How Does The Valley Of Ashes Symbolize In The Great Gatsby

From reading The Great Gatsby and tracking the presence of the symbol with location, it has become present that through the book, all of the places/the majority of the places mentioned either symbol something with money or fulfillment. For example, West Egg is all about people who have “New Money” and made something of themselves from what they didn’t have, East Egg is all about people who have “Old Money” in which they live off of their family members’ money. Another common place mentioned in the text is the Valley of Ashes, this symbolizes the moral and social decay with people who aren’t as wealthy as other. Lastly Gatsby’s mansion which symbolizes fullness but also emptiness and his love for Daisy. So, in the novel The Great Gatsby, written

From the quote, “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” (23), it can be seen how the Valley of Ashes is a depressing place. It represents the moral and social decay that results from the continued search of wealth and acceptance in society. Seen by how the rich provide themselves with regard for nothing but their own pleasure. The valley of ashes also symbolizes the forcefulness of the poor, like George Wilson, who live among the dirty ashes and lose their vitality as a result. Therefor this is shown how the Valley of Ashes symbolizes money and poverty being brought up and spread around people who live in this

This quote shows how Gatsby is wanting to repeat the past with his and Daisy’s relationship, but now can't because of her being married and the circumstances being different now. This quote can also show how Gatsby wants to repeat that part of the past, but not the part of the past with his past life of poverty, and selfless worth. Those things he cannot nor wants to repeat since things with him have changed and he is now wealthy and rich with many people who would love to know who he is. Gatsby’s mansion shows how it is full with people but not full with meaning, sort of like Gatsby’s life and life in that time, if you were full of money you still didn't have what you wanted and felt empty inside, or if you were poor you were full inside with meaning and love but on the outside you were empty without friends and money. This is how Gatsby’s mansion symbolizes fulfillment and emptiness as well as the consequences of money in people’s