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The Valley of Ashes:
The Valley of Ashes lies between the two Eggs’ and New York City. It is based on the Corona Dump in the borough of Queens. It is home to Myrtle, George Wilson and the people that serve the East and West Egger’s. It is a place that brings no satisfaction to the people that live within it and to the people that pass through it. The Valley of Ashes is continuously burning the people inside it adding to the heaps of unsuccessful ashes that are already there. It is the only place that is not defined by money, but by the reality of life and the working class. The Valley of Ashes is a place that is defined by its lack of success and the peoples need and want to get out of it.
The West Egg is home to Jay Gatsby. It is associated with “new” wealth; wealth that is acquired through means other than inheritance. Its residents aim to model their lives after the residents of East Egg, although East Egg residents generally find the West Egg to be distasteful. The West Egg is home to those who had the American dream of wealth and were able to obtain its definition of success. However, behind its material achievement, the West Egg is as hollow as the East Egg.
The cars in this novel play an important role in representing the people who drive them and the wealth they have. Gatsby having a “triumphant” car shows the persona that the money creates around him, as he uses it to raise himself above the others around him. On the other hand George Wilson owns an old dusty car repair garage, which shows the real American, working class life that he lives, always trying to obtain the ever-disappearing money. Wilson is responsible for accidents of the rich, and it is he who has to deal with the wreckage while the rich hide themselves in their own wealth.
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