Post 2; chapter 2: The Great Gatsby

1. The Valley of Ashes is a place where NYC dumps all of their from businesses and it is characterized as a desolate place. It's symbolic because there is a difference in the standard of living because people were separated by wealth. The way it's characterized makes it appear to be an unlivable place. T.J. Eckleburg is an eye doctor who wants everyone to have him as their eye doctor, so he put up a billboard on the highway by the Valley of Ashes where he knows a lot of people will see it.

2. Wilson is a man whom has blonde hair and blue eyes and runs a car dealership is characterized as a man with a lifeless personality. Wilson is waiting for a car that Tom is supposed to give him but Tom had it taken to get fixed and Wilson tries to say something to him but Tom treats Wilson like he's not important. Nick doesn't like the way Tom's behavior is toward other people. Tom thinks that he is better than everyone.

3. Tom giving Myrtle the dog symbolizes that he treats her like she needs him, as a dog would. He looks at her as if she was a child and he doesn't value her as a person.

4. Nick is drunk during the whole party. Some details are;

• Myrtles sister, Catherine, and Mr. McKee arrives along with other guests
• Myrtles changes to be more dramatic
• Catherine was the only one not drinking
• Myrtle tells Nick about how she met Tom
• Nick and Mr. McKee leave together
• Catherine tells Nick that her sister cant stand her husband. She married him because he was a gentleman and she knows it was a mistake
• Nick wakes up with Mr. McKee in his bed and goes to the train station to wait for the 4 o'clock train
• Tom punches Myrtle because she won't stop talking about Daisy and he doesn't when she says her name.

5. The purpose of chapter 2 is to introduce the characters and characterize them and she the relationships between all of them. It shows who Tom really is as a person and how he met Myrtle. He's a liar and cheater and looks down on others. It also shows that Nick doesn't like Tom because he doesn't think he is a good person. Nick is easily taken advantage of because of what happens at the party.