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"'I wouldn't think of changing the light,' cried Mrs. McKee." (I do not have the page number since my version of the book is electronic.) Mrs. McKee proposed for a picture for Myrtle; however, refused to make the picture the best in quality. This reveals that Mrs. McKee is pure flattering, which hints the fact that under such social values that only care about wealth the relationships between people are fake and purposeful.

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Tom being provoked by Myrtle simply mentioning Daisy's name reveals his violent nature and his shame on himself for his behavior.

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Mr. Wilson and Myrtle are couples. By common sense, they are supposed to love each other; however, Myrtle seems to have more enthusiasm for Tom than for her own husband, while Wilson has ignorance with the relationship between Tom and his own wife. Wilson is in working class and Myrtle regard him as the inferior relative to herself with his poverty and background.

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Nick has conscience in contrast to the people he spends his time with. He reveals his unwillingness of staying with them by initiatively asking to depart. During the time when people are chatting, Nick did not participate much, instead, he is just looking at the vain flattering.

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The name "valley of ashes" is a literal discription of the place. In contrast to the wealthiness of East Egg where rich class inhabitats, the valley of ashes is filled with impoverishment with a messy looking. The place represents its residents that they are mostly poor working class who are conenitally destined to be poor due to the existance of severe social hierarchy of that time period. It is a place with desperation and extremely vague prospect.

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"Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets, and I was him too, looking up and wondering. I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life."
In this piece of description, Nick uses his first person experience to elaborate the entrancing nature of social jubilance at point.

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In the reading, it mentioned that Tom broke Myrtle nose just because she mentions Daisy. This coined out the disparity between people once again. Even when Myrtle is having a relationship with, due to their class difference, she is no more than a nobody to Tom.

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For me Nick is special at least regarding to those people who he stayed with. Actually, he is not even form the some social class. He is conservative and also an outsider to those extarvagant party and those quick relationships.

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Mr. Wilson is a typical working being living in the valley of ashes, he is almost a person who is destined to stay there. Whereas Ms. Wilson who is also in the same condition, she attempts to escape from it by having affair with Tom. To me they both fit into the setting; since they are both striving to live while the higher class people were exempted from this type of quandary.

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The valley of ashes is a place of desolation. Not the place itself is barren, its residents are also hopeless. People there work repeatedly everyday without the hope to ever meet the light of days. The valley of ashes is an epitome of the living condition of the bottom class in the early twentieth century. Tom and Nick's first visitation to this place is just a highlight to the disparity between the rich and poor.

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"The little dog was sitting on the table looking with blind eyes through the smoke, and from time to time groaning fainty. People disappeared, reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then lost each other, searched for each other, found each other a few feet away. " (p40)
This quote is important because it reveals the mental state of people at that era. The little dog bought by money, and lost in the smoke of money. People try to find each other, make connections, but they can't. When they give up, loneliness gathered people together again. Very ironic.

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Tom breaks Myrtle's nose when she mentions daisy's name. Which reveals the burden between rich and poor. It is like although myrtle can get money from Tom, she has no rights to talk about people has the same social status as Tom. Moreover, it also reveals the empty inside of Tom, that he worries about the loss of power so he has to bully others physically to prove his superior social status.

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He acts like an outsider and just want to see how things go. But he has trouble of getting out of the stereotype when he get along with people surrounds him. He is different from others because he didn't involve into them much, but he is also similar to others, because he barely refuse and follows the crowd.

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Mr. Wilson definitely cannot get along well with Mrs. Wilson. Mr. Wilson is a classic character of people who live in the valley of ashes, he has no power to against the rich and no money. Myrtle, instead, desire to become rich and own a better life in New York. So she choose to become Tom's women to enjoy the benefits Tom's money bring to her.

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Valley of ashes is a desolate place hide from  West egg and New York. It is a place full of ashes. Ashes are the representative of worthless, and abandoned things. People who work their are just like ashes, always live in the bottom of the social status, no hope, no dream and no chance to become rich. Valley of ashes reveals the huge comparison between rich and poor.

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“This is a Valley of Ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens... which screens their obscure operations from your sight.” (Page 23)

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Tom hit Myrtle in the face and broke his nose. Tom's actions show that he is an insulting and arrogant person. He thinks he can reasonably bully others because of his wealth.

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Nick was different from people he spent time with, because he sort of refused to attend too many parties. He always doesn't drink as much as the others who hang out with him, and he does not really have a strong sense to be rich as others do.

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Mr Wilson and Myrtle do fit the setting in my point of view, it offers the different characteristics of people, Mr Wilson who is a person living in the valley of ash and does not seem to have any expectation toward being rich or nobility. Instead, his wife would prefer to become a higher class, and that’s the reason why she cheated on Mr Wilson and went together with Tom.

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The Valley of Ashes is described as a desperate place where the workers are moving dimly, already crumbling in the powdery air who are just like the death. For them, their dream is dead, due to their birth and property.

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They fit the setting, since Wilson works at the valley of ashes and his wife cheated on him. Myrtle has an affair with Tom just because of his money and power, which shows her desire to become a member of higher class.

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"This is a valley of ashes ----...through the powdery air(23)."
This quote introduced the context of the story and the poverty gap between high and low social classes through its environment.

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The violent reveals Tom's lack of self-control and the unfairness in the society back to 1920s. Tom basically just utilised his social status and physical strength to maintain his power.

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Nick seems like a person who is morally repelled by the party, but he still cannot resist it, which shows his desire of the higher class life. Also, he witnessed Tom cheating on her wife without feeling any guilty.

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"Though I was curious to see her, I had no desire to meet her," (Fitzgerald, 24).

This quote to me shows a lot about Nicks's personality. This shows that he is a curious guy who wants to know, but at the same time his curiosity conflicts with his morals as he is clearly against Tom cheating on Daisy.

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Myrtle saying Daisy's name provokes him to break her nose. This reveals how he really feels about his wife and reveals his true violent nature.

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Nick felt quiet once people showed up.  He seems very similar to last chapter where he was just quiet not involved and watching. It seems like Nick is anti engagement because he refuses to interfere even if his morals are at question.

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Mr. Wilson and Myrtle don't seem to fit together in the setting. Mr. Wilson is a poor working class man who fits perfectly in to the valley. His wife on the other hand, desires a life of riches and luxury and thus does not fit into the valley of the working class.

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Mr. Wilson and Myrtle don't seem to fit together in the setting. Mr. Wilson is a poor working class man who fits perfectly in to the valley. His wife on the other hand, desires a life of riches and luxury and thus does not fit into the valley of the working class.

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Mr. Wilson and Myrtle don't seem to fit together in the setting. Mr. Wilson is a poor working class man who fits perfectly in to the valley. His wife on the other hand, desires a life of riches and luxury and thus does not fit into the valley of the working class.

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Mr. Wilson and Myrtle don't seem to fit together in the setting. Mr. Wilson is a poor working class man who fits perfectly in to the valley. His wife on the other hand, desires a life of riches and luxury and thus does not fit into the valley of the working class.

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The valley of ashes is between West and the city.  The ash of the industry of the area makes it smoke up and his covered in ash and gives it a dusty old and poor look.  The people of the valley are working class people who do not live at the same standard of life as we see the people in the eggs or in the city live to.  The contrast between rich and poor is very visible in the valley.

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Pg. 33- "Neither of them can stand the person they’re married to”
This quote shows what kind of a relationship Tom, Dairy, Mr. Wilson and Myrtle have. They would rather be in love with other people but Tom stays with Dairy because she is catholic.

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Tom broke Myrtle's nose because she was talking about Daisy. I feel like this shows that the upper class doesn't care that much for the lower class and there is no sympathy. Tom is easily provoked and is stubborn.

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I felt like Nick wasn't too happy where he was. Nick doesn't like getting drunk or hanging out with those kind of partying groups of people. He is still very observant but awkward and not sure how to act.

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Mr. Wilson and Myrtle are not happy together. Myrtle doesn't like Mr. Wilson that much and is into Tom. The couple represents the place that they are in, they don't have any money.

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The valley of ashes is a place between West and New York. All of New York's ashes ashes are brought to the valley. It represents the lower/working class of people. The financial difference between the upper and lower class is very vast. The upper class lives in thriving cities where the lower class lives in a ash dump.

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"Neither of the can stand the other person" (Page, 33). This quote describes the unhappiness between the Wilson couple and the foreshadowing of Myrtle trying to marry Tom.

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It is revealed that he is abusive and has a bad temper when he broke Myrtles nose.

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It is revealed that he is abusive and has a bad temper when he broke Myrtles nose.

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Tom breaks Myrtle's nose and this shows the abusive behavior that was foreshadowed in the first chapter by calling him "hulking" and other word as such. The reason for hitting her however, was because Myrtle was talking about Daisy which makes me think that Tom has some sort of defensive emotions connected to Daisy, especially since she is so clueless, but more "pure".

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He isn't as caring as I thought from the previous chapters. He knows that Daisy was cheated on and he never said anything about him. That makes him more similar to the people he spends time with since it shows how heartless he is.

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He isn't as caring as I thought from the previous chapters. He knows that Daisy was cheated on and he never said anything about him. That makes him more similar to the people he spends time with since it shows how heartless he is.

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It didn't seem like he fit in. He wasn't really a "party animal" like everyone else and was one of the first to leave. It was also his second time ever getting drunk.

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“Neither of them can stand the person...” pg. 33

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“Neither of them can stand the person...” pg. 33

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They are a very unhappy couple, which isn't uncommon for this time since divorce was very frowned upon so there were many unhappy couples who were to scared ti get divorced.

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They are a very unhappy couple, which isn't uncommon for this time since divorce was very frowned upon so there were many unhappy couples who were to scared ti get divorced.

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It represents the lower and working classes and it stands for poverty and death.

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It represents the lower and working classes and it stands for poverty and death.

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"Neiter can stand the person they are married to" pg. 35 This describes their relationship in the nutshell. They seem stuck in time and are not able move forward in their relationship. 

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"Neiter can stand the person they are married to" pg. 35 This describes their relationship in the nutshell. They seem stuck in time and are not able move forward in their relationship. 

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He breaks Myrtle's nose and this reveals he has a short temper. It is important for him to maintain dominance.

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He breaks Myrtle's nose and this reveals he has a short temper. It is important for him to maintain dominance.

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Myrtle doesn't enjoy being/ spending time with Mr. Wilson. They're a normal unhappy couple who's personalities clash. They are opposites of each other.

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He is different but is intrigued by observing others and this scene foreshadows how he reacts to Gatsby. 

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He is different but is intrigued by observing others and this scene foreshadows how he reacts to Gatsby. 

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To me, they seem to fit into the setting by creating the mood for the scene of a terrible marriage, and an almost lifeless man being forced to work in a beat down garage doing shady work on the side. It is almost foreshadowing for the coming events (Tom getting dead drunk and clocking a woman)

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Most characters in this story are well off and these characters are different from other characters in this way. They are also in the Valley of Ashes which is not West Egg.

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Most characters in this story are well off and these characters are different from other characters in this way. They are also in the Valley of Ashes which is not West Egg.

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The valley of ashes represents the people living in the lower/ working class. It is a place between West Egg and New York that stands for poverty, destruction and death.

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It represents the the financial difference of the people who are under the higher class, and the higher class as the lower class and middle class are packed together under the east and west eggs in a city ash dump.

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"The only crazy I was was when I married him. I knew I had made a mistake." (35) This quote shows the true unhappiness felt by the Wilson couple, the despair of their relationship ties back to the despair presented to us by the Valley of Ashes

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When Tom breaks Myrtles nose if shows us what we already thought to be true, he's an insecure brute of a man with major anger issues. I see this outburst as him losing control, he seems to be very controlling over the people in his life and when he feels that slipping he reacts violently to the situation

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I don't think Nick is the same as the people he hangs out with, Nick is a very reserved and intellectual person and we have seen throughout these 2 chapters he is very quite when around others while Tom is very loud and aloof. Although I don't think as highly of him as I used to for going along with Tom and letting Daisy live in such a toxic and abusive household, although at the time there probably wasn't much he could have done to stop it.

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They do fit the setting, they are a poster board unhappy couple, with Mr.Wilson only caring about his work and Myrtle cheating on him with Tom. They fit the Valley of ashes stereotype quite well

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Valley of ashes stands for people living in the lower class areas in New York, the name represents the despair and death brought upon the people and the area

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It’s where all the lower class people work in between west egg and New York with a dr looking over all of them 

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It’s where all the lower class people work in between west egg and New York with a dr looking over all of them 

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No myrtle doesn’t enjoy being with her husband at all and mr Wilson works at a garage in the valley of ashes and they don’t like eachother that’s why she has an affair with Tom 

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No myrtle doesn’t enjoy being with her husband at all and mr Wilson works at a garage in the valley of ashes and they don’t like eachother that’s why she has an affair with Tom 

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Nick still doesn’t really seem like he should be a part of this group it’s not really his type of people and scenario 

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Nick still doesn’t really seem like he should be a part of this group it’s not really his type of people and scenario 

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He brakes myrtles nose when she starts repeating dasiys name over and over and it shows you that he’s a brute and he has a very short temper

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He brakes myrtles nose when she starts repeating dasiys name over and over and it shows you that he’s a brute and he has a very short temper

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“Neither of them can stand the person they’re married to” pg. 33

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“Neither of them can stand the person they’re married to” pg. 33

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The valley of ashes is a farm covered with ashes. The ashes represent both the evil and death in the valley as well as the people that live there. The way the evil they do is covered up by their money and riches.

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The valley of ashes is a farm covered with ashes. The ashes represent both the evil and death in the valley as well as the people that live there. The way the evil they do is covered up by their money and riches.

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Mr. Wilson is blonde, spiritless and anemic. Myrtle is a beautiful, thickish figure, and evil person. They fit this dark, shady, and dreary setting, because Mr. Wilson’s physical description fits the setting and Myrtle's secret actions also match the setting.

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The Valley of Ashes is supposed to represent the death and despair that comes with the area, people in the lower class are constantly struggling while the people in the higher classes are dancing, drinking, and smoking.

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In my eyes he is no better than the people he hangs around, because he fact that Tom felt comfortable telling him, “come meet my girl” even though he’s married to his cousin tells you all you need to know.

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it looks dirty, hopeless but busy and represent the base of the fancieness in new York, the backside, darkside of it. the appearance of New York covered this rotten place, which also hides the cheating of Tom.

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It is for lower-class people between the rich suburbs.

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It is for lower-class people between the rich suburbs.

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Tom breaks Myrtle’s nose which shows he is an abusive and selfish character.

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“Daisy was not a Catholic, and I was a little shocked at the elaborateness of the lie.”(pg 33) This quote shows you how far the people in the story are willing to go to justify their wrong doing.

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it is a lower class area and ashes represent the life of being a laborer

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They're a generally unhappy couple, and its obvious that Mr.Wilson is just doing his best to make himself successful to make his life work, while his wife cheats on him. They fit the setting.

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The valley of ashes is a place between West Egg and New York where lower-class people lived. It stands for poverty and desolation.

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the valley is for people that aren't rich. It is between the suburbs.

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the valley is for people that aren't rich. It is between the suburbs.

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I consider them as very fit to the setting, Myrtle cheats, she dress very Gaudy and in opposite her husband is dirty and with bad personality, don't have nice relationships, I would say. they suit this rotten valley, with the dirtiness and dusts.

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they do not seem to be happy together, and myrtle fits the setting with her dreary mood

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They don't fit into the setting, and they are opposites of each other.

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They don't fit into the setting, and they are opposites of each other.

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they don't fit in the system and they are opposites of each other.

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Nick is definitely not a good person, as he sits by and watches while Daisy's husband cheats on her, abuses her, and then breaks his mistresses nose.

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I would say neither, because he seems to not be the type of person to blend in, but his apathetic behavior and emotionlessness helps him not stick out.

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It shows that he has no self control and (has a fragile masculinity) and when he doesn't get what he wants he hurts others.

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He is abusive and short tempered, and he is used to getting away with actions like this, as he is not called out for his violence.

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'we all looked, the knuckle was black and blue' (its important to Tom's character because now we know he's abusive

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he is completely different from them, he seldom drink, he don't like the chaos Tom was making, he always try to walk away but he can't , because Tom always stops him from getting away. He is the one with ambition and pure mind,

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He is no better than the people he hangs around as he was shown to be just a watcher which makes him guilty by association.

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He is no better than the people he hangs around as he was shown to be just a watcher which makes him guilty by association.

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he is no better than the people he hangs around as he was shown to be just a watcher which makes him guilty by association.

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The valley of ashes looks grey, pale and dusty, and it lies against a long highway connecting the Eggs to New York City, its a heap of ashes, industrial work that has been tied down and the occasional train that comes by. The valley of ashes represents the lower class struggles and how they are the connection between normal city life to the elite.

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The valley of ashes looks grey, pale and dusty, and it lies against a long highway connecting the Eggs to New York City, its a heap of ashes, industrial work that has been tied down and the occasional train that comes by. The valley of ashes represents the lower class struggles and how they are the connection between normal city life to the elite.

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-Elsa

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Tom slapped her in the face and broke her nose. he's with a bad temper, he doesn't like other women to mention Daisy in front of him, which means he actually loves her.

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Mr Wilson fits into the setting, hes obviously depressed with his life and his wife almost represents his financial state because his hard work is worth nothing towards his job and towards his wife. Myrtle doesnt fit in, she is tacky and cheap but strives for somthing more than the valley of ashes, she strives for money and youth not a place of poverty and stuff.

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Mr Wilson fits into the setting, hes obviously depressed with his life and his wife almost represents his financial state because his hard work is worth nothing towards his job and towards his wife. Myrtle doesnt fit in, she is tacky and cheap but strives for somthing more than the valley of ashes, she strives for money and youth not a place of poverty and stuff.

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-elsa

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It reveals that tom is a short tempered abusive man.

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It reveals that tom is a short tempered abusive man.

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it reveals that tom is a short tempered abusive man.

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Nick is similar to the people he hang around with at some point. However, he does behave well a

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'Here's your money. Go and buy ten more dogs with it.'  it shows that Tom is rich and with bad temper.

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Nick is avoidant of any conflict yet he seems to always be in between it, hes a sheep in the sense that although he has his own opinions he keeps it to himself because he wants to sink into the crowd. Hes also very judgmental and refuses to look at how his own actions effect the situation.

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Nick is avoidant of any conflict yet he seems to always be in between it, hes a sheep in the sense that although he has his own opinions he keeps it to himself because he wants to sink into the crowd. Hes also very judgmental and refuses to look at how his own actions effect the situation.

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-Elsa

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Tom is very abusive to Myrtle and Daisy as implied in Chapter 1 when daisy says he hurt her knuckles. Tom smacks Myrtles nose so hard it breaks and bleeds everywhere, the party disperses very fast. Tom has fragile masculinity, hes controlling and likes to feel dominant over other people probably because he is scared of loosing his position of power.

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Tom is very abusive to Myrtle and Daisy as implied in Chapter 1 when daisy says he hurt her knuckles. Tom smacks Myrtles nose so hard it breaks and bleeds everywhere, the party disperses very fast. Tom has fragile masculinity, hes controlling and likes to feel dominant over other people probably because he is scared of loosing his position of power.

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The valley of ashes represents where the lower class people work and live. It is described as a "fantastic farm" (23), implying that it area doesn't even look like part of the city. It is also described as a "desolate area of land" (23), which shows how little the upper class values the homes of the lower class. This also points to the large economical gap between classes.