... same objective. Money couldn't get Vera to love Bodega as it couldn't get Daisy to love Gatsby. Even the men's own love for the women couldn't win over their former partners" hearts. This endless game of cat and mouse eventually would lead to the death of the two gentlemen. It left the two women as unscathed as when they first popped their heads out ... needed Nick, Bodega needed Chino to arrange the meeting between Vera and him. "Blood was thicker than water and that's what he wanted, blood .with me [Chino] and Blanca he had an ace in the hole;" (Pg.113) he had a sure fire way to get V...

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... "A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens, where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys of ash- grey men, who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air." This quotation highlights that the Valley of Ashes has arisen due to the City's waste production, and is progressing. "Ash-grey men" depicts them as barely living; there is such pitiable ... Charley, Willy immerses himself in a conversation with Ben, his deceased brother who represents the glory of achieving the American Dream; and begins to confuse himself, but then r...

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• Grade Level: High School