The Great Gatsby Extract Essay

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The given extract is taken by The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This incident happened in 2nd chapter in The Great Gatsby. And this chapter begins with an explanation of the valley of ashes, a barren and isolated land that marks the crossroads of the city with the suburbs. This area is a home to a decaying billboard that calls attention to itself. The advertisement there is the Eyes of Doctor T.J. Mecklenburg, which are described as “blue and gigantic – their retinas are one yard high”. Here Nick had to attend a miserable party at New York apartment which Tom Buchanan keeps meetings with his mistress, Myrtle Wilson. They invite some others and had liquor party. Then whisky brings out the hidden sides of people’s characters. Myrtle gradually