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1、TheContrastiveTechniquesinTheGreatGatsby[Abstract]TheGreatGatsby,arksthehighestpointofF.ScottFitzgerald’sartisticachievement.T.S.EliotonceconcludedthatitericanfictionhastakensinceHenryJames”.Inthisnovel,theauthorsuccessfullyemployedthecontrastivetechniqu
2、es,ourandprofoundconnotation.Thispaperintendstoillustratethecontrastivetechniquesintermsofscenes,charactersasandreality.ThesignificanceofthesecontrastsliesinthefactthattheyhelpthereaderstohaveabetterunderstandingoftheJazzAge,thepersonalitiesofthemainchar
3、actersandtheAmericandream.ThecarefuldeliberateemploymentofcontrastivetechniquesnotonlytestifytoFitzgerald’scraftsmanshipinplanninganddevelopingthenovel,butalsocontributeagreatdealtotherevealofthetragictheme,thatis,thedisillusionofAmericandream.[Keyondays
4、eightservants,includinganextragardener,toiledalldayopsandscrubbing-brushesandhammersandgarden-shears,repairingtheravagesofthenightbefore.EveryFridayfivecratesoforangesandlemonsarrivedfromafruitererinNeeorangesandlemonslefthisbackdoorinapyramidofpulplessh
5、alves.”(Chapter3,52)Theexavagentlife,thenoisypeopleconstituteGatsby’sparties.HoeaninglesspartiesservestohighlightGatsby’stragedybycontrastingthegrandeurofhisparty.Gatsby’sfuneralisratherdesertedandcheerlessparedancoldness.NickhasinvitedsomepeopletoetoGat
6、sby’sfuneral.ThesepeopleareallGatsby’sso-calledfriends.Theyfindalotofexcusesfortheirabsencebecausetheykno.Gatsby’sgenerouspartieshavenotbroughthimevenonefriend.iddleyrtle’sdeath.SoTomdoesnotonlydestroyGatsby’sidealism,butalsoGatsby’slife.TheBuchanansshoo
7、mentshelookedatmeirkonherlovelyfaceasifshehadassertedhermembershipinaratherdistinguishedsecretsocietytobelonged”(Chapter1,24).ItisthissuperiormindsetthatallotocheatonhisandDaisytorunathedeathofMyrtle.TheyneednotisabletodefeatGatsbysoeasily,andgoesunpunis
8、hedpointstothefactthat,inamaterialisticsociety,peoplelikeTom,rich,ruthlessandcunning,ph.Idealismandsentimentality,especiallye,aresuretobetakenadvantageofbyothers.2.2.2Nickvs.GatsbyItistruethatNickCarraerelyrecordingeventsa
