Why Is The Valley Of Ashes Important In The Great Gatsby

Exploring the City’s of The Great Gatsby In the 1920’s fashion, secret parties, and dancing took off in West Egg, East Egg and Valley of ashes as individuals are pursuing the American Dream. In West Egg and East Egg money is everything. Though citizens of both East and West Egg have money, East Egg is seen as higher quality, due to growing up in the rich lifestyle. Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker are the character 's that reside in East Egg because fortunately enough they were all were wealthy. West Egg has money but obtained it by hard work and determination. Jay Gatsby is a prime example of West egg. Nick Carraway, lives in West Egg, but grew up with money. Therefore it was not to the extent as the characters residing in East Egg. The Valley of Ashes is not all about money because it symbolizes pain and agony in the novel. The …show more content…
The characters in the Valley of Ashes aim for the American Dream, but to achieve the dream it can take away character’s morals and make them destructive people. Gatsby represents the American Dream as he strives to have more money to impress one girl. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the East Egg, West Egg and the Valley of Ashes to demonstrate the complexities of the American Dream.
Francis Scott Fitzgerald was not just an accomplished writer, but his childhood and adult life shaped him to the be the stellar writer that inspired him to write The Great Gatsby. On September 24, 1896 Fitzgerald was born to Edward and Mary Mcquillan Fitzgerald (Kosher). Edward and Mary Mcquillen were not original on choosing a name, but like most people they took a family name. Fitzgerald was named after a relative of Edward’s who was the penman of the poem “Star Spangle Banner” (Kosher). Fitzgerald was the third child of Edward