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OUTLINE Abstract Key Words I. Introduction II. Background 2.1 Life Experience 2.2 Social Reality III. Use of Symbolism 3.1 The Symbolism of Name 3.1.1 Daisy 3.1.2 Gatsby 3.1.3 Tom 3.2 The Symbolism l of Setting 3.2.1 East Egg and West Egg 3.2.2 The Valley of Ashes 3.3.3The Eyes of Dr.T,J,Eckleburg 3.3 The Symbolism of Color 3.3.1 Green-Hope, Dream, Envy 3.3.2 Blue- Quiet Melancholy, Fantasy 3.3.3 Yellow (Golden) - Fame, Fortune, Fall 3.3.4 White-Purity, Indifference, Empty 3.3.5 Grey-Desolation Ruins Desperation Ⅳ. Conclusion Bibliography 中文标题、摘要、关键词 On the Function of the Symbolism in Expressing Theme of The Great Gatsby Author：xierongfeng　 Number：××× Tutor：liuguoying Abstract: F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer, is widely consider the literary spokesman of the “jazz age”-the decade of the 1920s .In 1925, Fitzgerald published his masterpiece, The Great Gatsby .In this book, he employs all kinds of names, settings and colors as symbols to reflect the characteristics of the age and to deepen the theme of the work. The author of the paper mainly analyzes the function of the symbolism in manifesting the theme- disillusion of American dream-of the work from there aspects of the symbols-name, setting and color. Key Words: Symbolism; American dream; The Great Gatsby Ⅰ.Introduction F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in a not rich family, so he wanted to earn lots of money to become rich to enjoy high quality life. To satisfy his wife’s limitless requirements, he lived a very hard life. The tempo of his life slackened as his life was shredded by Zelda’s insanity and his own self-destructive alcoholism. Through years of emotional and physical collapse he struggled to repair his life by writing for Hollywood-producing at the same time a series of stories that exposed his humiliation there. He became one of the greatest writers in American literature and wrote many works in his lifetime to manifest the life reality of that time. He was a spokesman