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.
1.)dexter dreams of upstaging mortimer jones at golf and gaining his admiration.
2.)dexter dreams of becoming a champion golfer and buying an expensive automobile with the winnings.
3.)dexter dreams of being admitted into high society and gaining its admiration.
4.)dexter dreams of befriending mortimer jones so he can convince him to give him a job.
5.)dexter dreams of impressing mortimer jones so he can borrow his automobile.

1.) Dexter dreams of upstaging Mortimer Jones at golf and gaining his admiration.

Explanation:

The passage above from Winter Dreams, demonstrated an incredible desire from Dexter to upstage M. Jones and ideally may pick up Jones' endorsement or even commendation.

are there answer choices to this particular question?

as we know, the english language is spoken all over the world by native and non-native speakers and has become the most certain tool when it comes to communicating. businesses, schools, even romantic relationships depend on it to keep thriving. in addition, it is the language of the internet not only because most of the content available is in english, but also because people prefer to use it when talking to others, since it's the language everyone supposedly learns.

yet, there have been some current claims that chinese will soon take over as the most important language in the world. china's magnitude has never been more evident and doing business with the chinese is a gold mine for any country. we now see language schools offering chinese courses as commonly as english.

however - even though we cannot deny china's importance and the advantage it is when someone takes the time to learn the language their business contact speaks-, people in general seem to be ignoring the aspects that seem to keep english as the chosen one of languages. one of them has been mentioned above: it is the language of the internet. also, chinese people are still learning english, since it opens doors in communicating with practically everyone else, from every single country.

note: if this is not the sort of transition you need, let me know. : d