Answer: "This is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through powdery air."
Explanation: The line compares <u>the valley of ashes</u> to a <u>fantastic farm</u> using "like"
I would describe Tom as a atheist. He is a wierd boy that might have poweres .i would have to know the book or where his comes from to give you more info
