Daisy In The Great Gatsby

It is an undeniable aspect of human nature to wonder and even dream of possessing the life and styles of the rich and famous. In his “WINTER DREAMS” F. Scott Fitzgerald, an outsider to that class and a wonderer himself, reminds us to be careful for what we wish. All is not necessarily what it seems. Dexter Green, Fitzgerald’s dreamer, by name and talent, unlike his more famous and mysterious brother in fiction, Jay Gatsby, is certainly skillful at working smartly and hard, to earn huge amounts of money. This helps propel him into the world he dreams of owning. His illicit lover – a literary cousin to the equally flirtatious, Daisy Buchanan – is the more commonly named, Judy Jones. She is ‘to the manner born.’ Like Daisy and like Dexter, …show more content…
As the eleven year old Daisy precipitated abandoning his career as a caddy, so will the mature Daisy, on the same golf course, make happen “an enormous thing.” (Fitzgerald.II.3AB). Her indifference provokes the admiration of Mr. Sandwood who comments on her good looks and figure. ((Fitzgerald.II.3B). It also provokes a curiously lustful fantasy of Mr. Hedrick’s, “All she needs is to be turned up and spanked for six months.” (Fitzgerald.II.3B). Of course Judy’s provocative lips, that Fitzgerald himself seems obsessed with describing, draw Mr. Hedrick’s attention as well. He states, “She always looks as if she wants to be kissed.” (Fitzgerald.II.3B). Dexter is silent; but Judy has not gone unnoticed by him. What other than infatuation with Judy could be the cause of Dexter’s ecstatic experience on the raft that same evening before his first informal meeting with Judy? Fitzgerald writes of Dexter’s experience. It is not about Judy as much as it is about his own feelings. It is selfish infatuation. The sound of the tune precipitated in him a sort of ecstasy and it was with that ecstasy he viewed what happened to him now. It was a mood of intense appreciation, a sense that for once, he was magnificently attuned to life and that everything about him was radiating a brightness and glamour he might never know again.

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