will go on loving her, but he tells himself again that “he could not have her.”