Question

head as though i had been warned of something behind. over the ash - heaps 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. in one of the windows over the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little, and myrtle wilson was peering down at the car. so engrossed was she that she had no consciousness of being observed, and one emotion after another crept into her face like objects into a slowly developing picture. her expression was curiously familiar - it was an expression i had often seen on womens faces, but on myrtle wilsons face it seemed purposeless and inexplicable until i realized that her eyes, wide with jealous terror, were fixed not on tom, but on jordan baker, whom she took to be his wife. which of the following passages from this excerpt of \the great gatsby\ helps to advance the theme that our vices and indulgence are judged by a higher power? her expression was curiously familiar - over the ash - heaps the giant eyes of doctor t. j. eckleburg kept their vigil. in one of the windows over the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little.

Explanation:

The phrase "kept their vigil" implies a watchful, almost divine or higher - power - like observation. The "giant eyes" of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg can be seen as a symbol of a higher power judging the vices (such as the immoral and indulgent behavior in the story, like Tom's affair) that occur in the world of the ash - heaps (a place that represents moral decay and the consequences of indulgence). The other options do not directly relate to the theme of a higher power judging vices and indulgence. "Her expression was curiously familiar" focuses on a character's expression and recognition, and "In one of the windows over the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little" is more about a character's action of peering rather than a higher - power - related judgment.

Answer:

Over the ash - heaps the giant eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg kept their vigil.