Chapter #2

In chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald, our author, talks about the valley of ashes in between the West Egg and the City. I think the author talks and describes this particular place because it is suppose to represent the slum parts of the beauty and such, Sort of like the outer beauty of this state when really on the inside its like decaying and poorness in a way. It's hard to describe how I can describe it but I can relate to it in many ways. The book talks about the valley "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" (Fitzgerald 27). Like girls for example. Not to sound mean, but girls can have beautiful facial structures and be really pretty on the outside, but maybe on the inside they are very mean, insecure, and needy. Maybe they are cheating on someone. Same thing can go from a girl's point of view on a guy in their lives. Also, in the Chapter, our author talks about near the end of the book how Tom punches Myrtle straight in the nose and breaks her nose for talking about Tom's wife, Daisy, and clearly Myrtle was intoxicated and not in the right state of mind acting obnoxious and what not. I have been in a similar situation when I was spectating a man who was drunk and kept talking and talking trying to start a fight and the other man defending his wife came and revolted on him and started punching just like how Tom did to Myrtle. In the book it describes the event "Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand" (Fitzgerald 41).