Question

What does this excerpt from the beginning of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Winter Dreams" tell readers about Dexter's motivations as a character?
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.

A.
Dexter dreams of upstaging Mortimer Jones at golf and gaining his admiration.
B.
Dexter dreams of becoming a champion golfer and buying an expensive automobile with the winnings.
C.
Dexter dreams of being admitted into high society and gaining its admiration.
D.
Dexter dreams of befriending Mortimer Jones so he can convince him to give him a job.
E.
Dexter dreams of impressing Mortimer Jones so he can borrow his automobile.

Answer 1

Answer:

This excerpt from the beginning of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Winter Dreams," tells readers that Dexter's motivations as a character are that Dexter dreams of upstaging Mortimer Jones at golf and gaining his admiration

Explanation:

Dexter admires Mortimer Jones and he wants with all his heart to impress him so that he can gain his approval, this scene represents Dexter as a great golf champion just like the person that he admires and then as there are a lot of people who obviously approve him and want to know everything about him and his success there is the man that he always dreamed of impressing.