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great gatsby

Date Submitted: 06/17/2001 23:55:04
Category: / Literature / Novels
Length: 2 pages (629 words)
Imagery/symbolic use is found extensively throughout the F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel, The Great Gatsby. Three specific images are frequently used to represent specific characters and/or distinct messages. The three images found are the green light, valley of ashes (ash heaps), and the eyes of Dr.T.J Eckleberg. The green light in The Great Gatsby can be interpreted on many levels. Most evidence from the novel suggests that the green light represent Daisy. …
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…and prosperity The reoccurring image of the billboard advertising for Dr. T.J Eckleberg, depicts a worn, unkempt pair of pronounced large blue eyes which are encircled by huge glasses which, stare religiously across the desolate ash heaps. This abandoned billboard has multiple possible symbolic representations. The most common symbolic representation is the eyes of God. We come to this The billboard is practically ignored and the eyes of “God” are faded, and not acknowledged.
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