Valley Of Ashes

These quotes describe two of maybe three important symbols in the book. The Valley of Ashes signifies the open road ahead which civilization is going for, yet the ashes symbolize the decay of society, where the pursuit for wealth leaves behind a mark. This mark could be considered a mark of poorness that the non-pursuers have to deal with. The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg signify the watchful eyes of God upon what America did in the 1920s. The American's blindness of the time resulted in industrial problems throughout the country.

Fitzgerald shows his overall perception of society, he refers to the minds of the average person trying to make it. Fitzgerald uses the “Eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleberg,” he uses the eyes to represent the lose of spiritual values throughout society. Many people in this time period (1920’s) believed money was to their key to everything in life. “But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days, under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground.” Nick (Narrator) uses this to describe the absent values of that he has seen in his time in New York. God seems to have abandoned America, leaving only Dr. T.J. Eckleburg behind to stare down with his empty eyes on people who have abandoned their spiritual values in the quest to achieve material wealth. We see this as well when our main characters pass underneath it. The eyes more so symbolizes the corruption of the people throughout America, and as our characters pass underneath it, you see the blank stare it provides. It sheds light on the affairs of Tom, Daisy etc, and it seems to frown upon the characters. One comparison could be that it is the eyes of god. Moving forward the reader should take away that regardless of what you believe may be the only way, there will always be other ways. Money is not always the way, happiness can be found many

Imagery also played a big part in describing the Valley of the Ashes illustrated in chapter two of the book. Nick, the narrator describes The Valley of Ashes as the land that lies in between the Eggs and New York. The name “Valley of the Ashes” was given to this specify area is given due to its horrible conditions. This area was very unpleasant and is considered the dead land or the waste land. “This is a valley of ashes, 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.” (Fitzgerald 23) This imagery portrays lower social class at the time period. The Valley of Ashes is very symbolic to the book as it symbolizes the plight of the poor, and characters such as George Wilson, who lives in the

The Valley of Ashes is halfway between West Egg of Long Island and New York City. When one comes upon the Valley of Ashes, it is not what they see, but what they do not see: sunshine, colors, or a settling feeling. The Valley of Ashes is nothing but a dull location, filled with unsatisfied farmers, unsuccessful gardens, billowing smoke, and mounds of ashes that are prominent below the gray skies. Nick Carraway, the narrator of The Great Gatsby, describes the Valley of Ashes as “...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” (Fitzgerald 23). Fitzgerald describes this location as unpleasant for those who enter and it is seen as a vulnerable place due to the billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg looking upon the location at all times. This descriptive quote foreshadows that something bad will occur in this area during the novel.

Supporting sentences: Its occupants represents those confined in their pursuit of the American Dream meanwhile the rich enjoy their wealth and success in East and West Egg. In reality, the valley of ashes is described as a grey, desolate and filthy motor road, lodged between West Egg and the rest of New York. It

Eckleburg are really a billboard for an optician in Queens, however, if you start at the beginning, they mean so much more than that. We see that the setting of the novel is described as a very dismal place, lacking hope, dark and brooding, when Fitzgerald calls it 'gray land'; that 'drifts endlessly.'; Then, all of a sudden, the bright eyes of Dr. Eckleburg appear on the horizon. The blueness and the size of the eyes give the reader a sense of the sky, and heavens with God in them. The lack of a full face also gives you idea of Godliness because in society we are never really given a good description of what God looks like. Also, the color yellow in the glasses of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg gives the idea of sun, which brings us back to the idea of the sky. Only this time, we get a sense of hopefulness from the eyes to combat the sense of despair from the land surrounding them. The eyes being described as dimming over time gives the illusion of loss of hope due to the bleakness of the area. The idea of the eyes being out under the sun and rain gives lends a thought to the fact that God is watching these characters, in good times and in bad, and no matter how terrible the setting gets.

Daisy, Tom, Nick, Jordan, and Gatsby all move to the east, where they move from a world of values to a moral vacuum, represented by the "valley of ashes." The valley of ashes represents a world, which is like a distorted hell created by modern industry. Factories and trains, produced in the manufacture of wealth, has polluted America with its waste. Overlooking the valley, are the sightless eyes of T.J. Ecklburg, an advertisement on a billboard, that is actually confused as

It could be interpreted that Scott Fitzgerald had used the valley of ashes to foreshadows future events in the novel, which conclude with other people (Gatsby and Mr Wilson) having to deal with the effects caused by the rich (Tom and Daisy Buchanan).

Among the ash heaps, the dark bridge, and the eyes of Dr. Eckleburg, there is no greater sense of religion. In this purgatory of New York, however, where sins bite and consciences nag, "the giant eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg [keep] their vigil" (131). He watches, as God does, as the worlds of George Wilson and Myrtle, Gatsby, Daisy and Tom collide and dissolve, leaving the tangled mess that had arisen shattered and dead among the debris of his universe.

A Tale of Three Cities In the novel, “The Great Gatsby,” F. Scott Fitzgerald asserts that the American Dream in real life is no more than a disillusion. His diction when describing the cities makes a clear statement that even though these places are closely connected with each other there’s a fine line that separates them. The regions represent society, which helps the reader understand what each person experiences in their own district.

Choosing between her mom and her dad, Ashleigh is faced with a tough decision whether or not to steal money from her mom, or to leave her dad in a difficult situation. In the story Ashes, Ashleigh’s parents are divorced and don’t get along at all. Ashleigh’s parents are total opposites, her mom is very practical and her dad is a dreamer. One day her dad asks her to take some of her mom’s money and she isn’t sure what to do. Ashleigh did not take her mom’s money because her dad lied to her about what the money was for, she knows how hard her mom worked for the money, and her dad breaks promises.

With the Valley of Ashes, Nick wants the reader to feel the change in locations from the wealthy East Egg to the poor Valley of Ashes. The Valley of Ashes is decaying and empty a describes one of the buildings as, “a small block of yellow brick sitting on the edge of a waste land, a sort of compact Main Street ministering to it, and contiguous to absolutely nothing” (Fitzgerald 24). When Nick describes New York, he describes it as, “so warm and soft, almost pastoral” (Fitzgerald 28). This makes New York seem like a peaceful and relaxing place. However, Nick also describes Tom and Myrtle’s apartment in New York. The description of the apartment holds an overall different vibe from the description of New York. The apartment consisted of “a small

(R) The Valley of ashes is (A) where the railroad meets with the motor road, it has piles and piles of ashes and smoke coming from the trains. (C) “About half way between West Egg 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. This is a valley of ashes” (Fitzgerald). (E) Here in florida you don 't see much settings like these. I 've never seen anything like the valley of ashes.

"This is a valley of ashes--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 an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud, which screens their obscure operations from your sight." Not only does this extract describe the valley of ashes as a run-down, derelict place, it also depicts the people to be grey and not very pleasant. The narrator of the story, Nick Carraway lives next door to Gatsby in a modest shack on the west egg. "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."

Valley of the Temples- The city of Agrigento on the southern coast of Sicily was a city of great importance in Ancient Greece. Just outside the city lies the Valley of the Temples where a series of 5th-century Doric temples stand on a ridge facing the sea. Of these, the temples attributed to the goddesses Concordia and Juno Lacinia in the eastern section are the best-preserved. The western section features the unfinished Temple of Zeus, the largest Doric temple ever discovered.