"God knows what you have been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God! Standing behind him Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg, which had just emerged, pale and enormous, from the dissolving night" (Fitzgerald, 159)
These eyes can be seen as God because they witness sin as God does on a daily basis. This quote has relation to symbolism or rather how we place abstract ideas on something concrete. This has significance because this idea branches off for an explanation at the end of the chapter. Nick contemplates Gatsby's final thoughts and how they were full of empty symbols. These eyes can be interpreted as God because they view a place of sin as God does on a daily basis. They witnessed Gatsby's speeding, Tom committing adultery, abuse and death and much more corruption that accompanies the American Dream.
It is ironic because even though Mr.Wilson states that these are the eyes of God, the rim of the glasses are yellow which is a colour in this book that represents corruption. These glasses are God in only the eyes of Mr.Wilson, he tells Myrtle you can't fool God, this idea of not being able to fool God is true, however, a corrupt God is seen when Myrtle is killed because if God had indeed witnessed her swanky events with Tom he would never punished her by taking her life. God would never demand revenge for the sin Myrtle had committed. It can be said that these eyes of a god have viewed corruption for too long and can not morally differentiate what is right or wrong.
These eyes can be seen as God because they witness sin as God does on a daily basis. This quote has relation to symbolism or rather how we place abstract ideas on something concrete. This has significance because this idea branches off for an explanation at the end of the chapter. Nick contemplates Gatsby's final thoughts and how they were full of empty symbols. These eyes can be interpreted as God because they view a place of sin as God does on a daily basis. They witnessed Gatsby's speeding, Tom committing adultery, abuse and death and much more corruption that accompanies the American Dream.
It is ironic because even though Mr.Wilson states that these are the eyes of God, the rim of the glasses are yellow which is a colour in this book that represents corruption. These glasses are God in only the eyes of Mr.Wilson, he tells Myrtle you can't fool God, this idea of not being able to fool God is true, however, a corrupt God is seen when Myrtle is killed because if God had indeed witnessed her swanky events with Tom he would never punished her by taking her life. God would never demand revenge for the sin Myrtle had committed. It can be said that these eyes of a god have viewed corruption for too long and can not morally differentiate what is right or wrong.