THE EYES OF dR. tj eCKLEBURG
The eyes also symbolize the loss values in America. -BG
The eyes of TJ Eckleburg symbolize God -BG
"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 of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a non- existent nose." Pg. 23
TG The eyes represent the moral decay of America. Peoples values are diminishing and the loss of an higher power dealing with spiritual aspects.
-TG The undefined significance of Dr. TJ Eckleburg eyes gazing down from the billboard makes them troubling for the reader; in this chapter (ch. 2) Fitzgerald preserves their mystery, giving them no fixed symbolic value leaving it up to the reader to decide
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Authors:
Xan Moyer Taylor Graham Brian Gradison |
“But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days, under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground.” The eyes symbolize the loss of spiritual values in America.
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I think that the billboard and the eyes represent god looking over New York City's moral decay and its fading appearance may represent the loss of connection between society and god at this point in time.
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The sign shows decay and fading symbolizing the decay of society and the loss of connection between mankind and its higher power.
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