She was incurably dishonest. She wasn't able to endure being at a disadvantage " (pg. 57-58). This quote shows that Jordan lies about important things to be able to stay bathing in wealth, which shows that people will do anything to obtain/maintain the American Dream. Another motif used was cars. In Chapter 4, Gatsby drives over to Nick's house to take him out for lunch, and Nick encounters Gatsby's car: "It was a rich cream colour, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes and terraced with a labyrinth if wind-shields that mirrored a dozen suns. " (pg.64). The opulence of Gatsby's car shows Gatsby's exceptional wealth, it also shows that he has obtained the American Dream that many others are striving for. The last motif that is a very prominent throughout the novel is parties. Gatsby throws many parties at his mansion, and all in the hopes of one thing- for Daisy to make an appearance at one. In Chapter 6, Daisy comes to one of Gatsby's parties, and Gatsby makes a statement on how he thinks she thought of it: ""She didn't like it " he said immediately. "Of course she did. " "She didn't like it, " he insisted. "She didn't have a good time. " " (pg.109). Gatsby gained all of this wealth to attract Daisy in hopes of reuniting with her, and when she does come to one of his big parties, he believes she didn't enjoy it. Obtaining Daisy is part of his ultimate American Dream, which goes to show that people will do anything to gain the American Dream. .
Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald uses many different elements of fiction to depict his view of the concept of the American Dream. One of the many elements that he uses to show his idea of the concept in depth is setting. At the beginning of Chapter 2, Nick describes the place that is between West Egg and New York: "This is a valley of ashes- a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.
