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1) He creates the dreary mood by using words to give a vivid description; words that paint a mental picture of the dilapidated state of the Valley of Ashes as well as a description of the type of people who live there. This vivid description helps gives the reader a mental picture of the place.
2) The author uses the word 'Ash' in a very descriptive way in chapter 2. Just as ashes represent the smouldering decay/embers of fire, the Valley of Ashes signifies the rot and hopeless situation of a place which has become a dumpsite of sorts.
2b) He likens the place to a farm where ashes grows like wheat; where moulds of ash are as high as houses; where men covered head to toe with ash work and walk slowly and sluggishly without motivation.
But perhaps the strongest piece of textual evidence is the description of Mr Wilson, the husband of Myrtle. The author describes him as 'spiritless' - almost lifeless with hair and clothing covered turned gray by the ash
3) The train stops at the Valley of Ashes because it is along the route that connects the Industrialised West Egg and East Egg. It is strategically located as a connection point located half way between industrialised West Egg and East Egg.
4) This is the setting where Nick meets with Tom's mistress because the said mistress Myrtle Wilson, lives with her husband George Wilson Above a gas station in the Valley of Ashes ,
5) The dilapidated billboard showing the mighty eyes of Doctor T.J Eckleburg overlooking the Valley of Ashes symbolises the eyes of the Almighty who is watching and seeing the ongoing activities, people, rot and decay of the Valley of Ashes
In Chapter 2 of "The Great Gatsby," F. Scott Fitzgerald creates a dreary and depressing mood with vivid pictures in words that capture the rundown nature of the Valley of Ashes. This state of affairs does not afflict only the Valley as a place, the people who live in the Valley share in its dilapidated state.
2. Ashes represent the decays found around some dumpsites. By choosing to locate the Valley of Ashes in-between the West Egg and the East Egg, Fitzgerald shows that the place has lost its glory or is badly affected by the two surrounding affluent towns.
In the Valley of Ashes, Fitzgerald makes ashes grow up like wheat to cover the houses and men that live there. They cannot help themselves and lack the required spirit to renew the Valley. For instance, Wilson is dispirited and described as 'spiritless' and 'useless' by the manner he carries about his trade and living in the Valley of Ashes, with his wife acting as Tom's mistress.
3. Given the position of the Valley of Ashes, it has customarily become a train stop. Those who live in this Valley are the workers whose sweat and blood have transformed the West Egg and the East Egg. Those who live in this Valley cannot renew their Valley because the rich always treat the poor with total disdain and contempt. The poor workers receive non-living wages from their affluent employers to keep them in the Valley of Ashes.
4. Nick should meet Tom's mistress, Myrtle, at the Valley of Ashes because Tom wants him to see where his mistress lives with her poor husband and the reason he extends some warped kindness to Myrtle.
Most of the call girls and women that massage the sexual ego of the wealthy and sensual men in the West Egg and East Egg always come from the Valley of Ashes. The men are always interested in their bodies without a thought for their living environment. On the part of the women, they desperately want to move up to their dream world, if only momentarily. They always return to the Valley at the end of the day.
5. The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg on the billboard everlastingly overlook the Valley of Ashes to depict the watchfulness of God over a part of his creations that have suffered injustice.
Thus, Fitzgerald's Valley of Ashes eloquently teaches that the living conditions of the poor among us should not be left to bear the brunt of urbanization because there lies the engine house of our economy and pleasure.
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