The Themes In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The Analytical Gatsby
Fitzgerald has countless themes in his novel The Great Gatsby.One of these many themes is that even when no one is around to witness your actions there is always a moral force that knows what you have done, this moral force keeps the actions of the community under a strict moral code. This theme has been amplified by the use of a Motif, a giant billboard of T.J.
Eckleburg which only shows two large eyes behind a large pair of glasses. This Motif helps you visualize how the community associates the moral force into their lives, also it shows that even when no one is watching God is.
The first occurrence of this theme is when nick sees “The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic-their retinas are one yard high.

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