Power and Betrayal in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Essay

Scott Fitzgerald was a writer who desired his readers to be able to hear, feel, and consider his work. He made it his goal to be able to make readers destine and keep asking questions using imagery and symbolic representationism. The grand Gatsby was not fair about the changes that occurred during the Jazz Age, but it was in any case about Americas corrupted society which was full of betrayal and money-hungry citizens. It was the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg that eclipseed either the corruption that occurred throughout the Valley of Ashes. It was the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg that serves as a symbol of higher power who witnesses everything from betrayal to chaos in Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby. We encounter the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg in the valley of ashes, the desolated land between western bullock block and stark naked York. The vulgar eyes of Dr. Eckleburg have become something to tat with the Valley of Ashes to many critics and readers. The setting of where the billboard is located makes it seem as if it is not significant. However it is also the location of the billboard that explains how the eyes overlook both(prenominal) New York and West Egg since it is between it. The valley of ashes is simply what its name sounds like. Scott Fitzgerald described it asAbout half-way between West Egg and New York the motor road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a draw off of a mile, so as to shrink away from a definite desolate area of land. This is a valley of ashes---a fantastic farm where ashes bring about like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens, where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the pulverised air. Occasionally a line of grey cars cr... ...haracter percipient enough to get the picture Gatsbys greatness and who rock pneumonia to pay homage to the man who has given over them so much no t exoterically but esoterically. (Savage 74) In other words, they both appreciated all the things they have received, learned, or gained from Gatsby. In return, they both were on that point for him through the end. Gatsby was more than the neighbor who was rich and threw parties, but he was also a frienda human being. Work Cited Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York Scribner, 2013. Print.