Thursday, February 28, 2008

Chapter Two

Lonely Day
Such a lonely day And it's mine The most loneliest day in my life Such a lonely day Should be banned It's a day that I can't stand The most loneliest day of my life The most loneliest day of my life Such a lonely day Shouldn't exist It's a day that I'll never miss Such a lonely day And it's mine The most loneliest day of my life And if you go, I wanna go with you And if you die, I wanna die with you Take your hand and walk away The most loneliest day of my life The most loneliest day of my life The most loneliest day of my life. such a lonely day And it's mine It's a day that I'm glad I survived. -System of A Down

The lyrics to the song Lonely Day by system of a down relates to chapter two because the song describes depression, loneliness, and surving it. In chapter two the introduce the valley of ashes which is the same description of this song. The reason they even went to that part of "the egg" is because Tom wanted to show Nick his mistress. As you can see the valley of ashes branches off more important event that go one through out chapter two and this song describes the feeling, sight, and smell when you are in the valley of ashes.

Quotes:


  1. "the valley of ashes is bounded on one side by as small foul river, and the drawbridge is up to let barges" (28). This is aid by Nick and it describes how it smells and it's location is right where Tom's mistress lives. This is important to the chapter because now you know that Tom is seeing someone other than Daisy.

  2. "occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track,gives out a ghostly creak and comes to rest..." (27). This describes how depressing the valley of ashes are and why it's called that because it is gray, lonely, dusty, and abandoned like daisy felt with Tom.

  3. ".... immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight" (27). This relates to the chapter because it describes how scummy it is and this is a perfect place where organized crime takes place.

  4. "about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land" (27). This is said by Nick and it shows the description of the valley of ashes and where it is located between west egg and motor-road. It is like Nick's relation with Gatsby and Daisy relationship he is placed in the middle of it.

Summary:


The theme of chapter two is color and friendship. The reason i felt that was because everywhere they went or were was described with color. When Nick was in the valley of ashes it describes how dusty and the look of it. They introduce the valley of ashes in this chapter which is a very sketchy place. Also Nick is introduced to Tom's mistress which is a big part of the chapter. This shows that even though Nick is cousins with Daisy he still trust him. Trust in a relationship is a big thing so as they grow on each other so does their friendship. This shows that Nick is becoming more of a friend than before. tom and the rest treated Nick as someone to show their possessions to. But now they accepted him as a friend again and found more along the way. Out of friendship also comes love. Nick has gained a girlfriend named Jordan out of a simple relationship.

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