It is believed that vision can come in many different forms. There is physical, mental, and spiritual. In the book, they talk about eyes a lot. This may seem like a literal, physical meaning unless you look into it more. There are many ways Fitzgerald uses this to emphasize this message to the reader, and it will be explained in this essay. The eyes of Dr. Eckleburg seem to be a crucial part to this story. The eyes come up on more than one occasion, and you may think the author is trying to send us a message. It would not be an unpopular opinion if someone thought this, because it seems to be a pretty popular opinion. It must be another signal like the green light in Chapter 1. Eckleburg’s eyes seem to always resemble something throughout the story and each time the characters see them. Remember the first time we saw his eyes in Chapter 2? Nick had just used quotes like “valley of ashes, “grotesque, and “desolate” to describe Queens. This is when Tom is about to introduce Nick to Myrtle. Instead of simply saying that there is a giant billboard, Nick first spends several sentences describing seemingly living giant eyes that are hovering in mid-air. Unlike …show more content…
One quote states “But above the gray land and the spasms of bleak dust which drift endlessly over it, you perceive, after a moment, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic, their irises are one yard high.” he goes on to say “They look out of no face, but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose. Evidently some wild wag of an oculist set them there to fatten his practice in the borough of Queens, and then sank down himself into eternal blindness, or forgot them and moved away.” It is unbelievable how much they talk about his eyes. Another quote states “But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days, under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping