Gatsby Religious Allusions

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Many literature pieces throughout history have used religion to influence and support their novels. Religion is one of the most impactful tools an author can use. Famous pieces like the bible have used religion to spread knowledge and faith. In modern day society, religion is still commonly used to impact the reader. Authors Hemingway and Fitzgerald use religion to highlight the journey of a Christian towards heaven.
Through The Old Man and the Sea, Hemming littered Countless Christian allusions, in many different forms. One of the most common inclusion method Hemingway used was through Santiago and his great fish. The book portrayed Santiago as an old fisherman who was commonly made fun of and bullied. Santiago would never retaliate towards …show more content…
Fitzgerald was also just as brilliant as Hemingway when it came to One such The Great Gatsby, the use of Christian symbols are quite evident. In the novel, Gatsby is a very wealthy man which used questionable methods to reach his wealth. The main Christian allusion used was Doctor T.J Eckleburg's eyes. “Over the ash heaps the giant eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg kept their vigil but I perceived, after a moment, that other eyes were regarding us with peculiar intensity from less than twenty feet away”(Fitzgerald 163). The intense gaze of the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg is very similar towards the gaze of God. In many instance Wilson referrers the eyes of Eckleburg to be the eyes of …show more content…
The overarching lesson that these allusion lead the reader towards is, man's desire for heaven. In both novels there are examples of the characters “reaching” towards heaven. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby always looks at the green light and reaches towards his future. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning—”(Fitzgerald 87). In The Old Man and the sea Santiago is desperately grasping for his fish (passage to heaven), while Gatsby is fighting for his
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