Scott Fitzgerald when he says, “The eyes of Doctor T. Such ideas are explored by Nick in Chapter eight while he is engrossed in his imagination about Gatsby’s thought processes which lead to depression in thinking of the prevailing emptiness in dreams and symbols (Jonathan Yardley, 2007).Īmple significance of eyes is implied in this regard by F. Hence it can be implied that the eyes also connote the lack of meaning in the world as also the randomness in the mental process of people in drawing meanings from objects. There is a visible lack of tangible meaning to the character of the image which brings about an unsettled feeling to the observer. A different meaning is only drawn by George Wilson, who in being struck with grief draws a connection between God and the eyes of Doctor T J Eckleburg. It is known in this context that throughout the novel Fitzgerald has suggested that symbols are in the nature of only conveying a meaning since it is the characters that infuse them with the inherent meanings. Although the novel has never made this conclusion directly, it is much evident that the eyes symbolize that they are observing the deeds of the American society in looking upon the valley as a moral wasteland. The Eyes are in fact a pair of spectacled and pale eyes that appear tinted on a bill board that watches over the valley of ashes. In the literary context, symbols represent the different concepts and ideas in regard to the colors, figures and characters (Matthew J. There are other symbols which essentially have a bearing on the way people perceive the symbols in the book as affecting their value judgments. Although this symbol is marginally influencing the course of events, it holds a deep meaning in the intention of the novel.
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