The symbolism in The Great Gatsby "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is rich in symbolism, which is represented on different levels in various ways. One of the most important qualities of the symbolism within this novel is how it is completely integrated into the plot and structure. Some symbols are used primarily as tools for characterization, such as the Wolfsheim twins, Gatsby's enormous library of uncut books, and Tom's repeated gesture of physically pushing other people. Other symbols such as Gatsby's car, which symbolizes material wealth in America and its destructiveness, have a function in the plot as well as a more abstract meaning. However, major symbols such as the valley of ashes, the green light, and east and west are filled with meanings that go beyond the plot and truly capture Fitzgerald's theme of this novel; the corruption of the American dream. The corrupting effect of wealth is demonstrated by the conflict between the established rich, represented by the East Eggers, and the nouveau riche, represented by the West Eggers. West Egg is home to the nouveau riche, to Gatsby and those like him who have amassed enormous fortunes, but lack the traditions of inherited wealth and are therefore vulgar. The East Eggers, represented by the Buchanans, have traditions and lack vulgarity, but have been corrupted by the uselessness and empty future that their money has provided. The collapse of the American promise is also symbolized by the reversal of direction between East and West. When settlers arrived in the “New World” (America) to escape the persecution and corruption of their homelands, they traveled from east to west. However, because the ideal has been corrupted, people travel from west to east attracted by wealth and a materialistic life, masking the true emptiness of their goal of happiness. Daisy, Tom, Nick, Jordan, and Gatsby were all Westerners, and as they moved eastward, they went from a world of values ​​to a moral void, represented by the "valley of ashes." The Valley of Ashes represents a modern world, which is like a grotesque hell created by modern industry. Factories and trains, produced in the manufacture of wealth, have polluted America with its waste. It is a physical desert that symbolizes the spiritual desolation created by a money-based society. Dominating the valley are the blind eyes of TJ Ecklburg, a billboard advertisement in which a character actually confuses himself with God. He represents a God who was created by modern society to make money. It represents a God who no longer sees and no longer cares. The entire valley symbolizes a world whose inhabitants are so spiritually lost that they worship money and wealth. The promise of happiness, hope and freedom that America gave to its first settlers has been corrupted by the lies of greed and the emptiness of a dream based on wealth. Green is the color of promise, hope, renewal and, ultimately, the green light to which Gatsby extends his arms. The green light symbolically corresponds to the "green bosom of a new world", and ultimately merges Gatsby's vision of Daisy with that of the explorers who had discovered the promise of a new continent. What ultimately prevails over the vision, over the goal, is that in America and for Gatsby it can only be achieved through the acquisition of material goods. Gatsby is a symbol for the entire American experience. The corruption of his dream, using materialism as a means and the illusion of youth and beauty as a goal, is the corruption of American idealism, which in turn becomes an empty promise. Ultimately Gatsby is destroyed by his illusions about Daisy, just as the fresh landscape of America is..