Theme Of Religion In The Great Gatsby

All throughout the summer months, Gatsby threw enormous parties. Men and women, every shape and size, are there. No one attends because they know Gatsby, they come for his car, his pool, his boats, his orchestra, the music, and for all the catered servings. The book is lavished with scenes of these parties as well as with scenes of infidelity and violence. Religion is such a tiny portion of the book that often its importance is overlooked. However, even though Religion is not at the forefront of the work, F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, explores the presence of God through the use of symbolism, character, and religious affiliation. First of all, Fitzgerald uses a billboard to demonstrate God’s presence. Dr. T. J. Eckleburg is placed in the valley of ashes. Just as God is high in the sky, and looks down upon all his children, Eckleburg sees the major lies and truths of the characters. Dr. T. J. Eckleburg sees every important scene in The Great Gatsby, just as God sees everything a person does in his or her everyday life. Firstly, Eckleburg witnesses every action in the novel, which takes place in the valley of the ashes, namely Tom

For example, Owl Eyes is first revealed in the story by Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker at one of Gatsby’s parties in his library. In the novel, “Owl Eyes,” was created to explain what was real (Schroder 2). He thought they were fake, but after inspecting them, he was for sure they were real, and immediately asked Jordan and Nick if they knew the books were real. He was so astonished that the books were actually real. It was as if he has never seen anything like it before. This lets the readers know that God comes when we least expect him to. That Owl Eyes is trying to tell Jordan and Nick what is real. That God is the way, the truth, and the light, that it is not all about the parties, that it is about