Gatsby’s American Dream

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1、盖茨比的美国梦Gatsby’sAmericanDreamAbstract:F·Scott·Fitzgerald,anAmericanauthor,isconsideredaspokesmanofthe“JazzAge”,hismasterpiece,TheGreatGatsby,vividlydescribesapicturethatpeoplepursuedAmericanDreaminearly20thcentury.Fitzgeraldskillfullyusedhisimaginationtoshowthecharmofsymbols

2、,andcombinedcharacterizationinforcefulstyletounderstandtheultimatefailureofAmericanDream.ThispaperanalyzescharactersofGatsby,Daisy,Nick,TomandJordan,andtheirinimitablesymbols,combinesmanydifferentconventionalsymbolsrelatingtoGatsbytounderstandhisinevitablefailureofAmericand

3、ream.Tocombinecharacteranalyseswithsymbolismtoexploreathemewillgreatlyimprovetheconvincingnessofthepaperandrevealthethemeofthepaperinavividway.Keywords:Gatsby;AmericanDream;characterization;symbolism摘要：美国作家司各特·菲茨杰拉德被称为爵士时代的代言人，其代表作《了不起的盖茨比》栩栩如生的描写了二十世纪二十年代人们对美国梦的追求。菲茨杰拉德充分发

4、挥想象力，将象征的魅力展现的淋漓精致，对人物性格的刻画入木三分，本文通过分析盖茨比，黛西，尼克，汤姆和乔丹的人物性格及其特有的象征，结合与盖茨比有关的事物本身的象征来阐述美国梦破灭的必然性。将人物性格分析与象征手法结合在一起探索一个主题，能使文章更有说服力，对主题的展现更加形象、生动。关键词：盖茨比；美国梦；人物性格；象征主义ContentsI.Introduction……………………………………..……….…….………1II.LiteratureReview..………………………………………………..….2III.TheIntroducti

5、onofAmericanDream……………………………...4A.Itsoriginal………………………………………………………………4B.Itsdevelopment………………………………………………………….5IV.CharacterAnalysesandSymbolismintheNovel…………………5A.ToIntroducetwochiefmeaningsofcharacters………………………..51.Flatcharacters……………………………………………………52.Roundcharacters…………………

6、………………………………5B.Tointroducethemeaningofsymbol…………………………………...5C.Threeclassesofsymbols……………………………………………...61.Naturalsymbols…………………………………………………..62.Conventionalsymbols……………………………………………..63.Literarysymbols………………………………………………….6D.Analysisthechiefcharactersandtheirsymbols………………………

7、..61.Gatsby…………………………………………………………...62.Nick……………………………………………………………...83.Tom……………………………………………………………..104.Daisy…………………………………………………………....105.Jordan…………………………………………………………..11V.ToCombineCharacterAnalysisandSymbolstoAnalyzeGatsby’sAmericanDream……………………………………………12VI.Conclusion:Th

8、eInevitabilityoftheFailureoftheAmericanDream……………………………………………………..13WorksCited…………