and knows every body’s secrets. Symbolism is shown in many different ways in this book starting from The Valley of Ashes and Dr. T.J. Eckleburg‚ the green light in the Buchannan’s port and the car are a few of the ways it is used. The aim of this paper is to see which symbol between the three was most important or effective in telling the story of The Great Gatsby. The Valley of Ashes was an actual valley between West Egg and New York City where factories have dumped their waste and Dr. T.J. Eckleburg
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character. Where people live determines what they do‚ telling the reader the kind of person they are. Weather often matches the emotional tone of events. The setting of The Great Gatsby is divided into four major areas: West and East Egg‚ the valley of ashes‚ and New York City. West Egg is a representation of people who would not be accepted in East Egg because they are newly rich and are not yet socially adapted to the lifestyle. East Egg is where people who are not strangers to wealth live; therefore
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Ocean. Every year‚ thousands flock to this river and bathe to wash their sins‚ so they can get released from the circle of life and reincarnation. Water of this sacred river is used for religious rituals and many other purposes. Most Hindus have their ashes deposited in this river so they can be purified before reaching heaven. The king of Ayodhya‚ Sarga eagerly desired children‚ but his wife was barren. His elder wife was Keshini and the second wife was Sumati‚ sister of the immortal Garuda who
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that may represents all the wealthy that Nick loathe‚ he is also one of a few genuinely honest man who does not tries to hide. Chapter 2 Study Questions 1. What is the Valley of Ashes literally? The Valley of Ashes is 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‚”
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1) Write about the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in chapter2. Chapter 2 of ‘The Great Gatsby’ sees Nick Carraway and Tom Buchanan travel to ‘the valley of ashes’ to visit Tom’s mistress Myrtle. As the chapter continues the characters find themselves at a party at Myrtle’s sister’s apartment in New York. Chapter 2 follows a chronological structure‚ the events of that day in the summer of 1922 are recalled in the order that they occurred‚ creating the effect of a very realistic story being
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eyes of the long since departed oculist T.J. Their various references and meanings as a symbol in the novel shall be discussed in this following text. The aforementioned eyes appear on a billboard‚ advertising an oculist and overlooking the Valley of Ashes. They are introduced to the reader during Nick’s first journey to the Valley. Already in this initial mention‚ the eyes are given human characteristics and life: “But his eyes … brood on over the solemn dumping ground” (??‚ ch. 2). Already here it
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sinuosity of the river change in different parts of its course? THE RIVER: -Ashes Hollow is a small river running through Little Stretton‚ Shropshire in the heart of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England. Stretton Hills Beauty Spot .It runs off the plateau of the Long Mynd and is one of the many tributaries of the River Severn. Its source is called Boiling Well and is at 475m above sea level. Ashes Hollow is within a V-shaped valley‚ and has several tributaries. Due to scree
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the Valley of Ashes and introduces us to George and Myrtle Wilson who is Tom’s mistress. They then go to New York City were Fitzgerald introduces Catherine and the Mckees. Everyone gets drunk and Tom break Myrtle’s nose‚ Fitzgerald leaves us very confused with a drunken Nick Carraway. The use of setting in Chapter 2 helps tell the story. Fitzgerald describes to us the Valley of the Ashes at the beginning of the chapter‚ he describes it in a poetic way‚ ’a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat
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will never close (Richards). In the novel we may see a clear connection between geographical location and social values‚ East Egg‚ West Egg and the Valley of Ashes demonstrate to that. These differences are evident in such characters as Jay Gatsby (West Egg)‚ Tom and Daisy Buchanan (East Egg)‚ George and Myrtle Wilson (the Valley of Ashes). Though they are separated only by a small expanse of water‚ the
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In The Great Gatsby the green light and valley of ashes both represent the illusion of the American dream in a different way. After Nick Caraway had visited his wealthy cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan‚ he returned to his West Egg house and noticed his neighbor‚ Gatsby‚ reaching for something.
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