the eyes of doctor TJ eckleburg are a pair of fading, bespectacled eyes painted on an old advertising billboard of the valley of ashes. this represents God's turn down upon and judging American society as a moral Wasteland
.The valley of ashes represents the moral and social decay that results from the uninhibited pursuit of wealth, as the rich indulge themselves with regard for nothing but their own pleasure.The valley also symbolizes the plight of the poor, like George Wilson, who live among the dirty ashes and lose their vitality as a result