Symbolism in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby 《了不起的盖茨比》中的象征手法 OUTLINEIntroductionThe Great Gatsby narrates a young man’s dream of pursuing love and money, however, after a series of his fantastic and romantic action, he finally disillusions. F.Scott Fitzgerald puts his own experience towards that time into the protagonist’s life, and vividly emerges the American Dream’s deterioration by using symbolism, which connects the objective and the subjective, and fuses the individual with the outer world and the personal emotion with social environment. This paper will focus on how the symbolism achieves the above functions.I. The application of symbolism connecting the objective and the subjective 1.1 the symbolic meaning of several typical places 1.1.1 the special annotation in the valley of ashes and New York City 1.1.2 West Egg and East Egg, two of the most important locales, corresponding to the particular thematic idea or character types 1.2 the symbolic meaning of several typical objects 1.2.1 House and car symbolizing material wealth and individual status. 1.2.2 Colors bridging symbols and meanings.II. The application of symbolism surpassing the narrow individual world, typifying as well amplifying individual experiences. 2.1 To some degree, The Great Gatsby is an autobiographical novel.2.2 Fitzgerald’s individual experience relating with the fall of American Dream. 2.2.1 Fitzgerald amplifying his individual experience 2.2.2 The American Dream’s deterioration Conclusion In summary, Fitzgerald’s application of symbolism in The Great Gatsby bears realistic significance at the Jazz Age. His concept about individual and society, ideal and dream has greatly surpassed his time and gained power of sublimati...
