F Scott Fitzgerald presents many themes in his novel The Great Gatsby, one theme he presents is that someone can always see your true character by your actions when you think no one is looking. This theme is developed throughout the story by the constant reoccurrence of people doing things they know are wrong when they think no one is watching, but someone is always watching (The Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelburg).
The first reference demonstrating someone doing something wrong when they think no one is watching is when Nick Caraway “first met Tom Buchannan’s mistress. The fact that he had a mistress insisted on the people he was around” (Fitzgerald 24). Throughout the story
Fitzgerald constantly gives examples of