How does Fitzgerald tell the story in Chapter 2? In chapter 2 Tom takes Nick to the Valley of Ashes where he meets Myrtle and is taken to their New York apartment. Once there he meets friends of Tom and Myrtle the McKee’s and Myrtles sister Catherine. They have a party and Nick gets drunk for second time in his life‚ at the end of the chapter‚ Tom punches Myrtle’s nose because she keeps talking about Daisy. F Scott Fitzgerald uses a variety of techniques in chapter 2 in order to tell the story‚
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CELTIC VERSE FOR PENTECOST Come Holy Spirit Fill the hearts of your faithful And enlighten them with the fire of your love. ABA‚ GINOONG MARIA Aba Ginoong Maria‚ napupuno ka ng grasya. Ang Panginoon ay sumasaiyo‚ bukod kang pinagpala sa babaeng lahat‚ At pinagpala naman ang ‘yong anak na si Hesus. Santa Maria‚ Ina ka ng Diyos‚ Ipanalangin mo kaming makasalanan ngayon at kung kami mamamatay. Amen. SERVICE (Ceasar) 1. We are made for service to care for each other; we are made
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In the time of the 1932-33 Ashes Tour‚ bodyline tactics were found responsible for the strain on imperial relations between Australia and England. Heavy social and political influences promoted the significance of the Ashes series and caused great reactions by players‚ management‚ spectators and primarily the media. The pressured relations between Australia and the Empire during the Ashes series made the game of cricket reach wider margins than what took place on the cricket field. It impacted
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American Dream are destroyed by the corrupt vulgar pursuit of wealth. Fitzgerald uses symbols to express the distinction of social classes and status’ that destroys the American Dreams of the 1920’s generation. The symbols‚ East Egg‚ West Egg‚ Valley of Ashes‚ and water help illustrate the distinction in the roaring twenties. The East Egg is a placed where citizens who have inherited their fortune and high status‚ their money is referred to as “old money”‚ living the life and never having to work a day
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to point out geographical and environmental characteristics throughout the different settings of the story. II. Color A. Symbolic location of the green light. III. West Egg and East Egg A. Geological and social values portrayed IV. Valley of Ashes A. Social and moral decay V. Types of settings A. Social setting B. Geographical setting VI. Dr. Eckelburg’s sign VII. Conclusion Symbolic Representation of Settings Symbolism is used by authors as an object that opens
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faded‚ empty‚ and dead. Their opinion of God is symbolized by the Valley of Ashes being looked upon by the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg‚ and it forms the idea that the men are their own gods‚ being able to act according to their self-set morals and rules. Throughout the story Fitzgerald shows readers evidence of this through the contrast between Tom and Gatsby. He also uses comments and descriptions of the Valley of Ashes and the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. Lastly‚ the impact that the absence of God
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create a setting of almost like a limbo with never-ending roads and barren land. This theme continues throughout the first setting in the chapter. “This is the valley of ashes-a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges” Fitzgerald uses the word ‘ashes’ twice which re-inforces how dead and desolate the ‘valley of ashes’ is. Secondly‚ Fitzgerald uses an oxymoron with the connotations of ‘ash’ and ‘wheat’: death and life. This is like a microcosm of the fact that many people (in the book)
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involved a gloomy‚ wistful‚ and desperate tone throughout the novel. Despite the novel’s setting in the most enchanting society America has experienced‚ Fitzgerald established a gloomy tone through the dismal diction used to describe the Valley of Ashes and the decrepit eerie billboard overlooking the whole sad area. For example‚ he established a cheerless tone by
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New York the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it... so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. This is a valley of ashes--a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat...” The Valley of Ashes lies between West Egg and New York. The stark contrast between the wealth of West Egg and the poverty of the Valley of Ashes is a representation of the inequality of the 1920s. The time is important in Fitzgerald’s work‚ because the inequity of the 1920’s‚ with all of its imperfections
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Great Gatsby’? The introduction of Tom’s mistress‚ Myrtle‚ in Chapter Two of ‘The Great Gatsby’ plays as the focal point of the chapter. It begins with Tom and Nick travelling into New York on the train‚ however they get off in the Valley of Ashes‚ a derelict setting between West Egg‚ East Egg and New York. The pair stop at a mechanics‚ and speak with the man who is married to Myrtle‚ Wilson. Myrtle‚ Tom and Nick then go to their New York apartment‚ and have a party with a few other guests.
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