No matter what we do, in privacy or public, someone always watches us. Watching people is a common thing amongst people. We watch each other when we cross the street, or when we eat, or even when someone is working. It allows us to observe each other and learn things about each other, but it also lets us to see the things people tend to do. F. Scott Fitzgerald, a popular author that left readers astonished with his novels, demonstrates this concept within his book, The Great Gatsby. Within the novel, many characters appear to watch each other, close up and from a distance, in a spine-chilling yet passionate way. Fitzgerald uses of symbolism within The Great Gatsby to show the theme: no matter what you do, someone always watches you. Jay
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Watching each other is a common thing that people do. It allows us to observe and learn more about each other, but it also allows us to see the things that people tend to do. Fitzgerald uses of symbolism within The Great Gatsby to show the theme: no matter what you do, someone always watches you. Gatsby sees the things that Daisy does by always staring out towards the green light hoping to see her, and collecting newspaper clippings from when they were apart to keep track of what she has been up to over the years. The billboard of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg is seen as God due to being able to view things that occur within the Valley of Ashes, “‘God sees everything’” (Fitzgerald 160), says Wilson, indicating that Eckleburg is God and sees everything that happens. Owl Eyes sees the trick that Gatsby is trying to pull, by having a display of newly unread books, he is able to fool people by presenting an image of intelligence, fakeness, and wealth. People tend to believe that no one is watching them, they are too busy with their own problems and don’t notice the things around them. They never notice that someone is always watching them, like the characters of The Great Gatsby, some of them never notice that there is someone that is always watching them no matter what they
Watching each other is a common thing that people do. It allows us to observe and learn more about each other, but it also allows us to see the things that people tend to do. Fitzgerald uses of symbolism within The Great Gatsby to show the theme: no matter what you do, someone always watches you. Gatsby sees the things that Daisy does by always staring out towards the green light hoping to see her, and collecting newspaper clippings from when they were apart to keep track of what she has been up to over the years. The billboard of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg is seen as God due to being able to view things that occur within the Valley of Ashes, “‘God sees everything’” (Fitzgerald 160), says Wilson, indicating that Eckleburg is God and sees everything that happens. Owl Eyes sees the trick that Gatsby is trying to pull, by having a display of newly unread books, he is able to fool people by presenting an image of intelligence, fakeness, and wealth. People tend to believe that no one is watching them, they are too busy with their own problems and don’t notice the things around them. They never notice that someone is always watching them, like the characters of The Great Gatsby, some of them never notice that there is someone that is always watching them no matter what they