The Great Gatsby is a book about class, wealth, and social standing. ... 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. ... Eckleberg serve as a reminder of the guilt of their actions. ... Owl Eyes tells us that most people were brought to Gatsby's parties (50). ... Throughout the book, "The Great Gatsby", F. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

On a billboard are the luminous blue eyes of Dr. ... 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. ... "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."" The char...

• Word Count: 1016
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After that point, all his actions were devoted to becoming the manifestation of the American dream. ... His hope is to return to passed days when he and Daisy were in love and renewing their relationship. ... The faded eyes of the doctor represent God's disappearance from society. The idea of God is still there, but there is no real depth to the thought. Dim and worn away by time, the eyes watch over a world that has become a dumping ground for the morals of the wealthy world. ...

• Word Count: 988
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• Grade Level: High School