Continued, “what disgusting dust floated in the wake of his dreams”, the diction of disgusting also contributes to this dark mood of how Gatsby was consumed by this contamination that changed the His Personality and character, Gatsby's quality of arrogance makes him blind to violating the moral law. The phrase “in the wake of his dreams” gives insight into his inner character and how he has been corrupted. The motif of the dream is representative of the American dream. The “disgusting dust that floated in the wake of his dreams is indicative” of the fact that his dreams were so big that as he sped along he left behind all these disgusting actions and impressions, and eventually those were captured. with him and contributed to his fatal flaw. The passage concludes: “This temporarily closed my interest in the abortive pains and short-lived euphoria of men.” This section refers to how Tom became disinterested in sadness and happiness in other people's lives. The Gatsby everyone knew wasn't the real Gatsby, the real man hidden beneath all that extravagance was completely different. This leads to the theme of how you can't hide from the past, no matter what you do to cover your tracks. You are still the man you were, and you