The dust in "The Great Gatsby" represents the dreams and aspirations of the people in the story.
1. It talks about the "Foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams...". Jay Gatsby is extremely wealthy and has almost everything you can imagine except for one thing, Daisy. She is his dream that he longs for, but no matter how hard he tries he will never have her.
2. Wilson is described as having an "Ashen dust" covering his suit. Ash represents destruction. It shows how his dreams are destroyed. He lives in the valley of ashes where his dreams are worthless.
3. Gatsby is telling stories about his past, and Nick does't believe him. The sawdust represents the lies that he is telling to try to cover what he really is.
4. The "shining dust" seems to represent the hopeful dreams of Daisy's youth.
5. The powder from Daisy falls to her daughter representing Daisy's desire for her daughter to be the same as her.
6. Mrytle's blood mixing with the dust represents how her dreams are dead and nothing can come from them.
7. The dust throughout Gatsby's house shows how his dreams are becoming stale and unobtainable.
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