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What Does T. J Eckleburg Mean In The Great Gatsby

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In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are no spiritual values in a place where money reigns. The traditional ideas of God and Religion are dead. This is why the bad people don’t always get what they deserve; especially if they’re wealthy. Fitzgerald portrays the wealthy as corrupt, selfish and incompetent. They cause trouble and act like children but they never reap the consequences because of their money. Fitzgerald uses the “T. J Eckleburg” billboard to symbolize the absence of God. The wealthy are no longer able to believe in Christian morals if they don’t follow them themselves. No one, not even God is going to stop them. The only God that can exist takes the form of the T.J. Eckleburg billboard. There are also so many

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