Context question on the beginning of chapter 2 of the ‘Great Gatsby’ In this passage at the beginning of chapter two, many significant themes need to be addressed as the passage is important in the development of the novel. The language used in this passage is very descriptive. The image of ‘The valley of ashes’ is that it is a dry, baron wasteland, ‘a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and …showed first 75 words of 925 total…

…showed last 75 words of 925 total…for George, and a resentment for Tom in the manner in which he behaves towards George. There is also the introduction of Doctor T.J Eckleburg’s eyes. This theme reappears at different times in the novel and is significant in the ending. Therefore this passage can be said to be of great relevance to the novel as a whole, and it is an imaginative and dramatic episode. Bibliography: York notes advanced, The Great Gatsby