It is a scene which is casually analyzed as symbolic of the recklessness of Gatsby's parties and the carelessness of his guests.
Leaving Gatsby's party, a drunken buffoon crashes his car and loses a wheel: The man's status symbol exposes him as a weak fool. Though beautiful, Gatsby's leather seats heat up and burn him toward the end of the novel.
The significance of the car accident was to show how self centered the people were.It revels that these people had a lot apathy and a live for today attitude. Nick interrupts the plot/narrative flow in order to provide commentary.
This entire scene was a metaphor for the failure of society. The car, a symbol for society, crashed because the wheels came off. Society was literally falling apart at the seams. Owl Eyes is the character who points out moral decay and corruption.
Alcohol affects the decision making part of the brain called the “Frontal Lobe” leading to bad decisions. Just like how, in The Great Gatsby, when Daisy was drunk she decided to drive Gatsby's car and crashed into Myrtle which ended up killing her.
Tom realises that it was Gatsby's car that struck and killed Myrtle. Back at Daisy and Tom's home, Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy was driving the car that killed Myrtle but he will take the blame.
He tells Nick that Daisy was driving when the car struck Myrtle, but that he himself will take the blame. Still worried about Daisy, Gatsby sends Nick to check on her.
Fitzgerald is using Owl Eyes to emphasise the point that if one party of Gatsby's outward image were to falter, the entire illusion would be shattered. This foreshadows the way Gatsby's life will fall apart. - Owl Eyes is involved in a car crash as he leaves the party.
Owl Eyes is an eccentric, bespectaeption and insight; he shes light upon the character of Jay Gatsby, and he acts as a counterpoint to some of the other charaters. He is the only one who discovers amidst all the frivolity of the parties that Jay Gatsbyhas a library with real books enclosed in leather covers.
Suddenly he pulled Owl from the tree where he was perched. Leaving Rabbit aside, he pushed Owls head far into his body. Angrily, he shook him and shook him. Owl was so scared that his eyes grew larger and larger.
Tom has no idea that his mistress has died in the wreck, but the reader does. The dramatic irony continues when Tom assumes that Gatsby killed Myrtle because it was his car that hit her. However, it was in fact Daisy who was driving Gatsby's car and accidentally hit Myrtle, causing the accident to occur.
The larger significance of Nick and Jordan's conversation about driving is how Jordan is a reckless person and a rotten driver. Nick tries to change Jordan's ways but because she's a careless person she is attracted to his character.
Possibly drunk from the day in the city, Daisy carelessly strikes Myrtle with Gatsby's car. She then negligently speeds off from the scene of the accident without stopping. She is only thinking about herself rather than the woman she struck.
Gatsby Gatsby is worried about Daisy. He does not even care about what happened to Myrtle. His only consigned with protecting Daisy and making sure she does not get in trouble. He hid the car and took the blame for what happened to Myrtle.
Gatsby says that he will take the blame for driving the car. Gatsby says that he is lurking in the dark to make sure that Daisy is safe from Tom, who he worries might treat her badly when he finds out what happened.
Although everyone thought Gatsby had killed Myrtle, as she was hit by his yellow car, Daisy was driving the car that night. Gatsby just took the blame for her.
Daisy's major flaw is weakness. She lets others control her life as long as they entertain her with material goods. She is also very shallow and dependent on others. “I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are a pair of fading, bespectacled eyes painted on an old advertising billboard over the valley of ashes. They may represent God staring down upon and judging American society as a moral wasteland, though the novel never makes this point explicitly.
Because he specifically uses the word owl, the symbolism of owls comes into play. Owls represent wisdom as well as a symbol for death. This man is a symbol for both within the novel. The man seems to represent the entity of Death or is at least a harbinger or omen for Gatsby's death.
What was ironic about Owl Eyes not being drunk? He usually is drunk.
Basically, Owl eyes knows that Gatsby is a fake, and his idea of people in East egg is completely wrong. He points out the books because Gatsby is fake, and he assumed the books would be as well. He was shocked to find out that the books were perfectly real.
There's a lot stuffed into that paragraph, so let's unpack it: first, the owl-eyed man is surprised (and a little delighted) to find out that the books are real. So, Gatsby's done his due diligence in trying to fool people: he's actually gone out and purchased real books.
' The car's bright yellow color is representative of gold and Jay Gatsby's newly acquired wealth. Gatsby's flashy yellow car plays a critical role in the conclusion of The Great Gatsby, as it ultimately leads to Jay Gatsby's own death and the deaths of Myrtle and George Wilson.
The group decides to go to the city shortly after Daisy “told [Gatsby] that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw.” Wanting to belittle Gatsby, Tom insists that he take Gatsby's car while Gatsby takes his car, knowing that the suggestion would be “distasteful to Gatsby.” Tom also expects Daisy to ride with him, thereby ...
Gatsby's yellow Rolls Royce represents corruption and deceit. Gatsby buys this car to promote his wealthy facade to others, while this very car is also used by Daisy to run over and kill Myrtle.