The eyes watched Tom Cheat on his wife! ... They watch out over everyone, they see everything everyone is doing, and they know the truth. ... "(27) These eyes represent God. ... God saw, and sees everything, and He knows the truth. ... They were uncomfortable, and were not enjoying themselves at all. ...
George Wilson looks up at the eyes and claims that they are the eyes of God, "and I said "God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me but you can't fool God!" ... Eckleberg." (160) Wilson spoke the truth, in that that the eyes do watch over many important events that unfold in the novel. For instance, they watched over the affair with Tom and Myrtle from beginning to end, as Myrtle died in the valley of ashes. ... As explained by Nick, these two villages were occupied by the wealthy, yet their differences exceeded their similarities "I lived a...
Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, Chaim Potok's The Chosen, and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. ... Subsequently, Tea Cake Woods and Joe Starks, characters from Their Eyes Were Watching God, differ greatly. ... In conclusion, the characters from The Great Gatsby, The Chosen, and Their Eyes Were Watching God are what creates some great depth to the stories. All the characters show great contrast with each other but deliver their emphases on life. ...
When a director chooses to create a film based on a novel, their own personal vision of the book is brought to life. ... Camera angles are used to give a certain perspective or a point of view about a character or a scene.For example when they show the eyes of T.J Eckleburg in the film they show it at a angle where the billboard is watching over everything that is going on.The colors which were used in the film where good for the time period that the film was made,but if you compare it to films that have come out recently the colors wouldnt be so great because of the fact that technology ha...
Eckleburg are blue and gigantic-their retinas are one yard high. ... 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). ... The rich have no concern for the poor and so they just dump their waste in the valley. ...
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 ...
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. ...
