What does the dust in the book The Great Gatsby symbolize?

The word "dust" is used when Nick is talking about Gatsby...

"No--Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men.閳?

It is also used when describing Wilson.

閳ユ穾 white ashen dust veiled his dark suit and his pale hair as it veiled everything in the vicinity--except his wife, who moved close to Tom閳?

The Valley of Ashes has "dust" in it too...

"...above the grey land and the spasms of bleak dust which drift endlessly over it閳ワ腹鈧?br>What does the dust in the book The Great Gatsby symbolize?

dust is dead, nothingness- the book is full of empty dreams.

despair

What does the dust in the book The Great Gatsby symbolize?

The word 'dust' is used to symbolize despair, death and decay.

What does the dust in the book The Great Gatsby symbolize?

decadence is my best guess