Chapter 2, opening
'A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat'—introduces the valley and Wilson's garage.
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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.
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