Mrs. Corliss
1st Hour CW
13 February 2017
Symbolism in The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is unquestionably crowded with symbolism. He uses rudimentary, common materials to represent morals and objectives that can be applied to the patterned schedules of his readers. Such themes and motifs found in The Great Gatsby, for example, include flowers and the color yellow epitomizing wealth, also seen as a conflict throughout the story and a cause of much hysteria. One theme, in particular, a theme with a prodigious impact on a key character, is that of the all-seeing eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. Fitzgerald uses this theme of an overlooking, poignant pair of spectacles to denote the fact that “God sees all” and