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The Great Gatsby: The Eyes Of Dr. T. J.

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The valley of ashes is a depressing place where no one would help them. The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg provide a sense that someone is watching the wealthy do wrong. Fitzgerald contributes to the thought that someone is watching over the people of the dead land. As introduced by Fitzgerald, “But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground,”(24). As the eyes dim more everyday, they are still accounting everything that goes on beneath them. The eyes could almost be the God of the valley, because they watch over every situation that occurs within the town. Immoral behaviors, focused on wealth building, created the ashes that lay upon the town, and Dr. T.J. Eckleburg’s eyes
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1. The Valley of Ashes is the farm land or almost like a wasteland filled with ashes that separates the wealth of the East and West Egg Village. 2. “The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic — their irises are one yard high. They look out of no face, but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose” (Fitzgerald 23).

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From the quote, “This is a Valley of Ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. Occasionally a line of gray cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud, which screens their obscure operations from your sight” (23), it can be seen how the Valley of Ashes is a depressing place. It represents the moral and social decay that results from the continued search of wealth and acceptance in society. Seen by how the rich provide themselves with regard for nothing but their own pleasure. The valley of ashes also symbolizes the forcefulness of the poor, like George Wilson, who live among the dirty ashes and lose their vitality as a result.

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Eckleberg's eyes witness some of the novels largest ethical collapses. The first of these is evidenced in Fitzgerald's quote “But above the gray land and the spasms of bleak dust which drift endlessy over it, you percieve, after a moment, the eyes of T.J. Eckleberg”(23). Nick refers to this area as “the valley of ashes”(Fitzgerald 23). The site of the billboard doubles as a representation for the poverty and class system that persisted in the time period, accompanied by the hypocrisy of the country's wealth boasting attitude. In the most literal sense, Eckleberg's eyes are an advertisement, which eludes to the harsh effects of capitalisim on the people who were unable to make it big.

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The first and most prominent set of eyes are those of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, huge and depicted on a billboard in the valley of ashes. The author writes, “ They look out of no face but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose” (26). These eyes serve as the pinnacle eyes of God, a feature within every piece of notable American literature throughout history. The eyes lack a face, accentuating the ethereal nature of the idea of God, and the size makes him larger than life. His foreboding grandness contradicts the dry purgatory of the valley of ashes, bringing up the imagery of the world being a fallen one.

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TJ Eckleburg. The billboard overlooks the Valley of Ashes, and stands out because of its bright blue eyes and golden lenses (Fitzgerald 23). The eyes of this billboard “represent the eyes of God watching down the moral corruption of America” (lhblogs). This is plainly seen, where, throughout the novel, this billboard “watches” all of the actions of the characters. It watched scenes such as George and Myrtle fighting upstairs in their room, Gatsby’s car hitting and killing Myrtle, and when Tom was headed to the city with Myrtle committing adultery.

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The valley of ashes also symbolizes the difficulties of the poor, like George Wilson, who live among the dirty ashes and lose their vitality as a result. THE EYES OF DOCTOR T. J. ECKLEBURG Another dominant symbol within this novel is the billboard eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg which is in the middle of the valley of ashes, right next to Wilson’s garage staring at the waste that careless capitalism has

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