#1 Dust in Gatsby

1. On page 2, the scene about dust is in Gatsby's dreams. Fitzgerald is talking about Gatsby's demons and flaws that haunt him in his ever constant lifestyle of trying to be something he isn't. Nick seems sad about something (Gatsby's death - but we don't know that yet) and says many good things about Gatsby, almost as if he was not a person.
2. On page 26, the dust scene is about Wilson. It covers everything in Wilson's house except Myrtle, which shows that she might not be there all the time, and that she is a very active person. This scene shows that Wilson has a layer of decay surrounding him, as if he doesn't realize what is going on in the world around him.
3. On page 66, the dust scene is about Gatsby's story of him going around Europe looking for jewels and hunting and doing personal fun stuff. Nick says he got an image of a mannequin leaking sawdust, referring to a mannequin being fake (he thinks Gatsby is fake).
4. On page 151, the dust scene is about Daisy's youth. She says that in a nightclub type place, there are a lot of people that dance all night and stir up the "shining dust" and she thinks it looks beautiful, cheerful and sometimes sad.
5. On page 116, the dust scene is about Daisy having dust on her breast, and as she hugs her daughter, she gets a little powder on her hair. This represents Daisy's personality and traits going down to her daughter.
6. On page 137, the dust scene is about Myrtle being hit by the car, and her blood mixing with dust. It shows that her life was dirty (committing adultery with Tom), and that she was becoming one with the earth.
7. On page 148, the dust scene is about the dust in Gatsby's house. It shows that Gatsby's lifestyle is decaying, and that Gatsby's house was just a little dusty, showing that many people were there all the time, but it was not musty, because it is ever changing in atmosphere, just like a party itself.
All of these dust scenes are different in little ways, but they all show decay and small barriers and little things that are very personality based and are everywhere all the time.