The Valley of Ashes

From The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The desolate industrial wasteland between West Egg and New York symbolizes the moral and social decay beneath the era's glittering wealth.
Chapter 2, opening

'A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat'—introduces the valley and Wilson's garage.

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