https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo en-us 2019-02-25 15:12:56 UTC 2020-09-25 17:43:51 UTC hello@padlet.com amg22283 https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo/wish/334905187 " About half way between West egg and New York the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land(27)." 

The working class is so close to the upper class, but they are still struggling to reach the American Dream. Although they are just miles away from riches, they are hidden from the naked eye because of the "ashes."]]> 2019-02-25 15:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo/wish/334905187 amg22283 https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo/wish/334905667 " Evidently some wild wag of an oculist set them there to fatten his practice in the borough of Queens and then sank down himself into eternal blindness or forgot them and moved away (27-28)."

The eternal blindness Nick is referring to may be richness. He could have made it big and left the small city behind. Dr. Eckleberg could have also went out of business and moved away to try to start somewhere else.]]> 2019-02-25 15:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo/wish/334905667 amg22283 https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo/wish/334907460 "Occasionally, a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to a rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up and impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight." (p.27)
 The cloud of ashes can be viewed as a form of coverage for how society really is. People don't accept how things truly are and try to cover them up or ignore them, especially with the case of those who aren't rich.]]> 2019-02-25 15:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo/wish/334907460 amg22283 https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo/wish/334909585 "About half way between West Egg and New York the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land." (p.27)
The poor/poverty class is stuck in their position because of the rich. They surround the poor and block them from reaching another level of the American class system.]]> 2019-02-25 15:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo/wish/334909585 amg22283 https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo/wish/335723616 "... and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight(27)."

This "impenetrable cloud" could be the fine line between success and failure, and the obscure operations that the rich are blinded from could simply be poor working conditions, or working in general.]]> 2019-02-27 02:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo/wish/335723616 amg22283 https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo/wish/335724030 "The valley of ashes is bounded on one side by a small foul river, and when the drawbridge is up to let barges through, the passengers on waiting trains can stare at the dismal scene for as long as half an hour." (p.28)
This imagery can be used to show that the only people residing here are those of the working class. The ash is caused by factories, and factories need many workers to stay up and running, therefore, the dismal scene could represent the hardships of the working class.]]> 2019-02-27 02:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo/wish/335724030 amg22283 https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo/wish/335726060 " This is the Valley of Ashes - a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens,... (27).)

These ashes that are being produced, and the dust could symbolize the future being chosen for the children being born, and how they cannot escape it. The ashes that are polluting the air symbolizes the society determining the unborn child's future because when someone is born into poverty it is tough to succeed and get out of it, as you do not have the opportunities or resources to do so.]]> 2019-02-27 02:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/amg22283/iqvuw9s56ggo/wish/335726060