A novel on the unattainability of the American Dream, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby hones in on both the beautiful and the damned of society. Between the excitement of Manhattan and the class of both East and West Egg lies the valley of ashes, a desolate land littered with dust and ash. Rather than giving it a fictional name or not referring to it at all, Fitzgerald purposefully gives the region a name fit for a biblical narrative in order to convey its symbolic nature in his tale of ambition and loss. This underlying purpose is only furthered through his utilization of rhetorical schemes and powerful symbolism.
Throughout the passage, Fitzgerald uses a variety of rhetorical schemes in order to convey the overarching purpose of the
Throughout the passage, Fitzgerald uses a variety of rhetorical schemes in order to convey the overarching purpose of the