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1、EricKouMs.ReevesEnglishLiterature03/28/2017EchoesFromtheGildedAge:SymbolismsinTheGreatGatsbyTheGreatGatsbyisratedasthesecondmostrenownbookeverwritten.Itisatragicstoryaboutamanwhofailedtograspforadreamthathasdisappearedlonginthepast.Fitzgeraldviatherichuseofsymbolism,portra
2、itthecorruptedsocietyoftheGildedAge.Forinstance,inTheGreatGatsby,thegreenlightsymbolizesGatsby’sunpracticaldreamofperfectedlove,theValleyofAshesrepresentsthepovertyandthosewhothusreceivedhumiliation,andtheeyesofT.J.EcklebergembodiestheominousgazeofGodandthefraudulentAmeric
3、anDream.OneoftheprimeexamplesofsymbolismsinTheGreatGatsbyistherecurringgreenlightacrossGatsby’shouse.ThelightislocatedinEastEgg,ontheBuchanan’sreardocksymbolizesDaisy,theonewhomhewoes.ThisisevidentduringNick’sfirstencounterwiththelight,asheremembers“…he[Gatsby]stretchedout
4、hisarmstowardthedarkwaterinacuriousway...Iglancedseaward–anddistinguishednothingexceptasinglegreenlight,minuteandfaraway…”(Fitzgerald,“Gatsby”42).ThissceneisgravitationalasitdepictsGatsbydesiressomething,farmoreimportantthanhiswealthandparties.Thenovellateronrevealsthatwha
5、theyearnsisDaisy,andacquiringherloveinfersGatsbyrealizinghisAmericanDream.HencethegreenlightsymbolizesGatsby’sdreams.However,Fitzgeraldalsoimpliesthatthedreamisunachievableashepicturedthegreenlightas“minuteandfaraway.”ThisisfurtheronexplainedaslateronNickreminisces“Gatsbyb
6、elievedinthegreenlight,theorgasticfuturethatyearbyyearrecedesbeforeus”(Fitzgerald,“Gatsby”246).Here,thegreenlightisdirectlydescribedasaniconthatdistancesyearafteryear,andGatsby,believinginthegreenlightsuggestswhathecravesforlivesinthepast.ThegreenlightissymbolicforGatsby’s
7、dreamofDaisy,aperfectedpictureinsteadofwhatsheisinreallife.AndhenceDaisybecametheducksthatneverreturninTheCatcherintheRye,whereasGatsbybecameawanderernevertowakeupfromhisunpracticaldream.TherebythegreenlightisasymbolofGatsby’sdream,aspiritualdesireunabletoachieveinthemater
8、ialisticworldofTheGreatGatsby.TheValleyofAshes,asaresultoftheGildedAge,symbolizespovertya
