Today’s bargain – up on the platform. Never sell it. Makes folks come in, though. If we sold that bargain at that price we’d hardly make a dime. Tell ’em it’s jus’ sold.
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 7. The illusory "bargain" in the used car dealer’s lot foreshadows the deceptive nature of the American Dream luring migrants to California. Like in the case of the bargain car, the promised land turns out to be unattainable and a myth.