the_great_gatsby本科毕业论文终稿(编辑修改稿)

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ll of his life, but his dream is destroyed at last. In such case, yellow symbolizes the characteristics of the society and the destiny of people. White White generally symbolizes purity and innocence, but in the novel, it symbolizes horror and loneliness. The first time Daisy runs into Gatsby, she wears white clothes and drives a white car, which indicates that Daisy is pure and elegant, but Daisy‘s inner heart is hollow and shallow。 she lives in a white palacestyle 本科毕业设计（论文） 5 building and the curtains are white, all of which are a symbol of Daisy‘s tiresome and empty spirit. White is a cold color, taking Daisy‘s heart for instance, Gatsby almost uses up all of his youth and passion for her, including sacrificing himself, but she is so cold that ignores what Gatsby does for her and takes it for granted. In the eastern part of material world, her strong desire for money and material things has already twisted her into a greedy, selfish and vulgar woman. Besides, from the perspective of Gatsby, there are also a lot of symbols related to the white color: the villa that Gatsby buys and the suits that he wears, which means that he is as hollow as Daisy, he has nothing to do but pursue Daisy, even Gatsb y owns more and more wealth, he has no way to save Daisy‘s degraded soul, because it is the nature of Daisy. Gatsby spends his whole life on unpractical illusions, to some degree, he is rather stupid. Therefore, the color of white in the novel has a strong irony too. Blue Blue is the color of the sky and the sea, which means a broad scale, while it also means gloom and depression. In the novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald describes something connected with dream and unreality. He uses blue to describe Gatsby‘s house: blue lawn that is an important part in his life, and blue garden。 Gatsby also gets a blue navy clothes from the captain due to his upright characteristics. All of these symbolize Gatsby‘s dream and melancholy. In Chapter two of the novel, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue, with bleak look, watching the gray valley, indicating an unfortunate disaster. In the author‘s opinion, this is God‘s eyes。 she knows that Gatsby‘s dream is doomed to fail, so her eyes are sad and gloomy. And Gee Wilson believes that Doctor T. J. Eckleburg‘s eyes are existence of God. After his wife dies by conspiracy: ―He muttered, after a long silence. ―I told her she might fool me but she couldn‘t fool God. I took her to the window‘—with an effort he got up and walked to the rear window and leaned with his face pressed against it—‗and I said, ―God knows what you have been doing, everything you have been doing. You may fool 本科毕业设计（论文） 6 me, but you cannot fool God!‖‘ standing behind him, Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the blue eyes of doctor T. J. Eckleburg, which had just emerged, pale and enormous, from the dissolving night. ‖ (Fitzgerald 20xx:100) In other words, F. Scott Fitzgerald presents the symbolisms of various colors vividly, green, on one hand, represents Gatsby‘s hope and dream, he is as energetic as others。 on the other hand, it seems like a prediction that Gatsby is doomed to fail. Yellow stands for wealth and status in the novel. Gatsby makes effort to climb up and accumulate money in order to cater for Daisy and prove that he also belongs to the upper class。 actually, he never realizes his illusion from the beginning to the end. White is a symbol of horror and ignorant, Daisy is a typical epitome of the Jazz age. Blue is a symbol of gloom and depression in the novel. Doctor T. J. Eckleburg‘s blue eyes seem to indicate the tragedy of all the people. Besides symbolisms of colors, the symbols of protagonists are worth analyzing. 本科毕业设计（论文） 7 3 Symbolism of the Protagonists It is evident that a vivid description of main character plays a key role in advancing the plots. The Great Gatsby selects several typical protagonists to reflect their different characteristics and values, and imply the hedonism during the Jazz age. Daisy Daisy is the heroine in the novel。 she is Gatsby‘s dream love. As a typical material girl, she is a symbol of money. She is a girl with beautiful appearance, attractive eyes, and erogenous voice. Five years ago, the poor Gatsby falls in love with the wealthy girl at the first sight, but he is so poor that he cannot afford the wedding expenses, they have to end the relationship finally. Because in Daisy‘s eyes, money is the only judge to measure anything, love is no exception. For her, money is the only almighty God, the true, the good, and the beautiful are not qualified to surpass it. Daisy once loves him, but when she finds Gatsby is penniless, she never hesitates to abandon him and turns to Tom who is wealthy and illustrious but vulgar. In the material world, Gatsby‘s love with Daisy is fragile and vulnerable. Daisy believes that love is not the bread of life, she is eager to live an abundant and carefree life. Actually, she is the incardination of the American Dream, which looks beautiful and pure, almost close to touch, but it is just an illusion, and finally vanishes. Though she owns abundant materials, she is very lonely and empty. While Nick has e to dinner with her family, when Tom and Jordan are chatting in another room, she uncovers her mask, tells all of her inner feelings sincerely. She plains about her unhappiness. Besides, in her daily life, although he often says something that seems to be foolish and jokes with others, she arms herself, pretends herself to be happy and live an ideal life like a carefree child, actually, she is unhappy, and no one is reliable for her to share her miserable life except Nick. Gatsby 本科毕业设计（论文） 8 Gatsby, the hero of the novel, is a sheer dreamer. He is the symbol of the American young。