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1、TheGreatGatsby--UnchainedLoveImaginebeinglostintoarelationshipwhereyoucouldnottrulyshowyourloveforsomeoneduetotheirpriorengagement.Nowthinkofthatsamerelationshipifitweremostlynonexistentandjustremainedafigmentofwhatcouldhappen.InF.ScottFitzgerald'sTheGreatGatsby,amanbuildshislife,hismeani
2、ng,andhisvalueasapersonforthenameofanunchainedloveforamarriedwoman.Thestoryitselfshowssymbolismofthecorruptionofmarriageratherthenthestructureoflove.JayGatsbyisamanwhoknowsrightfromwrongbutteetersonthelineofeach.Risingfrompovertytoalifeofwealth,hemakesitintoalavishlifestylefromtheproducti
3、onandsellingofalcoholaswellasotherorganizedcrimeacts.Butwithhisdriveforrichescomesadeeperdriveforlove.Jayhasadeepinfatuation,almostanobsession,withawomanhemetasayoungsoldiernamedDaisy.InordertogetbetteracquaintedwithDaisy,Gatsbyliesabouthispast,hisfamily,andhisupbringinginordertowinhernam
4、e.ShepromiseshimthatuponhisreturnfromWorldWarIthatshewillmarryhim,onlytointurnTomBuchanan.NowbeforetheactualplotlineofTheGreatGatsbybegins,conflicthasalreadyrisen.JayGatsbyhascreatedanillusionforhimselftoprojectuntohischaracter,toonlybeputintoasecondplacepositionbehindanotherman.Thethinli
5、nethatGatsbystandsonisnowconsumedmoresobydoingwrongashisliespersuadehimintoalifeofcrime.Gatsby'slifespiralsintoaseriesoffortuneashisfallingforcrimeandlovemakedeepenhisriches.WhathasarisennowisthepotentialquestionofifthelovehehadforDaisyiswhatdroveGatsbytocrime,lies,orsuccess.Perhapsinsome
6、hiddenmeaning,hislovedrovehimtoallthreeandmaybeevenaquarterofmadness.HispassionforDaisysparkedarelationshipthatcouldhavebeen,buthiswillingnesstogetherbackperhapsiswhatcompletelydevelopsthefocuspointofthestorythuscallingforasymbolofironicloveinthehandsoffortune."Hestretchedouthisarmstoward
7、thedarkwaterinacuriousway,andfarasIwasfromhimIcouldhaveswornhewastrembling.InvoluntarilyIglancedseaward--anddistinguishednothingexceptasinglegreenlight,minuteandfaraway,thatmighthavebeentheendofadock."(Fitzgerald26)Thecolorgreenisheavilyemphasizedinthestoryformanyre
