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Biographical information | |
Status | Alive |
Also known as | Owl Eyes |
Residence | East Egg |
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Owl Eyes is an eccentric, bespectacled man who sheds light upon the character of Jay Gatsby, and acts as a counterpoint to some of the other characters. He is the only one who discovers amidst all the frivolity of the parties that Jay Gatsby has a library with real books enclosed in leather covers.
At the end of the novel, Owl Eyes is the only partygoer other than Nick to attend Gatsby's funeral. Owl Eyes is seemingly the only character other than Nick to see through Gatsby's facade to understand his true, if flawed, humanity.