Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Chapter Two
- T.J Eckleburg
- 'blue and gigantic'
- Overlooking them, like God
- Materialism
- Reminder of
the wealth they
don't have
- 'but his eyes...dumping ground'
- Morality is fading
- Parallel with blindness of
those who can secure the
American Dream
- Throughout the novel
Eckleburg's eyes fade
- Symbolises the past
and how it is always
around
- Link to
Gatsby
- Fitzgerald uses 'vigil'
both to describe
Gatsby and
Eckleburg's eyes
- Link to God
- Eyes of God see everything
- Tom
- Old Money
- Characteristics
- 'my girl'
- Possessive
- Wants to be in
control/craves power
- Degrading
treatment of
Myrtle
- Objectifies her
- Just a trophy to
show off
- Myrtle
- 'blocked out the light'
- Distortion of reality
- There but not supposed to be
- Negativity - Casts a
shadow over the
story
- Shows that something bad
will happen if Myrtle is
involved
- Myrtle's Death
- Gatsby's Death
- Death of the
American Dream
- Emphasis of introduction
could show power
- Contrasts with Tom's
initial description of
her
- 'carried her flesh sensuously'
- Only seen as an
object/trophy to show
off to people
- 'get some chairs'
- Power/control
- Contrasts with
stereotype of women
in 1920s America
- She uses the admiration
men have of her to her own
advantage
- 'figure of a woman'
- Sexulaised/object
- Represents the way men treat
women, negativity and how
she is different to other
women of this period
- Valley of Ashes
- 'Ash grey men'
- Working class have dull lives
- No chance of the
American Dream
- 'Ashes'
- Death
- Myrtle/Gatsby
- Death of the American Dream
- Burning embers
- Still hope
- False hope
- Remains
- Left behind/unwanted/leftovers from
the higher class
- Could represent something
sentimental (i.e ashes of a
relative)
- Shows how the sentimentality
has been replaced by materialism
- Fire
- Could be intentional/caused by
people higher up in the social hierarchy
- Represents how the American Dream
is untouchable for the lower class
- Thrown out
by society
- 'Grey'
- Silver imagery
- Used to represent wealth and
being high up in the social
hierarchy
- 2nd Best (gold is 1st best)
- Grey is a slightly more
dirty version of silver
- Gatsby's parties
- Contrasts with the bright
colours used to represent
Gatsby's parties
- Valley of Ashes makes the
higher class seem more
flamboyant than they are
- Representation of the
Great Depression