Love, happiness, and destruction can greatly be seen in The Great Gatsby. Truly, money can blind the heart, creating false fantasies that can prevent a person from seeing reality. The godly and unrealistic character in The Great Gatsby is the notorious billboard of Dr. I.J. Eckleburg (Hermansson 139). Eckleburg was made into a false idol, a watchman, and a silent killer that was unable to neither move nor talk. The significance of Dr. Eckleburg demonstrated how the Valley of Ashes was a place where some people that had little hope placed it all into Dr. Eckleburg. When our hearts are blind, we are prevented from seeing what is truly there. Instead by blinding our hearts some people strive to appeal to what the eyes see instead of what the heart
Love, happiness, and destruction can greatly be seen in The Great Gatsby. Truly, money can blind the heart, creating false fantasies that can prevent a person from seeing reality. The godly and unrealistic character in The Great Gatsby is the notorious billboard of Dr. I.J. Eckleburg (Hermansson 139). Eckleburg was made into a false idol, a watchman, and a silent killer that was unable to neither move nor talk. The significance of Dr. Eckleburg demonstrated how the Valley of Ashes was a place where some people that had little hope placed it all into Dr. Eckleburg. When our hearts are blind, we are prevented from seeing what is truly there. Instead by blinding our hearts some people strive to appeal to what the eyes see instead of what the heart