The first lines of the poem already made me have a connection to Gatsby.
"We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men"
The words hollow and stuffed make me think fake. In class we had a discussion about how the people attending gatsby's parties are fake, or are faking having a fun time. They are simply there for their public image.
Again from the poem,
"Remember us-if at all- not as lost
Violent souls, but only
As the hollow men
The stuffed men."
People want to be remembered. Even if it is fake. Again, like the party people in Gatsby.
"This is the dead land
This is the cactus land."
Of course after reading this my mind connected to the valley of ashes. A dark depressing piece of land.
"The eyes are not here
There are no eyes here
In this valley of dying stars
In this hollow valley
This broken jar of our lost kingdoms."
The talk of eyes of course spark the eyes of Dr. T.J Ekleberg.
"The broken jar of our lost kingdoms", Gatsby's failure to get Daisy.
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