Nick goes on for three sentences about these weird, disembodied eyes before actually explaining that they're on a billboard. He gives your mind time to picture eerie images, to wonder what's going on, even to form other notions of what the eyes could be. Clearly, to us, the readers, the eyes are more than just a billboard. Not long before the Tom vs. Gatsby showdown, Nick notes the eyes again keeping a "watchful vigil" 7 ; and then, George takes Myrtle to the window from which, we know, the billboard is visible and tells her she can't fool God.
Wilson makes the same connection you might be: the eyes of T. Eckleburg are always watching, and so are the eyes of God.
There are a few directions you can take from here. The first is that, despite the absence of religion from the characters in this story, God is still there. He's all seeing, ever-present, and, as Nick points out, frowning.
Things are not well in the valley of American ashes. The other shot you could take at this is to say that God has been replaced by capitalism. Instead of a truly religious representation, the best this world can do is manifest God in a billboard — an advertisement.
One last thing. Eckleburg and his valley of ashes sounds a lot like T. Why did Daisy marry Tom? Why does Gatsby arrange for Nick to have lunch with Jordan Baker? How does Tom find out about the affair between Gatsby and Daisy? How does Gatsby make his money? How are West Egg and East Egg different? What is the importance of the character Owl Eyes? Does Daisy love Gatsby or Tom? Why does Tom insist on switching cars with Gatsby when they go to the city?
Why is Nick the narrator of the story? Why does Tom bring up race so often? Why is Myrtle attracted to Tom? Why does Gatsby stop throwing parties? The king used Jim as a toy that could be bought or sold. Because of this, readers learned to despise the king and his racist beliefs. Like the king, Tom also treated Jim as an object left to his disposal. An example would be Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby: being the two richest men in the novel, they are shown to be corrupted in ways that are not what people expect.
While Tom was born into the wealthy life in East Egg, Gatsby was originally a poor man named James Gatz and had to work his way into becoming a wealthy man in West Egg. Tom had strong power and importance in the book and that drew Myrtle out of the Valley of Ashes and she tried to obtain Tom in order to become wealthy. Both men have no regards for the other as displayed in chapter 7.
Consequently, many rich Americans believed in this view, and used it as an explanation of why some are poor and some are rich. M Dent. The Symbolism of Colors in F. The colors throughout the book are used to symbolize different situations. The use of colors in this novel helps the reader visualize the situation more. IPL J. Another dominant symbol within this novel is the billboard eyes of Dr.
The eyes symbolize the loss of spiritual values in America. The eyes symbolize the growing of America and how life in America is all about making money. A lot of money is demonstrated by the wealth of people like Tom Buchanan.
The eyes of Dr.
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