The Great Gatsby

How are Myrtle's eyes like the eyes of T.J.Eckleberg?

Chapter 7

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T.J. Eckleburg and Myrtle are both "watching," and keeping "vigil."

"Over the ashheaps 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."

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The Great Gatsby/ Chapter 7