The Ashes

Setting and symbol greatly impact the audience’s response to a particular text. The Great Gatsby was written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald during a period of hedonism and disillusionment—or otherwise known as the Roaring 20s. The novel follows the narration of Nick Carraway as he explores the world of upper-class Americans—mostly, a mysterious billionaire named Jay Gatsby. In the 1920’s, the “tempo of the city had changed” all across North America; the people were getting rich, the dresses were…

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Scott Fitzgerald, is often recognized for the major theme of wealth throughout the novel. The theme of wealth takes on many forms in the novel where it is the most evident and these are: the color symbolism of wealth, the East Egg vs. The Valley of Ashes and the main character Jay Gatsby. The way Fitzgerald uses color symbolism throughout the novel is undeniably astounding and the symbolisms help shape the novel to what it is today. Color Symbolism in The Great Gatsby is recognized by many…

era, yet it is also the reason why Daisy fears and rejects him. Fitzgerald introduces three main areas in the book: West Egg, East Egg and Valley of Ashes. The affluent areas of West and East Egg are located on opposite sides of a lake, symbolizing the opposing relationship of old and new money. In contrast to these prosperous areas, the Valley of Ashes is poor and industrialized. It is introduced as grey and grotesque region where the people who live there seem lifeless and unimportant. The…

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” (Fitzgerald 189). People live their lives and try to achieve more, but their past will forever be with them. F. Scott Fitzgerald used colors to show people’s dreams and their past in The Great Gatsby. He used many different colors to show imagery throughout the book. He wanted to add emotion and depth to the descriptions. Fitzgerald associated the colors with characters, situations, places, and objects. He also took…

Aysha Imtiaz Ms. Garcia American Literature II 11/30/15 The Unachievable Dream The American Dream doesn’t have a solid definition. Everyone has their own definition for the American Dream. To me the American Dream is when everyone is treated equally, and everyone is given the chance to be successful. The “American Dream” is an important topic in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel because we learn that the impervious dream no longer exists, and in the novel we learn why. The Great Gatsby is a novel…

of opportunity and the contrast between the social classes of the time with the use of symbolism. Specifically, certain prominent symbols contribute to the texture of the novel; those being the East and West Egg, the green light, and the “valley of ashes”. Two of the most notable symbols are the fictional land masses East and West Egg in Fitzgerald’s Long Island, New York setting. “I lived at West Egg, the- well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to…

Yellow is the color of the spectacles of Doctor T.J. Eckleberg, who watches over the Valley of Ashes. It shows the lone spot of brightness in the gray Valley of Ashes. “A pair of enormous yellow spectacles” (Fitzgerald 23). Theses glasses are important because they contain the eyes of Doctor T.J Eckleberg, which oversee what goes on. Gold also symbolizes money and greed of the time…

The Great Gatsby “If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about (Gatsby),” (Fitzgerald, 2). Set in the 1920s, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the love story of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Told from the point of view of Tom Carraway, Daisy’s cousin, the story is about the summer he moved in next to Mr. Gatsby. Tom became enchanted by the weekly parties that lit up the house next door, only to find out it was all because Gatsby…

“This is the 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. But above the gray land and the spasms of bleak dust which drift endlessly over it, you perceive, after a moment, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg.” (P.23) The valley of ashes represents a dark and…