I am writing a literary essay about The Great Gatsby. My claim is "money cannot buy you happiness" I am working on the Literary device paragraph right now but I can't seem to find a motif/symbol in the story that can prove my claim. Help please!

Answer 1

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/themes.html
Read through the two sections under Themes here. You'll need to adapt one of these ideas to your claim.