Symbolisim in the Great Gatsby

The corruptive effect of wealth is shown by the conflict between the established rich and the newly rich, represented by the people in West Egg versus the people of East Egg.

The people of East Egg see themselves as the elite setting trends and that the people of West Egg are imitating them, the East Eggers see the people of West Egg as lower than they in the social hierarchy. However, when viewed from a distance they appear the same “a pair of enormous eggs, identical in contour”. This proves: how superficial their society is.

Two important symbols in the novel are the green light at the end of Daisy's dock and the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg. The first is a perfect example of the way in which characters in The Great Gatsby infuse symbols with meaning—the green light is only a green light, but to Gatsby it becomes the embodiment of his dream for the future, and it beckons to him in the night like a vision of the fulfilment of his desires. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg work in the same fashion, although their meaning is less specific. The eyes are simply an unsettling, unexplained image, as they stare down over the valley of ashes, until George Wilson decides that they are the eyes of God, representing a moral imperative on which he must act. The eyes of

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