Why is it fitting that the train always halts in the Valley of Ashes? Why is it fitting that this setting is where Nick meets Tom's mistress, Myrtle? Explain

The train always halts for about half a minute at the Valley of Ashes because the Valley of Ashes is a train stop, an important connection point between East and West Egg.

Tom mistress, Myrtle lives with her husband above a gas station in the Valley of Ashes. Hence on their way to New York, Tom insists that Nick gets off the train to get to see his mistress.

The Valley of Ashes is a strategic meeting point because it symbolises the persons involved - both Nick and Tom are nouveau-rich upper class people who usually transit through the Valley of Ashes, a symbol of hopelessness,neglect and poverty, to exploit the poor people there.

Myrtle on the other hand, even though she lives in the Valley of Ashes, dreams of living a life of affluence and power and the meeting with Tom is the only way she can live that dream of affluence even though it is at the expense of her husband and marriage. She, however doesn't seem to care about them both.

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It is fitting that the train always stops in the Valley of Ashes because the Valley represent the decadence of morality and society. It is also fitting for Nick to meet Tom's lover there because they (Tom and Myrtle) are both immoral people who are cheating on their spouses.

This question refers to the novel "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Nick is the narrator, Tom is Nick's cousin's husband, and Myrtle is Tom's lover.
One of the themes of the novel is the decadence of society and morality. The characters, although rich and fancy, are rotten and immoral.
The Valley of Ashes is on the way to New York from East and West Eggs. It is important to notice that the train always stops there. It is as if to mean that society always leans toward depravity.
It is also important that Myrtle lives there. To her, Tom represents a better life, the American dream. But Myrtle herself, like the Valley, represents corruption.
Tom and Myrtle are both cheating on their spouses. Tom, who is a racist millionaire, thinks he owns the world. Myrtle sees him as her chance for a better life.

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