The Great Gatsby: Symbolism
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The Great Gatsby: SymbolismA Quick Recap
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Thesis ReminderFitzgerald demonstrates through symbolism, how materialism and the loss of moral values in society resulted in the corruption and impossibility of the American Dream. Symbols:1. The Valley of Ashes2. The Eyes of T.J Eckleburg 3. The Green Light
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The Valley of Ashes
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The Valley of Ashes• The valley of ashes symbolizes the how
materialism has corrupted the American Dream.
• The inhabitants represent those left behind during the social and economical upheaval of the “Roaring Twenties”.
• Meryl dies trying to escape the valley of ashes, symbolizing the impossibility of the American Dream .
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The Eyes of T.J Eckleburg
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The Eyes of T.J Eckleburg • George Wilson refers to the eyes of T.J
Eckleburg as God, representing the loss of moral values in 1920s America.
• The eyes watch over those travelling from the East and West Egg corrupting the American Dream with their material wealth and shallow pleasures.
• The billboard looking over the inescapable valley of ashes symbolizes how the American Dream is impossible.
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The Green Light
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The Green Light• The green light at the end of the dock
symbolizes Gatsby’s desire for Daisy and the final piece he needs to complete the American Dream
• Daisy betrays Gatsby after Mertyl’s murder, symbolizing how her loss of morality has corrupted and ended Gatsby’s American Dream
• Its location on the East Egg represents the rich aristocracy, who's shallowness have not only corrupted the American dream, but also made it impossible to obtain.