... and organized crime, falls in love with Daisy Buchanan, wife of Tom Buchanan. Tom and Daisy Buchanan also possess great wealth, but they inherited it and it has been in their family for years, where as Gatsby earned all his money. During the course of these affairs, many things go wrong as the people involved in this love triangle go through ... . The valley of ashes is " a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens, where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys- (27) The eyes themselves " are blue and gigantic- (27) Tom's mistress, Myrtle,...

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... uses a number of symbols to represent a certain point or idea about something. The symbol in this novel that I noticed the most was the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg on the billboard. This symbol, to me, portrays the eyes of God watching over everything. An example of this would be at the end of chapter seven when Myrtle is hit by Daisy. The fact that daisy ... this would be when Gatsby and Daisy reunite. I noticed that at first the weather was very rainy, while at the same time Gatsby was very nervous. But as soon as their love reawakens, the sun begins to come out. Another example of thi...

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... create these things an author must establish a variety of characters, as do in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, Chaim Potok's The Chosen, and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. The reoccurring factor of opposite characters transpires in all three novels. Which gives depth and fulfillment to these novels. To begin with, David Malter and Reb Saunders, two characters from ... the suffering due to the Holocaust. Arguably David appears the admirable character due to his open mind on religious traditions. Subsequently, Tea Cake Woods and Joe Starks, characters fr...

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... operations from your sight." (23) This shows how one can get caught up all of a sudden in a cloud of confusion. They are just walking along, minding their own business, doing their day-to-day activities, and suddenly get caught up in an impenetrable mess. This happened to Nick. He was just minding his own business, and then he met Gatsby, who ... did not really want one. He was the only person who cared enough to give Gatsby a proper burial. Another symbol in this novel is T. J. Eckleburg's huge blue eyes. "The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic- their retinas are one...

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... is extremely symbolic of the entire decade. The decade is portrayed as an era of decaying social and moral values, which are extremely visible throughout the book. Greed and lust are also very sought after and the velocity of increasing corruption of society, especially the upper class, is at its height. During ... an immense amount of pathetic fallacy. Gatsby and Daisy's reunion takes place in the middle of a storm and just as the storm fades away, their love begins to rekindle. Gatsby's intense confrontation with Tom occurs on the hottest day of summer and Gatsby's murder occurs on the...

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... eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelburg are seen on a billboard advertisement in the ash-heaps around the house and garage of George Wilson. These gigantic blue eyes without a face look out at the valley of ashes from behind a pair of yellow eyeglasses. This billboard advertisement takes on an added significance in Chapter 8. A grief-stricken George Wilson refers to it as God. While looking at the giant eyes ... morality. The desolation of the area where this billboard is located is seen in Fitzgerald's use of the billboard. Thus, God is watching over the land which once was paradise, but now has been...

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... of his dreams and won't let anything get in his way of accomplishing them. Another important symbol that F. Scott Fitzgerald uses are the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg, 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 between ... West Egg and New York....

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... through imagery that there is always someone constantly judging you on your actions. For example, "The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic -- their retinas are one yard high"(23). Fitzgerald may have used the eyes of doctor Eckleburg in order to create the illusion that God is watching over and judging the people in the valley of the ashes, namely Tom Buchanan and how he ... 's flaunting around his indiscretions in front of everyone. In the novel, the eyes appeared faded, dull, and lifeless ... which could send a message that their ... ...

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... are the luminous blue eyes of Dr. T. J. Ecklberg. Fitzgerald uses this to indicate god watching over them, but the billboard has been abandoned and forgotten, showing their corruption as they are turned from god when religion is forgotten in their pursuit for wealth(The Symbol I). The blue in his eyes ... shows the corruption of the spirit. Slow changes of color are ... also seen in the book to show the symbolism of Gatsby's car. It is a cream color but it evolves into a yellow instrument of death and destruction used to try to fix their ... in the book think that the achievement of th...

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... Jay Gatsby, who has achieved the Dream materialistically. In this essay I am going to portray the differing opinions of F. Scott Fitzgerald and A. Miller, their portrayals of the American Dream, its risks and dangers. Jay Gatsby represents the flourishing side of the Dream. He seems to show that it is possible ... of Daisy. " I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes." But none of his possessions are important to him; she is the only thing of relevance, with it being evident to onlookers, such as Nick that the hous...

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