... , a giant billboard in the valley of ashes. "The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic-their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose" (27). The eyes look out over the valley of ashes and symbolize an almighty god watching over everything immoral and disdainful that happens in ... 't "real" and may not be telling the whole truth about himself. Gatsby was always throwing exuberant parties for people he didn't even know. Owl Eyes tells us that most people were brought to Gatsb...

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... by a frantic turning on of the television. The screen was instantly filled with images of a burning tower. The channels were changed, but the same image appeared on every station. I remember thinking, "What a horrible accident...something mechanical must have ... with my family provided some sense of comfort and security. However, watching the television was painful. Every station repeated the images. Those horrible images of people jumping to their deaths, soot covered business men and women stumbling down the street, ... 4Runner. It looked as if it was the work of a 4-year old artist...

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