| The famous American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald is known as the spokesman for the Jazz Age of the 20s. His masterpiece The Great Gatsby gains universal praise by experts and scholars with its unique artistic practices, profound themes, and original genres. Using the relevant theory of the spiritual ecology, this thesis attempts to interpret the novel and reveal the spirit of the postmodern people reflected in it.This thesis is divided into five parts. The first part gives a brief account of Fitzgerald's life and the general plot of The Great Gatsby. And also in this part, the situation of the current studies of the novel at home and abroad and the theory of spiritual ecology are introduced.The second part studies the spiritual vacuum described in The Great Gatsby. The spirit of emptiness existing widely in Jazz Age society though the whole novel. Fitzgerald exposes that all the values of the world have lost rationality.so, as a result man's value of existence lacks criteria to judge.The third part explores fetishism in The Great Gatsby. In order to overcome the spiritual emptiness, Jazz Age people have to continue to look for the American Dream in order to achieve the harmony of souls. Only in this way can they find permanent homes. As a result, fetishism becomes the only way to measure one's own value.The fourth part analyzes the relationship between the situation of man and spiritual alienation. The novel deeply reflects alienation between man and nature, alienation between man and others, and alienation between man and inner world. The three kinds of alienation cause people's spiritual alienation:weakness, loneliness, and emptiness, which results in the incompetence of behavior. Under the invisible physical and psychological pressure, they feel gratuitous stress and anxiety.The fifth part is the conclusion of the whole thesis. It summarizes the spiritual state of Jazz Age people, and also the author want to give some hints to the nowadays' people.
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