factors such as prohibition of alcohol‚ the glamour of new york and also the way that Tom‚ Nick Gatsby and daisy all escape from the mid west‚ a small minded town‚ and become successful living the American dream. This is compared to the Valley of ashes‚ where the lower class lives in struggle. What makes the book interesting is that you can get a picture of these societies making it so fresh as Fitzgerald describes New York so well. Fitzgerald explores the social‚ financial‚ moral backgrounds and
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and New York the motor road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile‚ so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land.1 This is a valley of ashes2 — a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and‚ finally‚ with a transcendent effort‚ of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. Occasionally a line of gray cars crawls along
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regions and the people who reside in them seem segregated to their specific region depending on social status. West egg is symbolic of the new money or the money that is made by a person who does not descend from a family of wealth. The valley of ashes is the sullen‚ gray‚ and depressing region where the American dream of the classless society is completely non-existent. Finally‚ East Egg is symbolic of the old money and family name that has been passed down throughout the generations. In light of
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How does Fitzgerald tell the story in chapter 2? In chapter 2 Tom takes Nick to meet Myrtle‚ his lover‚ in the Valley of Ashes‚ where her home is. They all then go to New York‚ to the apartment bought by Tom for Myrtle‚ and Myrtle organises a ‘party’‚ during which she argues with Tom‚ which ends with him punching her. The purpose of this chapter is to show what Tom Buchanan is like‚ and how he acts towards other people and his money. Also‚ the reader is prepared to meet Gatsby as the party
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The Great Gatsby “What techniques does Fitzgerald use to convey the central ideas of The Great Gatsby?” The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is primarily a social commentary on the state of American society during the post-war period of unprecedented affluence and prosperity. Fitzgerald depicts 1920’s America as an age of decline in traditional social and moral values; primarily evidenced by the cynicism‚ greed and the relentless yet empty pursuit of prosperity and pleasure that various characters
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with all of these poor conditions?‚ but no matter how hard these people want to leave it is hopeless. Another key part of the valley of ashes would be Dr. T. J Eckleburg. He can be found here on a billboard and it is important to note that he is seen as a symbol/god of death. He watches the people living here suffer and be consumed by materialism. The valley of ashes is a place that derives a great amount of wealth for the people living in the eggs. But for the people who live by this industrial hellhole
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the valley of ashes. Fitzgerald states‚ " of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air."; in this Fitzgerald uses the word "dimly"‚ which
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Transform the ashes into music by having them turned into a vinyl record. Family members can choose the music to be put onto the record and the photos or images to be used on the album cover. Create a treasured reminder of time by having the ashes turned into an hourglass. While these hourglasses cannot be used to keep exact time due to the consistency of cremated remains‚ these
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Fitsgerald used The Great Gatsby as a satire book against the Amercican Dream. Fitsgerald related to Gatsby very well and went through some of the same challenges he did‚ so he wanted to show the world how corrupt everyone’s dream was. The Valley of Ashes‚ Tom Buchanan‚ and Jay Gatsby were very good examples of the path to achieve the unachievable. There is no such thing as a perfect life so there will always be something people dream about‚ and the American Dream concept will never fully be
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Throughout this novel‚ Fitzgerald shows us all types of symbolism such as the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg‚ the color green‚ and the Valley of Ashes. The usage of symbolism that Fitzgerald provides with us shows the true intentions of the characters and the themes being portrayed thought the novel. The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg overlook the valley of ashes and symbolize God overlooking everyone. Fitzgerald uses the eyes of God as a reminder to people that God is still watching us. “They look out
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