Valley Of Ashes In The Great Gatsby

In Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby reveals much about the American dream and life in the 1920’s. At a glance the 20’s was a time of great success and the government was flourishing. From Fitzgerald’s writing the true picture of America in the 1920’s, which was a time when the government was corrupt, prohibition was affecting the economy. America was really just a dark place where people only saw the good that they wanted to see and did not want to believe the truth that America was not that great. The great Gatsby reveals that the American dream is a dark place that is hidden by only the good that people wanted to see by using the valley of ashes, and the relationship of Daisy and Jay Gatsby.

The Valley of ashes is symbolic of the
Fitzgerald makes Gatsby a character who never settles for less, he always wants more in his life. It is because of this trait the disables Gatsby from reaching his American Dream which was Daisy, because he always wanted more from her. Once Jay killed myrtle wilson and lost Daisy his life was over he thought, he spent his life getting all these nice things so he could get Daisy rather than trying to get her with personality he used his money as power to get. That plan backfired on Gatsby because she choose Tom over Gatsby like the Beatles song “Money Can’t buy me love” Gatsby could not use his money to get Daisy. Like all the great things America did like the with the huge stock market increase. It all can Crashing when the stock market collapsed in 1929. Also, Gatsby and Daisy relationships shows that the American dream can never be reached. Gatsby and Daisy both of each as better than they actually were. Gatsby thought Daisy was the most amazing women in the world, really she was just an awkward and attractive women who just had a lot of money. Gatsby thought that the money she had translated into love which does not. Daisy is not that great just like the American dream is not great because it is going to turn its back on you just like Daisy turned her back on Gatsby. Daisy thought that Gatsby was also the most amazing person in the word. Daisy was able to be woed only on the nice things that Gatsby had. She never got know him on a personal level. Again Gatsby was not as great as Daisy thought he was. Gatsby was Just a man with money who threw huge parties, who never really showed himself. Gatsby too may seem great like