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1、ColorSymbolisminTheGreatGatsby《了不起的蓋茨比》中顏色的象征【關(guān)鍵詞】菲茨杰拉德;顏色;象征意義I.IntroductionFrancisScottKeyFitzgeraldwasAmericanwriterofnovelsandshortstories,Fitzgeraldisjustthetragicherooftheperiod,whoseworksareevocativeoftheJazzAges,atermhecoinedhimself.Heiswidelyregardedasoneofthetwentiethcentury’sgrea
2、testwriters.Fitzgeraldisconsideredamemberofthe“Lostgeneration”ofthetwenties.Hefinishedfournovels,includingTheGreatGatsbyandwrotedozensofshortstoriesthattreatthemesofyouthandpromisealongwithdespairandage.TheGreatGatsbyisconsideredFitzgerald’smasterpiece.However,in1925noonepredictedtheeminenc
3、eofthenovelinthenewcentury--notevenFitzgeraldhimself.Attheageof44,hediedoffrustration.Afterhisdeath,someofhisinterestingwritingswereputtogetherintoabookentitledTheCrack-Up.TheGreatGatsbyisoneofthegreatestliteraturesofFitzgerald’speriod,whichwinsmanyfavorablepraises.OneofthemajorreasonsforTh
4、eGreatGatsby’shighliteraryreputationistheusingofsymbolism.Inthenovel,symbolismrunsthroughthewholestory.Specialcolorsareallsymbolsandfullofsymbolicmeaning.Fitzgeraldissocreativeandimaginativethatheisskillfulenoughtousethesesymbolstorevealthethemeofthisnovel.SoitisveryusefultoviewTheGreatGats
5、bythroughtheperspectiveofsymbolism.II.AnalysisofTheGreatGatsbyTheGreatGatsbyisabouttheAmericandreamandthedownfallofthosewhoattempttoreachtheillusionarygoal.Fitzgeraldissocreativeandimaginativethathecanbeskillfulenoughtousethesesymbolstorevealthethemeofthisnovel.A.PlotReviewThebasicstoryinTh
6、eGreatGatsbywasthatofamidwesternfarmboy,namedGatsby,madegood.Hedroppedoutofcollegeaftertwoweeksintohisfreshmanyearandhookedupwithawealthyyachtsmanforfiveyearsandwascheatedoutofaninheritancewhenthemandied.Thenhejoinedthearmy,wherehemetandfellinlovewithawell-bredsoutherngirlnamedDaisynearhist
7、rainingcampinLouisville,Kentucky.GatsbyfoughtintheFirstWorldWarandwasdecoratedforbattlefieldbravery.ThenhewenttoOxfordUniversitybriefly,duringwhichtimehelearnedthatDaisyhadmarriedanotherman.Asaconsequence,hespentseveralyearsaccumulatingenoughwealthtobuya
