Dexter Green In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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One of the main themes that is seen throughout the piece is emptiness. Dexter Green is so surrounded by the substances and wealth of Judy, that she and her way of life become the center of his life and dreams. In the end when he is told how she lost her beauty and attraction he realizes that “now [this] thing is gone…[he] cannot cry. [He] cannot care.”(9 Fitzgerald). Dexter feels empty because his goals in life were to have power, money, and authority, but the reason they were so important to him is much deeper than monetary value of money. He wanted the wealth because Judy Jones showed him the excitement and guarantee to a happy life with prosperity. Once she was no longer the person who proclaimed all of that, Dexter no longer was the person

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