... "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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