Valley of Ashes
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The Valley of Ashes is a bleak, desolate industrial wasteland in *The Great Gatsby* that symbolizes moral decay, social corruption, and the emptiness beneath the glittering surface of the American Dream.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
literary symbol ⓘ symbolic setting ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Great Gatsby ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
class division
ⓘ
materialism ⓘ moral blindness ⓘ the corruption of the American Dream ⓘ |
| contains | Wilson’s garage ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
East Egg
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ West Egg ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ |
| describedAs |
bleak
ⓘ
desolate ⓘ industrial wasteland ⓘ |
| firstAppearsInChapter | 2 ⓘ |
| functionInNarrative |
to connect the worlds of the rich and the poor
ⓘ
to expose hidden corruption beneath wealth ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalFeature |
ash heaps
ⓘ
dust ⓘ smoke ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
George Wilson
ⓘ
Myrtle Wilson ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | the Corona Ash Dumps ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| locatedInFiction | between West Egg and New York City ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narratedBy | Nick Carraway ⓘ |
| overlookedBy |
Eye of Providence
ⓘ
surface form:
the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
|
| relatedConcept |
American Dream
ⓘ
environmental degradation ⓘ industrialization ⓘ |
| representsForCharacters | the cost of others’ luxury ⓘ |
| sceneOf | Myrtle Wilson’s death ⓘ |
| setInFictionalRegion | Long Island ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
industrial pollution
ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ social corruption ⓘ spiritual desolation ⓘ the consequences of wealth inequality ⓘ the emptiness beneath the American Dream ⓘ the plight of the working class ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | 1922 ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkPublication | 1925 ⓘ |
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