Nick first sees Gatsby stretching his arms towards a green light at the end of Daisy's dock. Here, the green light is a symbol of hope ... hopelessness of the valley of ashes described in chapter ...

There are many theories about what makes the classic American novel so great, and its ability to keep producing different ...

The 'valley of ashes' lies between Long Island and New York and the Wilsons live on the edge of this area. It is a desolate industrial wasteland, bounded on one side by "a small foul river".

Set during the Roaring Twenties in New York City, one of the major themes of The Great Gatsby is the division ... it is the Valley of Ashes that embodies, according to the author, the desolation ...

Scott Fitzgerald’s enduring novel “The Great Gatsby ... the symbolism we might remember from high school — the meaning of the green light on Daisy’s dock, the Valley of Ashes and ...