【正文】 y between West Egg and New York, where the mechanization of modern life destroys all the past values. The valley of ashes symbolizes the moral decay hidden by the beautiful facades of the Eggs, and suggests that beneath the ornamentation of West Egg and the mannered charm of East Egg lies the same ugliness as in the valley. It also symbolizes the plight of the poor character in the novel, like Gee Wilson, husband of Tom’s lover’s, who live among the dirty ashes and lose their vitality as a result. The modern world in Nick’s view is that God is dead, and man makes a valley of ashes。 however, the property inherited and self—oriented selfish parasites are ―bright‖ and thriving. Car is like house, tending to be associated with the materialism of American Dream. Nick only had a shabby car。 white is the synonym of being pure。 Tom fooled Wilson by using his bait。 Tom’s ―Geian colonial mansion‖ is the represent of his status as a hereditary aristocrat。 河南科技大學(xué) 畢 業(yè) 設(shè) 計(jì) （ 論 文 ） 題目 Symbolism in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby 《了不起的蓋茨比》中的象征手法 姓 名 院 系 外國語學(xué)院 專 業(yè) 英語 指導(dǎo)老師 2021 年 5 月 15 日 Symbolism in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby 《了不起的蓋茨比》中的象征手法 OUTLINE Introduction The Great Gatsby narrates a young man’s dream of pursuing love and money, however, after a series of his fantastic and romantic action, he finally disillusions. Fitzgerald puts his own experience towards that time into the protagonist’s life, and vividly emerges the American Dream’s deterioration by using symbolism, which connects the objective and the subjective, and fuses the individual with the outer world and the personal emotion with social environment. This paper will focus on how the symbolism achieves the above functions. I. The application of symbolism connecting the objective and the subjective the symbolic meaning of several typical places the special annotation in the valley of ashes and New York City West Egg and East Egg, two of the most important locales, corresponding to the particular thematic idea or character types the symbolic meaning of several typical objects House and car symbolizing material wealth and individual status. Colors bridging symbols and meanings. II. The application of symbolism surpassing the narrow individual world, typifying as well amplifying individual experiences. To some degree, The Great Gatsby is an autobiographical novel. Fitzgerald’s individual experience relating with the fall of American Dream. Fitzgerald amplifying his individual experience The American Dream’s deterioration Conclusion In summary, Fitzgerald’s application of symbolism in The Great Gatsby bears realistic significance at the Jazz Age. His concept about individual and society, ideal and dream has greatly surpassed his time and gained power of sublimation, as Howard Wolff said, ―Fitzgerald is the spokesman and epitome of his generation, not satisfied with status quo, and of our generation as well.‖ Symbolism in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby 《了不起的蓋茨比》中的象征手法 ABSTRACT The application of symbolism in The Great Gatsby connects the objective with the subjective in writing technique and in thought surpasses the narrow individual world, typifying as well amplifying individual experience, which is the reason of American Dream’s deterioration. KEY WORDS: objective, subjective, symbolism, American dream’s deterioration 摘 要 《了不起的蓋茨比》中，象征手法的運(yùn)用，在寫作技巧上融合了主客觀；在思想上超越了狹隘的個人世界，既是個人經(jīng)歷的典型代表，也使 其 經(jīng)歷延伸化，延伸化的結(jié)果正是美國夢的衰落。 he corrupts ecology, the American Dream and desecrates it. New York City is in every way the opposite of the valley of ashesit is loud, garish, abundant, and glittering. While Tom is forced to keep his affair with Myrtle relatively discreet in the valley of ashes, in New York he can appear with her in public, even among his acquaintances, without causing a scandal. Even Nick, despite being Daisy’s cousin, seems not to mind that Tom parades his infidelity in public. Comparing with the valley of ashes, New York is simultaneously fascinating and repulsive, thrillingly fastpaced and dazzling to look at but lacking a moral center. There is a ―quality of distortion‖ to life in New York, and this lifestyle makes Nick lose his equilibrium. After witnessing the unraveling of Gatsby’s dream and presiding over the appalling spectacle of Gatsby’s funeral, Nick realizes that the fast life revelry on the East Coast is a cover for the terrifying moral emptiness that the valley of ashes symbolizes. West egg and east egg, two of the most important locales, corresponding to the particular thematic ideas or character types. The relationship between geography and social values is an important motif in The Great Gatsby. West and east are two opposing poles of values: one is pure and idealistic, and the other is materialistic. The western states, including the Midwest, represent decency and the basic ethical principles of honesty, while the East