"No, sir," said Dexter decisively, "I don't want to caddy any more." Then, after a pause: "I'm too old." "You're not more than fourteen. Why the devil did you decide just this morning that you wanted to quit? You promised that next week you'd go over to the State tournament with me." "I decided I was too old."
This quotation shows that even though Dexter is a great caddy with people's adulation, he still decides to quit his job because he thinks he does not achieve the dream of satisfaction. Rather than being satisfied with his life, Dexter is looking for unattainable goals, which means he's being too greedy to achieve something impractical.
"It was a small laundry when he went into it but Dexter made a specialty of learning how the English washed fine woollen golf-stockings without shrinking them, and within a year he was catering to the trade that wore knickerbockers."
From Dexter's behavior, we can concluded that Dexter puts many efforts into his career. He isn't like any other people who just invest into business, he also learn how to wash the fine woollen golf-stockings.
"It did not take him many hours to decide that he had wanted Judy Jones ever since he was a proud, desirous little boy."
When Judy and Dexter met again after many years, Dexter was very attracted to Judy's beauty. The quote tells us that after Judy kissed him, his dream was to be have her as a lover.
"Fall made him clinch his hands and tremble and repeat idiotic sentences to himself, and make brisk abrupt gestures of command to imaginary audiences and armies. October filled him with hope which November raised to a sort of ecstatic triumph, and in this mood the fleeting brilliant impressions of the summer at Sherry Island were ready grist to his mill. He became a golf champion and defeated Mr. T. A. Hedrick in a marvellous match played a hundred times over the fairways of his imagination, a match each detail of which he changed about untiringly--sometimes he won with almost laughable ease, sometimes he came up magnificently from behind. Again, stepping from a Pierce-Arrow automobile, like Mr. Mortimer Jones, he strolled frigidly into the lounge of the Sherry Island Golf Club-- or perhaps, surrounded by an admiring crowd, he gave an exhibition of fancy diving from the spring-board of the club raft. . . . Among those who watched him in open-mouthed wonder was Mr. Mortimer Jones."
Dexter is only a caddy. However, he dreams to be a golf master, with admiring crowds around him. He likes to image how he played against other people. Although Dexter's father owned
"'Let's start right,' she interrupted herself suddenly. 'Who are you, anyhow?'
For a moment Dexter hesitated. Then:
'I'm nobody,' he announced. 'My career is largely a matter of futures.'
'Are you poor?'
'No,' he said frankly, 'I'm probably making more money than any man my age in the Northwest. I know that's an obnoxious remark, but you advised me to start right.'"
It shows Judy Jones's dream of marrying rich guys so that she can have good living standard. It also illustrates her shallowness when she directly ask Dexter's financial standing.
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Delete"No, sir," said Dexter decisively, "I don't want to caddy any more." Then, after a pause: "I'm too old."
ReplyDelete"You're not more than fourteen. Why the devil did you decide just this morning that you wanted to quit? You promised that next week you'd go over to the State tournament with me."
"I decided I was too old."
This quotation shows that even though Dexter is a great caddy with people's adulation, he still decides to quit his job because he thinks he does not achieve the dream of satisfaction. Rather than being satisfied with his life, Dexter is looking for unattainable goals, which means he's being too greedy to achieve something impractical.
"It was a small laundry when he went into it but Dexter made a specialty of learning how the English washed fine woollen golf-stockings without shrinking them, and within a year he was catering to the trade that wore knickerbockers."
ReplyDeleteFrom Dexter's behavior, we can concluded that Dexter puts many efforts into his career. He isn't like any other people who just invest into business, he also learn how to wash the fine woollen golf-stockings.
"It did not take him many hours to decide that he had wanted Judy Jones ever since he was a proud, desirous little boy."
ReplyDeleteWhen Judy and Dexter met again after many years, Dexter was very attracted to Judy's beauty. The quote tells us that after Judy kissed him, his dream was to be have her as a lover.
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ReplyDelete"Fall made him clinch his hands and tremble and repeat idiotic sentences to himself, and make brisk abrupt gestures of command to imaginary audiences and armies. October filled him with hope which November raised to a sort of ecstatic triumph, and in this mood the fleeting brilliant impressions of the summer at Sherry Island were ready grist to his mill. He became a golf champion and defeated Mr. T. A. Hedrick in a marvellous match played a hundred times over the fairways of his imagination, a match each detail of which he changed about untiringly--sometimes he won with almost laughable ease, sometimes he came up magnificently from behind. Again, stepping from a Pierce-Arrow automobile, like Mr. Mortimer Jones, he strolled frigidly into the lounge of the Sherry Island Golf Club-- or perhaps, surrounded by an admiring crowd, he gave an exhibition of fancy diving from the spring-board of the club raft. . . . Among those who watched him in open-mouthed wonder was Mr. Mortimer Jones."
Dexter is only a caddy. However, he dreams to be a golf master, with admiring crowds around him. He likes to image how he played against other people. Although Dexter's father owned
"'Let's start right,' she interrupted herself suddenly. 'Who are you, anyhow?'
ReplyDeleteFor a moment Dexter hesitated. Then:
'I'm nobody,' he announced. 'My career is largely a matter of futures.'
'Are you poor?'
'No,' he said frankly, 'I'm probably making more money than any man my age in the Northwest. I know that's an obnoxious remark, but you advised me to start right.'"
It shows Judy Jones's dream of marrying rich guys so that she can have good living standard. It also illustrates her shallowness when she directly ask Dexter's financial standing.