Unit 6
Read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story, “Winter Dreams” (Volume II, pages 973-990) and Jhumpa Lahiri’s story, “Sexy,” (Volume II, pages 1692-1707).
Both of these stories feature main characters who are facing moral dilemmas because of romantic relationships they find themselves in. These stories arc a bit more straight-forward than the previous texts we’ve looked at, so I’m not going to give you background information and just let you read them and answer the questions.
Assignment 15
Answer the following questions with at least a paragraph for each question. Use specific quotes and details from the story in each answer.
1. How does Dexter feel about Judy Jones when he first meets her? How does his opinion of her change as the story progresses?
2. W hy is Dexter so in love with Judy Jones? Why do so many men seem to be in love with her?
3. W hat is Dexter’s relationship with Irene? How does Irene compare to Judy?
4. What might be the moral lesson(s) in the story? How does the story show this?
5. W hy is Dexter crying at the end of the story? What is it he’s really grieving for? W’hat does this say about him as a character?
Assignment 16
Answer each of the questions with at least a paragraph and a quote and specific details from the story (use a qWe for most or all of your answers).
1. How does Miranda justifv her relationship with Dev? Do you think these are good justifications?
2. W hat tragedv happened to I.axmi’s cousin? W hat symbolic relevance does this have in the story?
3. How does Miranda seem to define the w ord “sexy”? How does this definition differ from Rohin’s definition of the word? 4’ What does Miranda believe her relationship with Dev will be like when she first starts seeing him? How does this differ
from the reality as the story progresses? .
5. Why does Miranda eventually stop seeing Dev? W hat might the moral lesson be in this stor> .