He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake. These are the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelberg. In The Great Gatsby written by F Scott Fitzgerald, the character is most noted for his godly stare more than anything else. The Great Gatsby is a story about a man who came from rags to riches to get back the girl that he lost because he wasn't rich enough. It all had a traumatic ending after an accident and a man shooting Gatsby to get revenge for the incident that he took the blame for. These eyes added to the reader's experience by seeing wrongdoing, foreshadowing, and representing a higher power.
When the eyes first witness Nick we are meeting Myrtle, Tom’s married mistress. The eyes have watched this affair carry on knowing it's …show more content…
Wilson doesn't go to church but he believes in a god, The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelberg. “With an effort he got up and walked to the rear window and leaned with his face pressed against it, "--and I said 'God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me but you can't fool God!' "” George is describing what he said to Myrtle before she died. He revealed to her that in his perception of the eyes, they are god. A faceless, menacing, inanimate pair of eyes are a god or higher power in George Wilson’s head. The true importance of the eyes have been revealed. This adds disturbing mood to the situation. A deranged man with a belief of a billboard god with a horrifying stare. George is absolutely insane, the eyes show this. George wanted revenge for his lying, cheating, horrible wife. George proceeds to go and murder Gatsby. The eyes are important to the story because it shows the reader just how crazy George Wilson is.
George might be mentally insane but that doesn't change the fact that the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelberg are important and drive the story. The eyes help drive the story by seeing all the wrongdoing, helping the reader foreshadow, and representing a higher power for George Wilson. Throughout the book you see the eyes three times. Every time the eyes manage to make the scene an important one. If the eyes weren't there, George would probably had been the one
When the eyes first witness Nick we are meeting Myrtle, Tom’s married mistress. The eyes have watched this affair carry on knowing it's …show more content…
Wilson doesn't go to church but he believes in a god, The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelberg. “With an effort he got up and walked to the rear window and leaned with his face pressed against it, "--and I said 'God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me but you can't fool God!' "” George is describing what he said to Myrtle before she died. He revealed to her that in his perception of the eyes, they are god. A faceless, menacing, inanimate pair of eyes are a god or higher power in George Wilson’s head. The true importance of the eyes have been revealed. This adds disturbing mood to the situation. A deranged man with a belief of a billboard god with a horrifying stare. George is absolutely insane, the eyes show this. George wanted revenge for his lying, cheating, horrible wife. George proceeds to go and murder Gatsby. The eyes are important to the story because it shows the reader just how crazy George Wilson is.
George might be mentally insane but that doesn't change the fact that the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelberg are important and drive the story. The eyes help drive the story by seeing all the wrongdoing, helping the reader foreshadow, and representing a higher power for George Wilson. Throughout the book you see the eyes three times. Every time the eyes manage to make the scene an important one. If the eyes weren't there, George would probably had been the one