This is a scene from the famous film "The Great Gatsby" right after Jay Gatsby and Daisy run off without Tom driving back to Gatsby's house on the other side of town. Daisy was driving and was distraught after what had unfolded at a dinner with Tom, Nick, Jordan, Gatsby and her. She was in no state of mind to be driving and probably wouldn't have been if she had known what was going to happen. Myrtle saw Tom's car down the road driving to pass her house and jumped in front to drive and get him to stop. Except it wasn't Tom, it was Gatsby and Daisy. Daisy doesn't see Myrtle and suddenly the front windshield of the car was broken and Myrtle was dead. In a quick decision Gatsby takes the wheel and does not stop to go back because he thought no one had seen them it happened so fast. Little did he know that the eyes are always watching.
The eyes are a big symbol in this movie also an important visual cue because to me it represents hollowness of this "American Dream" that everyone is thriving to have. Everyone fends for themselves and maybe one or two succeed in wealth and this dream while doing so. In reality, The American Dream is just a dream to most people not everyone can live it.
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