In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, numerous characters lack understanding in certain situations, hide the truth and their motivations, and are blind to reality. Throughout the novel, the characters are blind to hypocrisy, to the truth, and instead see each other's arrogance and lies without considering feelings. These elements aid the character development and plot of the novel while engaging the reader. As The Great Gatsby unfolds and friendships fall apart, its main characters see and refuse to see numerous plot elements and features, choosing to reveal only what they desire and hide their true desires for relationships and friendships. The world of New York portrayed in The Great Gatsby is full of opulence, arrogance, business, lies, and false personalities, which the characters in the novel view with disgust and relentless judgment. A character and figure are written by Fitzgerald to see all of these elements, a man Nick calls Owl Eyes who parallels the eyes of Doctor TJ Eckleburg. These two figures represent God, who sees everything and knows everything about the characters. Eckleburg's eyes are "above the gray earth and the spasms of the squalid dust that carries it endlessly" and look at the world with a "lingering gaze" (Fitzgerald, chapter 2). Owl Eyes is meant to act as the physical God who observes the main characters and verifies truths about Gatsby and his intelligence: “Absolutely real: [the books] have pages and everything. I thought they would make a nice sturdy cardboard. In fact, they are absolutely real. The skepticism shown by Owl Eyes for a moment is to mimic the questions that Jordan Baker and others have about Gatsby, and verifies that Gatsby is more intelligent and sophisticated than... middle of paper... friendships and relationships between the personages. The gap was maneuvered by Fitzgerald in such a way as to benefit the dramatic story while disappointing the characters. The inhabitants of West Egg and East Egg hid secrets from each other, cheated on lovers, lied to protect those they loved, and lived for the better. of themselves. Their arrogance kept a grip on them as the plot deepened, ruining friendships from the inside. Truths were hidden, lies were exposed, emotions roamed recklessly, and the past was sifted to create mysterious stories. The characters in The Great Gatsby had no regard or knowledge of the consequences of their actions, and therefore acted self-centeredly. These disdains fueled character development and plot progression to transform The Great Gatsby into a captivating novel of deceit, opulence, and hypocrisy..