F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story called "Winter Dreams" revolves around the ambitions of the character Dexter Green. Dexter meets a socialite named Judy Jones while caddying at a golf club. He is enthralled with her wild beauty, and she's also rich and selfish. Dexter's dream is to have her and to be rich. He feels that if he were rich, then he could have Judy. Dexter is engaged to Irene Scheerer, but he still desires to have Judy. He uses a metaphor of their residences to describe how he feels about Judy and Irene. Dexter says that Judy lives in an extravagant house that has many bedrooms and is filled with mystery, while he says that Irene lives in a brown stone house. This is obviously showing that Dexter would rather be with Judy. So, Dexter leaves Irene and pursues Judy. He becomes obsessed with being rich and wants everything to himself. He later realizes though that he can't have Judy because she is married to an adulterous man who mistreats her. Since, Judy is unhappy with this marriage, her beauty and charm has faded. Dexter is disturbed by this and feels lost and upset. His dream is unfulfilled and he is lost in winter.
             The theme of this short story is you can't always get what you want and money can't buy happiness. Dexter's dream of having Judy isn't fulfilled and he becomes lost because of it. He thought that if he had become rich, then he could be with Judy. The narrator explains his ambition through stating, "He wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people-he wanted the glittering things themselves" (590). Dexter didn't lose his dream because she gets married. He lost his dream because her beauty faded. Everything that Judy had represented to him disappeared. Dexter felt as if he had nothing left.
             The protagonist in this story is Dexter Green. His impact on the theme is clearly that he thought
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