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. 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 this tries tries to analyze their symbolic meaning and significance.