symbolism for the great gatsby?

Question

Wilson tells Myrtle that she can fool him, but she can't fool God. What symbol represented God?

Which of the Ten Commandments, and there were several, was most violated in this story and why? What are the lesser ones

Answer 1

The symbol that represents God is the eye on the billboard.

The two commandments most violated were "Thou Shalt Not Covet" and "Thous Shalt Not Bear False Witness".

As for "lesser" Ten Commandments, that's an oxymoron.

Answer 2

The billboard for Dr. T.J. Eckleberg- the eyes that overlook the city-represent God in the novel, for some people. The Valley of Ashes is also representative of God in some literary circles.

As far as the Ten Commandments part goes- read through the novel a time or two. The answer to that will jump out at ya.

Answer 3

”. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic--their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face, but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a non-existent nose. Evidently some wild wag of an oculist set them there to fatten his practice in the borough of Queens, and then sank down himself into eternal blindness, or forgot them and moved away. But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground. Some readers interpret this passage as a description of the god of the modern world--the god of the wasteland. Keep this description in mind in Chapter VIII when the crazed and jealous Wilson looks at the giant eyes and says, "God sees everything." For now, early in Chapter II, it is still too early to make any kind of direct correlation between the eyes of Dr. Eckleburg and the eyes of God. At this point we have only hints: the size of the eyes, the missing face, the departure of the original creator of the sign, all of which transform the eyes into something mythic, something suggesting a superior being who no longer cares, who is no longer involved with the petty lives of the pathetic creatures below. The eyes "brood on over the solemn dumping ground," offering no help or solace to its inhabitants. Lust Money Power Greed...etc...

Answer 4

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Plot Overview

Nick Carraway, a young man from Minnesota, moves to New York in the summer of 1922 to learn about the bond business. He rents a house in the West Egg district of Long Island, a wealthy but unfashionable area populated by the new rich, a group who have made their fortunes too recently to have established social connections and who are prone to garish displays of wealth

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Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 5

What symbol? Don't know if there was a symbol for God in the movie........but thow shall not covet thy neighbors wife comes to mind for this movie......no question!