Dexter’s motivation for being a caddy is so he can get pocket money (line 5). Dexter is different from other caddies because his way of living is much wealthier than others, his father owns the second-best grocery store and others are living in one-bedroom houses (lines 1-3).

Lines 6–13: Infer when Dexter prefers to be on the golf course. What evidence supports your inference? He prefers to be on the golf course during the winter because it brings him a feeling of “profound melancholy”.

Dexter prefers to be on the golf course because he wants to be a good golfer in lines 27-30.

Terms in this set (11) What emotions does Dexter feel during the different seasons of the year? During fall Dexter has hope for approaching winter, where in winter his dreams are cold and elusive.

His dream lies in being able to “rub elbows” with those who are wealthy. This might be why he is so captivated by Judy, as she is a part of this world. The way in which she carries herself, interacts with men, and displays an attitude that poor people simply could not display is why he is so entranced by her.

Dexter’s real reason for quitting his caddying job is that he’s deeply affected by his first encounter with the young Judy, and he has to do something about these strong feelings right away: But he had received a strong emotional shock, and his perturbation required a violent and immediate outlet.

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.

Dexter Green quits caddying at the age of fourteen because he realizes, at this young age, that he does not want to be, or be perceived as, a servant to the upper class. He wants to not only join the ranks of the members at the golf club, he wants to surpass them financially and socially.

Why is Dexter upset at the end of the story to learn what has happened to Judy? He thinks he could have made her happy now that he is wealthy. Judy had promised to marry him, but now she never can. He worries that her husband is a cruel man.

So when he mourns at the end of “Winter Dreams,” it’s not Judy Jones he remembers; Dexter cries for his own boyhood.

In Winter Dreams, Judy wants to find happiness in her life. Despite already having everything that Dexter dreamed about in his youth, such as wealth and status, she is deeply unhappy.

Dexter’s love of Judy is driven by both what she represents and who she is. In this, the kiss is the realization of this vision. It is the embodiment of his pursuit. The kiss that he shares with Judy is an instant in which he can physically hold the result of his endeavors.

Dexter realizes that he has wanted Judy Jones every since he was a teenager. At this point, Dex is head-over-heels in love with Judy. Even though he knows that she has other lovers, he puts up with it. But after a year and a half, Dexter finally gets it: Judy doesn’t actually care about him.

The fact that she treats him badly never disturbs his feeling that she was, after all, the ultimate girl. In the story’s final section, Dexter has moved to New York and while he is talking business with a man from the midwest, he learns that Judy has married badly. Her husband “drinks and runs around” on her.

So, the irony of Dexter thinking of Judy as his own is that he knows the opposite is true. However, he is willing to suspend reality in order to experience an acute, temporal pleasure. Dexter’s thinking of Judy as “his own” is completely ironic because throughout most of the story, she has no real regard for him.

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.

For Dexter, Judy represents all that glitters. That is, she is the embodiment of ambition and success, money, and beauty. That’s what Dexter wants, and that’s why he never sees her as she truly is.