Gatsby : The Valley of Ashes

Question 1

The Valley of Ashes

Answer 1

• based on ’flushing mellow’
• passage showed ’how disconnected the rich are from the source of wealth’

Question 2

The Gray Men

Answer 2

• are ‘sleepwalkers’
• alienation - they’re not human (growths)
• feelings of despair
• separation of class
• sense of extremes
• mechanical life