Two characters that are blinded in The Great Gatsby is George and Myrtle Wilson. George and Myrtle were both blinded by the American Dream. Although they were both blinded with the American Dream, they both had in mind different versions. George wanted to be with Myrtle and move out of “the gray land and spasms of bleak dust they call the valley of ashes” (23). George wanted love with Myrtle and to make a better life for themselves by moving west. Myrtle on the other hand wanted a different kind of American Dream. She wanted a life with Tom. She thought “her sensual surplus of flesh” could make Tom love her (25). The struggle to attain the American Dream led to her death. She ran out of into the middle of the road …show more content…
Eckleburg had the “yellow spectacles” on to see clearly (23). Gatsby was a man blinded by his love for Daisy. Daisy was blind for her precious money and reputation. Wilson was blind to his wife having an affair. Myrtle was blind to never realizing that Tom will never love her. They all had one thing in common, they were all blinded with the American Dream. Although one figure was not blind to anything and saw everything that those characters did not see. Dr. Eckleburg saw each of the futures the characters could have had, and the ones they would never