The Great Gatsby In the novel The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald shows that the American dream doesn't exist through the symbolism. Gatsby symbolizing the American dream, the valley of ashes symbolizes poverty, and Dr. T.J. Eckleburg's eyes symbolize how he had watched over the valley of ashes. The American dream is something that wants to be accomplished or dreaming that one day it will happen, but it doesn't unless you work hard for it. Gatsby symbolizes the American dream and how he had failed to obtain the things he wanted. Gatsby had said "Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" ( Fitzgerald 88). His dream was to become wealthy and by becoming wealthy he would meet Daisy again. By Gatsby meeting Daisy again he hopes to repeat
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There is always a halt there of at least a minute, and it was because of this that i first met Tom Buchanan's mistress" (Fitzgerald 21). His eyes had seen that Tom Buchanan had a mistress. He had also overseen the death of Myrtle. "The other car, the one going toward New York, came to rest a hundred yards beyond, and its driver hurried back to where Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her thick dark blood with the dust" (Fitzgerald 109). Then he had seen who Myrtles real killer was and who was driving the car when Myrtle died. It shows how people are not willing to tell the truth and put the blame on others. Towards the end of the book it read that Wilson had gone over to Tom's house to find out who killed Myrtle. Tom didn't hesitate to give up Gatsby's name knowing that Daisy was the one who was driving the car. Tom had also told him that Gatsby was stepping with Wilson's wife when in fact it was Tom himself. "When, later in the novel, Wilson, staring at these same eyes, says, 'God sees everything,' and Michaelis contradicts him, 'That's an advertisement,' it is clear that Fitzgerald wants us to view T. J. Eckleburg as a symbol of the corruption of spirit in the Waste Land" (Schneider 249). It comes to show how dishonest people are when it comes to protecting themselves and family without knowing the consequences of their actions. Tom and Daisy are careless people who didn't think twice about moving towards the end of the book knowing that Gatsby was the one to pay for the things they
There is always a halt there of at least a minute, and it was because of this that i first met Tom Buchanan's mistress" (Fitzgerald 21). His eyes had seen that Tom Buchanan had a mistress. He had also overseen the death of Myrtle. "The other car, the one going toward New York, came to rest a hundred yards beyond, and its driver hurried back to where Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her thick dark blood with the dust" (Fitzgerald 109). Then he had seen who Myrtles real killer was and who was driving the car when Myrtle died. It shows how people are not willing to tell the truth and put the blame on others. Towards the end of the book it read that Wilson had gone over to Tom's house to find out who killed Myrtle. Tom didn't hesitate to give up Gatsby's name knowing that Daisy was the one who was driving the car. Tom had also told him that Gatsby was stepping with Wilson's wife when in fact it was Tom himself. "When, later in the novel, Wilson, staring at these same eyes, says, 'God sees everything,' and Michaelis contradicts him, 'That's an advertisement,' it is clear that Fitzgerald wants us to view T. J. Eckleburg as a symbol of the corruption of spirit in the Waste Land" (Schneider 249). It comes to show how dishonest people are when it comes to protecting themselves and family without knowing the consequences of their actions. Tom and Daisy are careless people who didn't think twice about moving towards the end of the book knowing that Gatsby was the one to pay for the things they