chapter 2 The Great Gatsby 24

George and Myrtle live in the valley of ashes, just above Wilson's garage. The valley of ashes is described as "a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air."