What Does Death Represent In The Great Gatsby

Death is always around us; it's on every corner, in every room, completely unavoidable, yet somehow it still takes many of us by surprise. In the novel “The Great Gatsby” written by Scott F. Fitzgerald, the symbols for death are everywhere, yet aren’t bright in the light, making the tragic losses of those within the book unexpected and take us by surprise even though foreshadowed. From the seasons that occur, to the tired eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg, and even the gloomy Valley of Ashes. Death is hanging there and waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Fitzgerald shows us that death is discretely around us all the time and can happen to anybody at any moment.
The Valley of Ashes already sounds like a gloomy place full of despair and destruction; the name bringing forth images of a town that was engulfed in flames of a fire that consumed the land and left nothing but the ashes of life that once took place there. “Where ashes take the forms of houses” (p.g. 23) and the world is in monochrome. The people seem solemn, as if a tragic event has their hearts crushed with fingers of ice. It's hard to see here
The grass is losing its lush green color, the trees are losing their leaves, less animals are wandering the forests-- the world is being set into a state of melancholy. This is also the season where Jay Gatsby's life got taken away by Wilson, who soon after kills himself, as Tom informed the mourning man that the owner of the car who killed Myrtle was none other than Gatsby. This is the season where the possible relationship with Daisy and Gatsby met its demise, as Daisy moved away with Tom without even knowing or seeming to care about Gatsby being gone. The parties that Gatsby once threw that were so full of life and excitement will never be again. This story commenced when it was summer, the time to celebrate and have fun. There was nothing to fret over other than Tom and Daisy's relationship issues, but it all changed for the