SymbolisminFitzgerald’sTheGreatGatsby《了不起的盖茨比》中的象征手法OUTLINEIntroductionTheGreatGatsbynarratesayoungman’sdreamofpursuingloveandmoney,however,afteraseriesofhisfantasticandromanticaction,hefinallydisillusions
ScottFitzgeraldputshisownexperiencetowardsthattimeintotheprotagonist’slife,andvividlyemergestheAmericanDream’sdeteriorationbyusingsymbolism,whichconnectstheobjectiveandthesubjective,andfusestheindividualwiththeouterworldandthepersonalemotionwithsocialenvironment
Thispaperwillfocusonhowthesymbolismachievestheabovefunctions
Theapplicationofsymbolismconnectingtheobjectiveandthesubjective1
1thesymbolicmeaningofseveraltypicalplaces1
1thespecialannotationinthevalleyofashesandNewYorkCity1
2WestEggandEastEgg,twoofthemostimportantlocales,correspondingtotheparticularthematicideaorcharacter