Usage of Symbolism in The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald, the famous American novelist in the 20th century, is known as the spokesman and laureate of the ＂Jazz Age＂American, whose works give us an accurate picture of the American twenties： the prosperity of economy and the moral absence. Written in 1925, The Great Gatsby is one of the great literary documents of Fitzgerald＇s period, which wins many favorable praises. Fitzgerald has adopted plenty of symbols to reflect the theme of the times and the value of America in his outstanding representative works, and this thesis tries to analyze their symbolic meaning and significance.     

Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald, the famous American novelist in the 1920s, is famous as the spokesman and laureate of the“The Lost Generation”. Considered one of Fitzgerald’s representative works and the finest a...     

Social Significance as Reflected in the Great Gatsby

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, short story and long story writer of American culture history in twentieth century. His representatives "The Great Gatsby," is set in the context of the twenties of the twentieth century in New York City, tells the story: a young and mysterious millionaire Gatsby has been courting Daisy. Under such a story, reveals the fact: American society was reflected in emptiness, pleasure, contradictory spiritual ideas, praise people who fought for the ideals and spirit of dedication.These articles start from the Social Significance as Reflected in The Great Gatsby.     

The Disillusionment of American Dream in The Great Gatsby

Among the modern novelists of America, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), owing to his masterpiece The Great Gatsby, once won a high admiration and reputation in the world literature. He was regarded as one of the most influential American novelists of the 1920s.This paper focuses on the analysis of the author and the figures in the novel. It aims to reveal the formation, development and disillusionment of American Dream through the analysis of the novel’s writing background and plot, the author’s experience, the connotation of American Dream in different historic backgrounds and the disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream.     

An Archetypal Analysis of the Protagonist in The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby written by F.Scott Fitzgerald is widely recognized as the cultural document of the Jazz Age.The novel seems to be a love story,but in fact it is about the disillusionment of American Dream-Gatsby’s failure in pursuing his long-cherished dream.Since its publication,the novel has been very popular among ordinary readers and literary critics as well.By applying archetypal criticism developed by Northrop Frye,this paper aims to give a detailed and comprehensive interpretation of the protagonist,Gatsby,and reveal the significance of his tragedy.To some extent,it is the archetypal character that enhances the profundity of the novel and arouses the readers’ response.     

F.Scott.Fitzgerald and His Protagonists' Fascination about Rich Girls: Seen from His Works "The Great Gatsby" and "Winter Dreams"

F.Scott.Fitzgerald was a well known American writer in the 1920s.He worte some works which represented the characteristics of the 1920s America and he was considered as the spokesman for that time period,the Jazz Age..His masterpiece was The Great Gatsby.The novel fully reveals the life and people of the Jazz age,showing the epicurean,indulging,and immoral ethos of the whole American society and people’s fasicination about wealth and enjoyment,looking down upon and deserting the traditional faiths and values.This article discusses F.Scott.Fitzgerald and his protagists’ fascination about rich girls in his two novels The Great Gatsby and "Winter Dreams" from the life and love stories of the author and his protagonists,men’s love ideal under the influence of American dream and the Jzaa Age,several characteristivs of love itself.Through this article,we may see the influence of the social faith and social ethos on individual’s love ideal,and the beautiful and wordly aspects about love.     

An Analysis on the Maturity of Nick in The Great Gatsby

Nick Carraway is one of the main characters as well as the narrator in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. This pa-per applies the theory of Bildungsroman and analyzes the changes of Nick in charac...     

Guilt Transformation and Redemption——A Character Analysis of Charlie in Fitzgerald’s Babylon Revisited

Babylon Revisited is F.Scott Fitzgerald’s most renowned and most considered work of short fiction.In the short story "Babylon Revisited,"F.Scott Fitzgerald generally centers on a theme of defining American character.The central figure in Babylon Revisited,Charlie Wales,serves as the lens through which readers observe the events of the story and the life that once thrived in Paris.The controversial questions are also explained in this paper.     

Analysis on the Writing Characteristic Featuresof The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is considered the masterpiece of F.Scott Fitzgerald.The reason why it is one of the greatest novels all over the world is not only because of its showing the cruel social reality in America during 1920s and the selflessness and merciless of human nature at that time,but also the novel’s unique narrative angle that Fitzgerald wrote the novel from the first person perspective.Fitzgerald com posed the figure "Nick Carraway" as the narrator of the story of Gatsby.And the plots of the novel are ingeniously conceived and well-knit.It gets coherence between the beginning and the end,and the plots linked together.So the novel makes a strong impression on readers.     

The Perishment of the American Dream in F.Scott Fitzgerald''''s" The Gatsby

Ⅰ.Introduction: F.Scott Fitzgerald is one of the great modern American movelists. One of hos representative works is "The Great Gatsby".The main theme of"The Great Gatsby"....representation of the contradictions and finally the corruption of the American dream. The plot of this novel can be summed up in a few words. In 1922 Nick Carraway rents a house on Long Island. Nearby live his cousin Daisy and her rich husband Tom Buchanan,whose current mistress is Myrtle Wilson. Next door to Nick in an enormous mansion lives, Jay Garsby, rich too but rootless and mysterious. While visiting the Buchanans,     

Language Features of The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F.Scott Fitzgerald.Besides great popularity for its vivid depiction of the Ameri-can Dream,the novel also impresses the world with its skillfully used American English which is interwoven with the plots,the characters and the theme.The article is to explore how Fitzgerald analyzes the class system of the American society and what enables him to express this analysis through different types of A-merican English.     

An Analysis of Symbolism in The Great Gatsby

Fitzgerald is one of the members of the Lost Generation and the spokesmen of "the Jazz Age" in America.The Great Gatsby is his most famous fiction.Its thoughts and artistic achievements caused a great sensation at that time.Although there are many reasons for these accomplishments,the use of massive symbols is one of the important aspects.Many symbols are applied in this novel,such as symbolism of matters,symbolism of colors and scenic symbols.Symbols reflect profoundly the postwar situation of America,people’s attitudes toward money and disillusionment of American Dream.Symbols used in the novels disclose characters’ and the writer’s secret inner emotion,reflect its theme,make the work surpass the meaning of subject matter itself and deepen the faraway spiritual sense     

Social Significance as Reflected in the Great Gatsby

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, short story and long story writer of American culture history in twentieth century. His representatives"The Great Gatsby,"is set in the context of the twenties of the twen...     

An Analysis on the Maturity of Nick in The Great Gatsby

Nick Carraway is one of the main characters as well as the narrator in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. This paper applies the theory of Bildungsroman and analyzes the changes of Nick in characters, conscience as well as responsibilities from the following aspects: guides of maturity and epiphany during maturity, and reveals his ultimate maturity both physically and mentally after epiphany, thus shows the changes and maturity of him.     

An Analysis of Tragic Love between Gatsby and Daisy in The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby,the masterpiece of the American author Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald,is published in 1925,just after the World WarⅠ.It mainly narrates the tragic love story between Daisy and Gatsby,reflecting many social problems.This essay emphasizes on the tragic love,and introduces their tragedies respectively,especially the tragedy of Daisy,reconstructing the image of the leading lady as a victim too.Furthermore,we turn to analyze the causes of the tragic love according to the author’s own experience and the background of that era.     

The American Dream in American Movies

All the Americans cherish a beautiful myth in their hearts,which is called The American Dream.And in nowadays movies play a more and more important role in the American culture,as well as being a reflection of the American culture.The paper discussed this theme through explaining the four well-known American movies:The Great Gatsby,Foreest Gum,Born On The Fourth Of July And American Beauty.     

From Jatz to God’s Boy: On the Greatness of Gatsby

As the spokesman of the Jazz Age,F.Scott Fitzgerald presents readers a panoramic view of the 1920s American life with his publications.Considered as his best-written book and the most widely read one,the success or greatness of The Great Gatsby,to a large degree,owes to the protagonist–Jay Gatsby.Through a brief literature review,this paper mainly focuses on the analysis of the greatness of Gatsby from three aspects-the consummate hero of intense will and belief,the notion of"Appearance made Real"and his endeavors in the pursuit of spiritual values.     

The Neglected Protagonist:The Functions of the Role Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s world famous novel The Great Gatsby, Nicolas"Nick"Carraway is not only a first-person narrator, but also a convincing narrator, an emotion depositor, and a structure organizer. He is the figure of equal weight with Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan, the two conceived protagonists in this book.