"I told her she might fool me but she couldn't fool God.166) God seems to have disappeared in Fitzgerald's famous novel, The Great Gatsby, which is set in the 1920's Jazz age. The Great Gatsby illustrates how the 1920's society declines from a respectable, honest environment into a careless and selfish community. The billboard, depicting Dr. T.J. Eckleburg's eyes, is called "the eyes of God" by Wilson, as it witnesses every immoral and careless event happening in the valley of ashes and its surroundings. By examining Gatsby's parties and their consequences, the affairs in the novel and Myrtle's death, it is obvious that "the eyes of God" witness immoral and careless events. .
"Old men pushing young girls backward in eternal graceless circles [and] superior couples holding each other tortuously, fashionably, and keeping in the corners" (p.53) is only one of the typical scenes of what people do in Gatsby's famous parties. People driving drunk after every party and passing "so close to some workmen that [their] fender flicked a button on one man's coat" (p.56) is something seen as ordinary in the Jazz age, showing that the upper class is very careless and does not care about the other classes. At Gatsby's parties "the bar was crowded" (p.51) all the time. The guests are always "somewhat drunk" (p.51) because they "had drunk a big quantity of champagne." (p.57) Drinking and partying is a usual scene for these times, all people care about is having fun and do not care at all about the rest.
However, people might think that drinking is not such an immoral act, therefore would not consider this novel sinful, but there is another good reason to believe it is. Cheating on ones couple is not moral, this is something constantly seen in this novel. Tom, although being married to Daisy, has "some woman in New York" (p.21) and Jordan is surprised to find out that Nick has no idea about this because she "thought everybody knew" (p.
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The primary objective in my life is to prioritize it in a way pleasing to God. My relationship with God is first and foremost. ... This is why working in my community, and being a servant to those who are less fortunate than me is an epic part of my life. I receive so much joy in watching a hurting child from the local battered women's shelter smile at me through little eyes that are filled with fear and uncertainty. ... The family in which God has given me has blessed me beyond measure. ...
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God in the first story started from nothing and created the world and all its resources in seven days. ... The second story says he was created from clay and God blew threw his nostrils and gave man life. In the first story man was created by God as it says, "God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them." ... So if he created them in his image why do the two not match up? ... I will stand strong on the First Story of Creation, since it makes the most logical sense in my eyes. ...
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His daily diet would be his prayer, that he should conduct day in and day out, in order for him to thrive in the eyes of God. ... In her poem she begins to reason that God has given it to her and so he has taken it away. She also questions why he has taken it all, but then succumbs to the notion that maybe on this world she had too much. ... The fast was order to please God and after it has been order, God was pleased. ... If it wasn't the will of the person it was the will of God, and that just had to be accepted. ...
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As Elie said, "Why should I bless his name? ... Elie began to question why God could possibly let any of this happen in life. ... Elie had started to look at life in a different pair of eyes, the eyes without God. ... He asked Moshe the Beatle why he prays and Moshe answered, " I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions"(Wiesel 3). ... People would ask for strength, good health, and why God let this happen. ...
