... bay from Daisy, and has parties to gain wide-spread recognition in order to impress her. Yet, Owl Eyes, a minor character who attends Gatsby's parties, compares Gatsby's mansion to a house of cards. Owl Eyes states, "that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse." Ultimately, the inevitable ... incoherent failure of a house" by Nick. The final use of metaphor, which is the opposite of the above two, is the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelburg. The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelburg are seen on a billboard advertisement in the ash-heaps around the house and garage of George Wilson....

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that once flowered for Dutch sailors' eyes- a fresh, green breast of the New World. Its varnished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby 's house, had once pandered in ... money: " and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together. ( p.12) "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed things up and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them tog...

• Word Count: 1337
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School