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[LisaSorbie]

You're right Here's a quote from a website:

In The Great Gatsby the symbol of T. J. Eckelburg's eyes represent a godly being watching over society. Fitzgerald incorporates the eyes into his novel to represent a pair of all seeing, all knowing and judging eyes, which are meant to intimidate. The character of George Wilson believes that the eyes are the eyes of God.
"I spoke to her," he muttered, after a long silence. "I told her she might fool me but she couldn't fool God. I took her to the window- " With an effort he got up and walked to the rear window and leaned his face pressed against it, "-and I said 'God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me but you can't fool God!' " Standing behind him Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, which had just emerged pale and enormous from the dissolving night. "God sees everything," repeated Wilson. (p.167) Through Wilson's beliefs Fitzgerald explains that the eyes can see everything including Myrtle's infidelities.

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http://www.e-scoala.ro/referate/engleza_fitzgerald_gatsby2.html

[RyanDSmith]

do you have to pass both essays and the close reading to get a pass ?

[LisaSorbie]

You don't, but you would have to get a very good pass on one thing to make up for the other fails!

For an appeal, you would have to show you can pass all three!

[RyanDSmith]

ok thanks

[KirstyAEaston]

Hi, i wondered if you could help .. i have trouble knowing how to start my essays, like i understand what it is i have to do, i just have difficulty starting off, and it makes me panic and before i know it my mind goes blank, i was wondering if you had any tips or advice on how i can sort of stop this should i sort of plan an introduction and first paragraph even though i dont know the question?! any advice would be appreciated

[LisaSorbie]

Hi Kirsty,

Yes, I recommend that everyone has some good introductions to critical essays planned beforehand, which encompass the plot and main concerns of the novel, etc. On to the end of that, you then will add one or two sentences in the exam which tackle the set question.

I wouldn't plan a paragraph after that. What I would do is know the key points I would make about my text regardless of the topic. The same things are always important. What you have to do in the exam is select from your knowledge, and tailor it to the question.

Here's one on Androids someone in my class wrote me last year:

“Do Androids dream of electric sheep?” by Philip K. Dick is a science fiction novel set in a post apocalyptic war San Francisco in which bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalks the streets in search of rogue androids from Mars to earn a living. Throughout the novel Deckard questions the moralities behind his job in whether it is acceptable to kill these artificial beings in doing this he highlights Dick’s theme of what makes us human.

[KirstyAEaston]

Thank you! that has helped me greatly. I'll give it a go

[LisaSorbie]

If you want me to have aq look at what you've written, copy and paste it into a personal message!

[AlistairRobertson]

alright miss sorbs.

do you think i should do my poem essay on daddy or lady lazarus because i duno whats better? its a sauce!! also, what do you think the most important themes are in both of them?

cheers, ali x

[EwanDMoyes]

thanks for all ur help

[LisaSorbie]

Hmm,

This is what I'd call leaving it a bit late! I think you're taking a gamble preparing only one poem, so I'd prepare both. "Daddy", as the name suggests is essentially about her relationship with her father. "Lady Lazarus" about growing old and the pressure from society to conform. But here are some websites to read a bit more about them!

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/plath/daddy.htm

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/plath/lazarus.htm