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A 10 page research paper/essay that contrasts and compares imagery in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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each narrative the author makes extensive use of symbolism to underscore the points that the writer wishes to make regarding thematic content. Fitzgerald and Kingsolver make use of symbolism inherent
in images of eyes, glasses and perception in order to emphasize how their characters view their particular reality. Furthermore, both authors make use of structures and methods of transportation in
order to enhance and develop their characters. The literary symbols of eyes, houses and transportation methods help to enhance the characters and thematic development in both novels. Perception is
frequently suggested in both novels when Fitzgerald and Kingsolver employ imagery such as eyes, glasses, and spectacles. In Gatsby, imagery pertaining to eyes, spectacles and seeing seem to suggest that
symbols only have meaning when people see objects as having meaning. For example, the huge bespectacled eyes of Dr. Eckleberg, the oculist, which stare down at the valley of ashes
between West Egg and New York City suggest that God is looking down on humanity because a grieving George Wilson imbues them with this meaning after his wife is killed.
Physically, Dr. Eckleberg is a character that is painted on a billboard near the ash heaps that lie by Wilsons filling station. Fitzgerald describes Dr. Eckleburgs eyes "blue and gigantic--their
retinas are one yard high" (Fitzgerald 15). The student researching this topic will note that there are divergences from the students outline. The student should understand that these divergences
are necessary because of the requirement that the writer/tutor use 10 sources. The writer/tutor had difficulty locating sources that discussed the precise points brought out in the outline. Therefore, the
writer had to adapt the sources that were available to the topic. These eyes do not look out of a face, but rather from a "pair of enormous yellow
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