Motif Of Cars In The Great Gatsby

When it comes to wealth, people normally associate it with money or nice things; however, wealth could be a source of destruction. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was written during the Jazz Age. The novel is written in the first-person perspective by the narrator, Nick Carraway, who describes his interactions with others in the book especially one particular character, Jay Gatsby. The novel focuses on Jay Gatsby’s love or in other words obsession for Daisy Buchanan even though she is married. Ultimately, the book portrays the American dream as something perfect but turns out to be unattainable. Fitzgerald uses the motif of cars in The Great Gatsby to highlight the theme of wealth and America's progress and how it leads to

Within the book, Nick brings up a fascinating idea stating, “So my first impression, that he was a person of some undefined consequence, had gradually faded and he had become simply the proprietor of an elaborate roadhouse next door” (64). Within the quote, Gatsby was explaining his car and Nick was saying how he is caught up in wealth and becomes like every other person when they have fancy things. Gatsby likes the idea of the materialistic items that he is losing sight of everything else including the people he cares about. He just cares about being wealthy and having the power to prove his dominance and that he can make anyone happy because of the expensive items that he owns. Furthermore, the quote proves the topic sentence because it starts to show that all this wealth and fancy things like cars aren’t making progress; they are making a set-back in society because people are becoming so consumed with the idea of being wealthy and having power, but losing sight of the things that truly matter. Nick also explains, “Generally he was one of these worn-out men: when he wasn't working he sat on a chair in the doorway and stared at the people and the cars that passed along the road” (136). Nick was talking about Gatsby and how he had an obsession with cars. It starts to prove how cars were starting to become more modernized and people were just caring about them to make their life easier and focusing on the tangible items to make them happy. The quote helps portray that in almost every chapter those who own wealthy cares are getting put astray from everyone and everything. Each character throughout the book had flaws when it came to cars, but since they started to become more popular people weren’t caring about their worth and they started to lie and be careless because of credit so they