In The Great Gatsby, if you name a character, he or she is probably figuratively blind.
Set against the backdrop of the eye doctor overlooking the wasteland, Nick thinks he's objective and doesn't judge people, but he's subjective and very judgmental. Tom doesn't see that he's a bully, arrogant, closed-minded and hypocritical. Jordan doesn't realize she's elitist and condescending (although, maybe she does, come to think of it). Wilson doesn't realize his wife is having an affair with Tom.
Of course, the character whose blindness dominates the novel is Gatsby. He spends the novel trying to recapture a past that never really was: Daisy never loved him like he loves her.
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