F. Scott Fitzgerald's Winter Dreams
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Winter Dreams”, the main female character, Judy Jones, is a conflicting character due to her personal attributes. Her beauty and charm countered by her cold affection. Her personality contradicting her need to be treated highly. The way she is violent despite her innocent charm. She is believed to be innocent, but deep down she is empty. Judy’s beauty, which is noticed by many, is contrasted by her cold affection, and the way she manipulates people. Shown by the quote “He knew she was lying, yet he was glad that she had taken the trouble to lie to him.” Judy is able to manipulate men into falling in love with her unconditionally causing them to forgive her for anything she does. Even cheat on them, and
lie to them. She truly is cold and heartless. Ms. Jones’ personality is atrocious, demanding what she wants and acting out when she doesn’t get it. She is also able to manipulate and convince people as described in the quote “ The smile again, radiant, blatantly artificial, convincing”. This quote shows that even at a young age Judy was able to convince people of things that weren’t true. Things like her appreciation or her happiness. As she grows older and matures she finds better ways to trick people into not seeing how immature she actually is. Judy’s violence, or pleasure in pain, is mentioned but subtly touched on. Briefly mentioned in the quote “You hit me in the stomach’” declared Mr. Hedrick wildly. “Did I?” The girl approached the group of men “I’m sorry I yelled ‘fore!’”. This quote shows that she takes some twisted pleasure in it, or that she plain and simply doesn’t care. She says she yelled fore, and the tone she uses is almost snarky. This also shows her emptiness. The character Judy Jones written in by Fitzgerald is problematic and conflicting. Her self-contrasting features cause problems for her and for those around her. This leaves her empty and depressed. She can never be completely happy. Her self-conflicting attributes will leave her this way until she dies.
lie to them. She truly is cold and heartless. Ms. Jones’ personality is atrocious, demanding what she wants and acting out when she doesn’t get it. She is also able to manipulate and convince people as described in the quote “ The smile again, radiant, blatantly artificial, convincing”. This quote shows that even at a young age Judy was able to convince people of things that weren’t true. Things like her appreciation or her happiness. As she grows older and matures she finds better ways to trick people into not seeing how immature she actually is. Judy’s violence, or pleasure in pain, is mentioned but subtly touched on. Briefly mentioned in the quote “You hit me in the stomach’” declared Mr. Hedrick wildly. “Did I?” The girl approached the group of men “I’m sorry I yelled ‘fore!’”. This quote shows that she takes some twisted pleasure in it, or that she plain and simply doesn’t care. She says she yelled fore, and the tone she uses is almost snarky. This also shows her emptiness. The character Judy Jones written in by Fitzgerald is problematic and conflicting. Her self-contrasting features cause problems for her and for those around her. This leaves her empty and depressed. She can never be completely happy. Her self-conflicting attributes will leave her this way until she dies.