Following the central theme of modernism, this new God watches over his paradise which has been reduced to ash-heaps by modern man. So the eyes look on and remind the characters of the guilt that they forget to have for what they have done. It represents a God who no longer sees nor cares. It represents God who has been created by modern society to make money. They are placed near Wilson’s because that is where some of the most selfish acts take place: Myrtle’s death, Tom’s affair. George associates these eyes to God’s watchful eyes over mankind.
These eyes are facing George Wilson’s garage. In the faded and old advertising billboard in the Valley of Ashes is a pair of spectacled eyes of Dr T.J. It represents an illusory and ideal world that Gatsby has dreamt of. But here hope and promise get lost for the crave of money and love. Green is the colour of promise, hope and renewal. When Nick first sees Gatsby he was looking at the green light from Buchanan’s dock and stretching his arms. Located at the end of the Buchanans’ dock, is a green light which represents Gatsby’s ultimate aspiration: to win Daisy’s love. The barrier that the water creates between these worlds in symbolic of the barrier that keeps these people apart from one another and from much of what they want. And Daisy, the woman that Gatsby has always wanted but never gets, lives on East Egg. The green light shines from the East Egg attracting Gatsby towards what he has always wanted. Nick and Gatsby are on the West Egg which is for people who don’t have any real standing, even if they have money. Tom and Daisy live on the East Egg which is far more refined and well bred. East and West Egg act as a symbol of this in its physical makeup.
It is a barrier for almost every character. One of the most important themes in the novel is class and social standing. Gatsby’s dream of love and money is identified with the American dream.
The colours, the geography and even the characters act as symbols in this novel. The Great Gatsby is rich in symbolism, which is portrayed on several different levels in a variety of ways.
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