Gatsby
In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the desolate and yet whimsical expressions are amplified by the authors rich detail and character. The reader is shown to the "valley of the ashes" and narrator Nick Carroway ’s lasting perception of the valley is portrayed. A clinical and detached account is expected from such an observer, in contrast what is received is tainted with fancy.The author’s diction augments life among the ashes. The "ash-gray men" "crumbling through the powdery air" live in this "valley of the ashes". The inhabitants of this valley have become reminiscent shells of their former selves, and the fragile shells easily disintegrate into empty and elapsed lives. The people of this dismal place have been as drained and used as their environment. "The motor road hastily joins the rail road" "as to shrink away" from the oppressive ashes easily stirred into an "impenetrable cloud". The segment of the road passing t
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Approximate Word count = 637
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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