The Great Gatsby: Sign Of God
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In the book, The Great Gatsby, Francis Scott Fitzgerald's continuous use of
the Doctor T.J. Eckleburg sign symbolizes an inept God. He also shows us
that even though God is watching; bad things still happen. The Great Gatsby
showed a corrupt society under God's eyes. When Nick followed Tom, to mee ....
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.... "‘Terrible place, isn't it,' said
Tom, exchanging a frown with Doctor Eckleburg." (26) Wilson was the one who
believed that the sign was God, he showed this when he was telling
Michaelis about the fight that he and his spouse had gotten in to. "‘I told
her she might fool me but she could fool God. I took her to the window… I
said ‘God knows what you've doing, everything you've been doing. You may
fool me, but you can't fool God!'" (160) The window he was looking out,
was the window ....
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