The Great Gatsby

List the 3 most effective images with which Wilson's character is established. With which character is he in direct with?

It's in chapter two of the book.

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The novel's only non-wealthy characters live in the valley of ashes; it is the grim underside to the hedonism of the Eggs, and of New York City. THat would represent Wilson's character. The three visuals you are looking for would be "valley of ashes," a place of uninterrupted desolation. The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg and Fitzgerald's description of the drawbridge and passing barges makes an allusion to the River Styx, a mythological river which one crosses to enter the realm of the dead. The road from West Egg to New York City exemplifies decay. It is a "valley of ashes," a place of uninterrupted desolation much like Wilson's life. The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg seem to be a monstrous parody of the eyes of God: they watch, but they do not see; they are heartless, and entirely unknowing. Like the scene in which Gatsby reaches for the green light, high symbolism is given priority over the demands of realism: the reader is presented with an implausible, but highly effective image of two detached eyes looking out over dust and ashes.

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