Winter Dream Judy Quotes
During F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story, Winter Dream Judy Jones was displayed as a villain, she was nothing more than a spoiled child who was raised into a pampered ill-mannered young woman. Despite her attitude Dexter was taken with Judy, and dreamed of marrying her someday. I chose to write a creative story from Judy’s point of view, adding irony to the story. My classmate Douglas Brodbeck pointed out that, “Dexter achieved everything he wanted to except for his final goal of being with Judy, and that if it weren’t for Judy; Dexter may have had a different outcome in life.
Judy’s introduction into the story was Dexter remembering a conversation he had, which was concluded by Miss Jones taking one of the clubs and hitting it on the ground with
violence; and for further emphasis, she raised it again and was about to bring it down smartly upon the nurse’s bosom, when the nurse seized the club and twisted it from her hands. (Fitzgerald, 131) This action in itself proves that even as an eleven-year-old child, Judy was very spoiled. During that time period most children had to go pick their own switch to get a whooping with, they would not have raised a single finger towards any adult. As the story continues it displays Judy as a selfish inconsiderate young woman who courts several men purposely playing with their hearts and emotions for the sole reason of being able to and having no visible repercussions. I believe Judy was fighting her own emotional battle, and mistreated men because she was so unhappy with herself. Dexter was the easiest of the men to misuse because he tried the hardest and was success driven in all he did; Dexter liked results.
As much as Dexter dreamed of the country club lifestyle with all the upper class people, it was thought that Judy may have held that same feeling for Dexter, by classmate Daniel Frank. Where Dexter dreamed of obtaining Judy because she was the only dream he had, she may have held equal feelings of the life Dexter held before he was so successful. Its possible Judy dreamed of a simpler life where she could have relaxed. She was stripped of her social status due to marring a cheating drunk, but rich girls did not marry beneath their family’s social status so she was essentially stuck, and would be gossiped about at the parties. Her marriage stripped away all dignity she had left; she could have been married to money and treated with love, and kindness. Classmate Chrystal McDonough mentioned the end of the story when Dexter found out Judy had married; in the end, both characters suffered from self-inflicted wounds. Both had, shattered dreams; Dexter had a chance to marry and have a good wife by his side, he let Judy take that away from him. The moment he found out Judy had married his whole world stopped; he was crushed. Judy, as an unhappy self-centered woman at no time learned how to treat people; she ended up in a terrible marriage, and watched her dreams fade away. As a selfish person, it's likely Judy really only wanted to feel cared about, she would may have acted out her entire life because she was hurting inside, Judy would never experience the feeling of true love and compassion with a cheating drunk husband.
Judy’s introduction into the story was Dexter remembering a conversation he had, which was concluded by Miss Jones taking one of the clubs and hitting it on the ground with
violence; and for further emphasis, she raised it again and was about to bring it down smartly upon the nurse’s bosom, when the nurse seized the club and twisted it from her hands. (Fitzgerald, 131) This action in itself proves that even as an eleven-year-old child, Judy was very spoiled. During that time period most children had to go pick their own switch to get a whooping with, they would not have raised a single finger towards any adult. As the story continues it displays Judy as a selfish inconsiderate young woman who courts several men purposely playing with their hearts and emotions for the sole reason of being able to and having no visible repercussions. I believe Judy was fighting her own emotional battle, and mistreated men because she was so unhappy with herself. Dexter was the easiest of the men to misuse because he tried the hardest and was success driven in all he did; Dexter liked results.
As much as Dexter dreamed of the country club lifestyle with all the upper class people, it was thought that Judy may have held that same feeling for Dexter, by classmate Daniel Frank. Where Dexter dreamed of obtaining Judy because she was the only dream he had, she may have held equal feelings of the life Dexter held before he was so successful. Its possible Judy dreamed of a simpler life where she could have relaxed. She was stripped of her social status due to marring a cheating drunk, but rich girls did not marry beneath their family’s social status so she was essentially stuck, and would be gossiped about at the parties. Her marriage stripped away all dignity she had left; she could have been married to money and treated with love, and kindness. Classmate Chrystal McDonough mentioned the end of the story when Dexter found out Judy had married; in the end, both characters suffered from self-inflicted wounds. Both had, shattered dreams; Dexter had a chance to marry and have a good wife by his side, he let Judy take that away from him. The moment he found out Judy had married his whole world stopped; he was crushed. Judy, as an unhappy self-centered woman at no time learned how to treat people; she ended up in a terrible marriage, and watched her dreams fade away. As a selfish person, it's likely Judy really only wanted to feel cared about, she would may have acted out her entire life because she was hurting inside, Judy would never experience the feeling of true love and compassion with a cheating drunk husband.