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1、TheContrastiveTechniquesinTheGreatGatsby[Abstract]TheGreatGatsby,arksthehighestpointofF.ScottFitzgerald’sartisticachievement.T.S.EliotonceconcludedthatitericanfictionhastakensinceHenryJames”.Inthisnovel,theauthorsuccessfullyemployedthecontrastivetechniques,ourandprofoundconnotation.Thispa
2、perintendstoillustratethecontrastivetechniquesintermsofscenes,charactersasandreality.ThesignificanceofthesecontrastsliesinthefactthattheyhelpthereaderstohaveabetterunderstandingoftheJazzAge,thepersonalitiesofthemaincharactersandtheAmericandream.Thecarefuldeliberateemploymentofcontrastivet
3、echniquesnotonlytestifytoFitzgerald’scraftsmanshipinplanninganddevelopingthenovel,butalsocontributeagreatdealtotherevealofthetragictheme,thatis,thedisillusionofAmericandream.[Keyondayseightservants,includinganextragardener,toiledalldayopsandscrubbing-brushesandhammersandgarden-shears,repa
4、iringtheravagesofthenightbefore.EveryFridayfivecratesoforangesandlemonsarrivedfromafruitererinNeeorangesandlemonslefthisbackdoorinapyramidofpulplesshalves.”(Chapter3,52)Theexavagentlife,thenoisypeopleconstituteGatsby’sparties.HoeaninglesspartiesservestohighlightGatsby’stragedybycontrastin
5、gthegrandeurofhisparty.Gatsby’sfuneralisratherdesertedandcheerlessparedancoldness.NickhasinvitedsomepeopletoetoGatsby’sfuneral.ThesepeopleareallGatsby’sso-calledfriends.Theyfindalotofexcusesfortheirabsencebecausetheykno.Gatsby’sgenerouspartieshavenotbroughthimevenonefriend.iddleyrtle’sdea
6、th.SoTomdoesnotonlydestroyGatsby’sidealism,butalsoGatsby’slife.TheBuchanansshoomentshelookedatmeirkonherlovelyfaceasifshehadassertedhermembershipinaratherdistinguishedsecretsocietytobelonged”(Chapter1,24).ItisthissuperiormindsetthatallotocheatonhisandDaisytorunathedeathofMyrtle.Theyneedno
7、tisabletodefeatGatsbysoeasily,andgoesunpunishedpointstothefactthat,inamaterialisticsociety,peoplelikeTom,rich,ruthlessandcunning,ph.Idealismandsentimentality,especiallye,aresuretobetakenadvantageofbyothers.2.2.2Nickvs.GatsbyItistruethatNickCarraerelyrecordingeventsa
