Dr. T. J. Eckleburg Symbolize In The Great Gatsby

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Symbolism:
Dr. T.J. Eckleburg’s Eyes:
Dr. T.J. Eckleburg’s eyes, in The Great Gatsby, symbolize a kind of guardian angel or god that watches over the valley of ashes. “The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic- their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face, but, instead, from a pair a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a non-existent nose” The above quote establishes the authority of the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, the fact that the retinas of the eyes are one yard high establish for us the overpowering size and authority of the eyes. The fact that the eyes “look out of no face” and that we can see nothing but the eyes and its yellow spectacles also enforce the idea that the eyes are godly this is because god is a figure whom nobody can see, but we know he looks upon us.
Eckleburg.” This quote shows us that the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg which symbolize god are watching over nothingness of land where the poor, such as Myrtle Wilson and Wilson, reside. The ashheaps which the eyes are looking over are completely the opposite of the more lavish East and West Egg.
“But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground” This quote shows us how the god has dimmed looking over the poor land and endured many problems of the poor that live in the valley of