How Does Fitzgerald Describe The Scene In The Great Gatsby

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1. Read from p.26 “About halfway between…” to p.27 “… I first met tom’s Buchanan’s mistress” How does Fitzgerald vividly describe the scene? The scene took place in a place called “the valley of ashes”; this scene was described as a very poor area in this story. “Where ashes take forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of ash-grey men”. The author specifically wrote this quote in order to emphasize the grey and dullness of the place with a little bit of exaggeration and so that the reader would have a better understanding of the place. The constant repetition of the word “grey” also helps to emphasize the dullness of the place. The place has a signboard “Doctor T.J. Eckleburg”, which has two gigantic eyes facing the “valley of…show more content…
“She smiled slowly and, walking through her husband as if he were a ghost”, this sentence in this chapter says that Myrtle didn’t care about what George did and went past him to talked to Tom. This shows that both of them are drifted very far apart. “Looking Tom flush in the eye” this also means that the relationship with Myrtle and George is so far apart that George didn’t even noticed that Tom might be her lover. “ Then she wet her lips, without turning around spoke to her husband in a soft, coarse voice: ‘ get some chairs, why don’t you, so somebody can sit down.’ ” This sentence shows that myrtle wants to boss George around but at the same time impress Tom with her voice. This also shows that myrtle takes full advantage of George and that George will do anything to keep myrtle. “Wilson? He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. ” This sentence means that George lets Myrtle do what ever she wants and he wouldn’t care. This could also mean that George would let Myrtle do anything because he is afraid that if he stops her, she would leave
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