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Response to Great Gatsby I as the representative of those who suffered a lot with the extreme fears ofpoorness would become Gatsby’s acolyte. Many of us who came from poor familyalthough all had high ideals since child and planted the firm belief into the heart thatI’ll do my best to change my situation and squeeze myself into the rank of the richjust couldn’t show constant struggles for the ideal according to my experience. But Gatsby did it. Though his own struggle he seized a big fortune that a lot ofpeople were too far behind to catch up. Actually everyone has a high ideal but the most important is to make it cometrue with your action. As the child in the poor family the same as Gatsby，I had thesame dream as his. And when I did farm work every time I would swear somethingsuch as hard study… But my swearing was in vain when I came to the school. So Igave him my best appreciation. According to the text as his greatest ideal the love to Daisy becomesundoubtedly his spirit support during the process of making fortune. Since Daisy took away his heart he made constant efforts to pursue her. Hedidn’t change his mind whatever happened. In “Supernatural eagle and Swords couple”《神雕侠侣》，the Kungfu novel ofJinYong the leading role YangGuo could wait for his lover for the whole 16 years inloneliness and even was willing to die for her finally. We said this is the highest stateof love. The same as that Gatsby also died for his lover. So he also reached thehighest state of love. Above all Gatsby had two great hearts. One was born for his lover. Another wasborn to overcome thousands of difficulties. 078 班074050219 杨家碧Q: Why people refused to come to Gatsby’s funeral Seen from the surface The Great Gatsby was a love story. In fact it was acritical and ironic taste for the social reality in 1920s of American. After reading thischapter and related information about The Great Gatsby we have to think about thereasons why people refused to come to Gatsby’s funeral. In the view of human nature: it is said that humanity is formed in a certainsocial system and under certain historical conditions. In the “Jazz Age ”---an age ofmaterialistic pleasure-seeking supremacy and the anomic people cared more aboutmoney and their possession. People were influenced by the stream of “Americandream” which is a belief a desire that in full of opportunities and wealth Americanland people can realize their dreams after personal struggle. But the materialprosperity brought the anomic and disappointment instead of the disappearance ofnarrow prejudice on different social hierarchy. Gatsby become rich by dealing withillegal business in order to get his Daisy back. Hundreds of people came to his luxuryparty and indulged in hedonism in order to make their life less unbearable. D aisy’smarried life was unhappy since her husband Tom had a lover name Myrtle. She wentto Gatsby’s party just to get mental satisfaction and to get rid of her nada. But onhearing Gatsby’s death Daisy and Tom had gone away early that afternoon. Thosechance visitors vanished as if they had never appeared before. They thought Gatsbydeserved all that. He had died so that his prosperity was also had gone away. Theycouldn’t enjoy it any more. The best choice was to leave him alone. In the view of friendship I firm ly believe that a friend in need is a friendindeed. But in the “Jazz Age” I see that a friend in interest is a friend indeed. Thefriendship was based on your status possessions and reputations. After those weregone in the face of difficulties the irresponsibility indifference hypocrisy offriendship appeared in front of us. Before the car accident that she killed MyrtleDaisy made use of Gatsby to get her mental satisfaction. After the car accident Daisyand Tom retreated back into her money or vast carelessness. Tom shirkedresponsibility to Gatsby so that Wilson killed Gatsby. They smashed up things andcreatures and let other people clean up the mess they had made. That wastotalirresponsibility. Meyer Wolfsheim was a partner of Gatsby in world’s Seriestransaction. He raised Gatsby up out of nothing. We can say that they were totally tiedup together in the past. But he said:” I am tied up in some very important business andcannot get mixed up in this thing now.” When a man gets killed I never like to getmixed u p in it any way. I keep out…” Slagle phoned just in order to inform Gatsbyabout their business. The moment that he heard Gatsby’s death the connection wasbroken. Tom said “Let’s learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive andnot after he is dea d.” They were so indifferent and hypocritical that they refused tocome to the funeral was reasonable. In the view of the weakness of human nature: people tend to be lonelyworried about work and money. People are greedy selfish and vainglorious. Theytook ad vantage of others’ life for their own benefit. Morality has been marked withthe stamp of money. Daisy hadn’t sent a message or a flower and had gone away withTom. She didn’t want to give up her quiet and tasteful life for the sake of Gatsby’slove especially after Gatsby’s death. What she preferred was to follow Tom and treatGatsby as a stranger. Klipspringer phoned Mr. Carraway just to get his tennis shoesback instead of coming to the funeral. He used to live in Gatsby’s house and benefit alot. For the work and money Meyer Wolfsheim Tom Dan Cody etc kept them out ofthe funeral. They were selfish. If they couldn’t benefit from doing things they wouldfind more excuses to refuse others’ request. They were on the way to prosperity. Howcould they be blocked by Ga tsby’s death Now Gatsby had died and he was useless.They needn’t come to his funeral. The lonely and tragic funeral was made up of people’s irresponsibility vanityhypocrisy and indifference at that age. In the end Gatsby went alone. 外院075 班074050142 李春花Question：Why people refused to come to Gatsby’s funeral It’s a sharp comparison before Gatsby’s death and after that. Before Gatsby diedcrowds of acolytes even strangers came to Gatsby’s home to attend parties. Theywere chatting singing dancing and laughing all night. Gatsby was famous for hishospitality and friendliness. He felt proud of himself for there were more and morepeople who were known or unknown coming to visit him. It was the woman Daisy that had stolen his heart. After Gatsby became richDaisy accepted him again. However Daisy whom Gatsby loved most did not appearwhen the funeral began. Gatsby thought he had won Daisy’s heart. However the main attraction for Daisywas his money. “Money decides everything” was her motto. Daisy ran away after theacci dent but Gatsby paid his life for the love between Daisy and him. The true loverof Daisy is money. Those who came to his party just wanted to get some benefits fromGatsby. They respected Gatsby superficially but they looked down upon Gatsby intheir inner heart. They are malicious jealous and unreliable. This is also a matter of friendship. They built strong “friendship” with Gatsby justfor their own sake. Gatsby was rich and generous. He could squander any penny forhis lover and friends. They did not dare to attend his funeral because they had fears ofgetting involved in. They knew some details about Gatsby and Daisy Tom and Myrtlebut they hid it in their minds. As the situation went worse they even chose to becomeinvisible. They feared to attend Gatsby’s fu neral because they did not want theirbenefits to be hurt even a little. Daisy did not venture to attend Gatsby’s funeral because she knew that Gatsby’sdeath had something to do with her and her husband. In order to get rid of thepunishment of law they chose to run away. She was the true criminal who hadcommitted murder. Those who used to enjoy and chat with Gatsby also made a choice not to attendhis funeral. They preferred to be a coward rather than standout to support Gatsby.They refused to attend his funeral because of their indifference jealousy self-pityselfishness and the betrayal of their conscience. The only thing they pursued wasmoney. On the one hand Gatsby was rich and prestigious. On the other hand he was poorand pitiful. In order to pursue the luxurious life he ran his business illegally. In orderto prove his love towards Daisy he chose to be a scapegoat. What a poor life he lived 外语075 班074050124 徐娟Why do people refuse to come to Gatsbys funeral First I think quotpeoplequot here can be divided into two groups. One is those who haveclose relationship with Gatsby so-called friends and his lover. His lover Daisy whohe risks his life to defend betrays him and runs away with another man. She evendoesnt care about Gatsbys life and death just playing him as a fool. How can it bepossible for this kind of woman to come to Gatsbys funeral and mourn for him Iguess she even wont be sad for Gatsby. Besides his so-called friend MeyerWolfsheim Gatsbys most important business partner says that he couldnt come as heis tied up in some very important business. Friends like this only care about thebenefit Gatsby will bring them instead of really caring about the benefit Gatsbyshealth and happiness. Since Gatsby is dead Meyer will not get any benefit from himanymore so there is no need for him to contact Gatsby or come to his funeralanymore. Furthermore the most impressive friend of Gatsby is a man who calls for apair of shoes a pair of tennis shoes he left at Gatsbys home. He cares about his shoeshis picnic except Gatsby. The other group of people who refused to come is his party friends. These peoplecome to Gatsby for free meals and a place to enjoy themselves. Maybe some of themeven dont know who Gatsby is let alone come to his funeral to express their sorrow.Actually they have nothing related to Gatsby so they wont come to Gatsbys funeral. In conclusion peoples refusal to come to Gatsbys funeral reflects peoplesindifference and selfishness. They only care about money and their own interests.They never treat others with sincere hearts. Their relationship with others is using andbeing used. For them there is no love no friendship existing in the world but onlymoney and interests. Thats my opinion about why people refused to come to Gatsbys funeral. 075 班074050146 陈银跃W hy people refused to come to Gatsby’s funeral Through the text we know that even though Nick tried his best to call people toGatsby’s funeral everything he did was in vain. Those people treated money aseverything. The business partners of Gatsby were busy earning money and theydidn’t care his death at all. They didn’t come to Gatsby’s funeral because they thoughtthey couldn’t get benefit any more from Gatsby. Some people thought that Gatsby had got what he deserved. A person wouldrather care his shoes than express a little sorry to Gatsby’s death. These showed thatthese people were indifferent and uncompassionate. How insensitive their souls were The woman Daisy who Gatsby died for had gone away with his husband earlyshe was so hypocritical and cold that she hadn’t sent a message or a flower whenknowing Gatsby’s death. She took advantage of other’s life for her benefit. She killedMyrtle but Gatsby received the punishment by his life. Myrtle’s husband Wilson wasignorant and extremely impulsive and he killed Gatsby before he investigated thetruth clearly. They were so cruel tough and indifferent to other’s life. So they refusedto come to Gatsby’s funeral. The people often came to Gatsby’s party and enjoy the happy life when Gatsbywere alive. However they were unwilling to come to his funeral and express a littlesorrow to him when he died. They just enjoyed material and they had no feeling andfriendship. They were just like a corpse and they just knew money binge and food.They know nothing except these materials. Their life was so luxury andmeaninglessand their spirit was so decayed and empty. According to these facts these people refused to come to Gatsby’s funeral. Theyjust cared themselves and didn’t care others at all. 075 班李群芳Q: Why people refused to come t o Gatsby’s funeral To answer this question let’s look ahead of his life changes. He used to be a poorand ordinary person he was even looked down upon by people including Daisy’sfamily. Then he came to the eastern land ambitiously and he did really make a goodliving there by doing illegal trades. When he owned the money reputation fame andsocial status also came to him. Before he became rich no one liked him. However hebecame popular to all kinds of friends. When he held parties many people camewithout invitation no matter they were familiar with him or not . After they heard the news of his death they disappeared immediately. Why Theywere his friends when he was alive. How could they refuse to attend his funeral It isextremely ironic but o the other hand it has been expected. From Gatsby’s death we can find the so-called friendship between Gatsby and hisformer friends is not sincere. Here we have to say people are always vainglorious andthey tend to develop relationship based on interests such as money position powerespecially in business and politics field. They can do the illegal things immorallythey can also treat others indifferently. In their eyes interest is the most important. Ifeel very sorry for Gatsby’s times and also for the present. People became m ore andmore cold-blooded they could acquire everything they want by all means even bydoing harm to their relatives. I hate such kind of people who turn to you for help whenthey need you but do harm to you after they made use of you. Gatsby is a great hero for he always has a pure and kind heart towards peoplearound him. He believes deeply in his faith—love. But Daisy is not a woman whodeserves his love. From Daisy we can see the weak point of humanbeings—selfishness. She ran away after Gatsby’s death withou t missing and guilt forthe person she once loved. Just like other people she was afraid of being boggeddown in troubles. She just cared about herself. It’s she who leads the love to a tragedy. 外院075 班074050126 朱鸿雁Question: Why did people refuse to come to Gatsbys funeral Gatsby lived in a miserable period of America the Jazz age. By Fitzgerald words“it was an age of miracles it was an age of art it was an age of excess and even itwas an age of satire.” But more actually it was a terrible age that was hate d by people.At that time people knew nothing but to seek pleasure as much as possible. Therewere no true love and friendship in that period people’s heart was filled up withnothing but eagerness for money and pleasure. They were selfish ruthless and verycold. The relations among people were based on money and status. They managed totake advantage of others’ life for their own benefits they made friends only forseeking pleasure and also they tended to betray their friends in order to satisfythemselves. So here I want to make a conclusion that “the Jazz Age” is a spiritualruin a spiritual wasteland which was occupied by dirt and decay. There were notraditional belief and ambition. People never sympathized with others even theirfamily members. As lovers and couples they still hurt each other and their relationswere rather complicated all of these were only for seeking for pleasure. EspeciallyDaisy and Tom I think they are the most ruthless people in the story. For DaisyGatsby loved her very much but she was not moved. Instead she took it for gr.。
The Great Gatsby and The American Dream《了不起的盖茨比》和美国梦
The Great Gatsby and The American Dream《了不起的盖茨比》和美国梦AcknowledgementsI would like to express my gratitude to all those who helped me during the writing of this thesis. Firstly, a special acknowledgement should be shown to LecturerFang Qiang, who from whose lectures I benefited greatly. His has taught me for a whole year in the study of the cause of The Society and Culture of Major English-Speaking Countries An Introduction. Through the studying of this cause, I got a basic comprehend about the culture backgrounds of the west countries, and, definitely, it made a great contribution to the further study of the American literature. Secondly, I would like to thank Lecturer Song Yun, who taught me the cause of Selected Reading of British &American Literature. From this cause I got a relative deeper understanding of the American poetries and novels, what’s more, it directly does me good in the writing of this thesis. Last but not least, I am particularly indebted to my Supervisor Wu Xinjia. From the beginning to the end of writing this thesis, she has shown great patience in checking and approving my thesis, giving me professional suggestions. Last of all, I want to re-express my feeling of gratitude to all the person who have given me a hand in completing this thesis, including my teachers, tutor and classmates. Thanks!The Great Gatsby and the American DreamAbstractFrancis Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most prominent American novelists of the 20th century and his masterpiece The Great Gatsby is listed among the most famous 20th-century American novels considering of its literature merits. The novel mainly tells a tragic story of Jay Gatsby, a man who originally was humble and poor,but finally became extremely wealthy through illegal business means. He has devoted all his life into realizing his dream, to pursue his first love Daisy Buchanan, a woman ,who is full of charm but shallow, selfish and aspire money. Truth is that under the general corruptive social circumstance of Jazzy Age, the only answer to Gatsby’s dream was impossibility and distinction. The novel portrayed a vivid picture of the 1920s’ America, such a roaring time that the economy was unprecedented flourishing on the one hand and the spiritual aspect was a astonishing desolation on the other. The humanities’ corruption and destruction, due to their uncontrolled pursuit of material success and complete ignorance of spiritual improvement, caused a confused state of that age.This thesis tries to combing The Great Gatsby and the American Dream to reprove that Jay Gatsby’s tragedy is ascribed to the harsh reality of American society during the Jazz Age and re-emphasis the inevitability of the disillusionment of American Dream. From the literature world back to the modern greedy society, The Great Gatsby still has a strong practical significance, to give people a warning that money are not equal to happiness , to call back the traditional American moral value.Key words: American Dream; Fitzgerald; Jazz Age《了不起的盖茨比》和美国梦摘要弗朗斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德是二十世纪美国杰出的小说家，他的杰作《了不起的盖茨比》极具文学价值，被列为二十世纪美国最著名的小说之一。
了不起的盖茨比英文作文
了不起的盖茨比英文作文英文：The Great Gatsby is a classic novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is a story of love, wealth, and tragedy set in the 1920s. The main character, Jay Gatsby, is a wealthy man who throws extravagant parties in the hopes of winning back his lost love, Daisy Buchanan. The novel is a commentary on the excess and superficiality of the Roaring Twenties.One of the reasons why The Great Gatsby is such a great novel is because of its vivid portrayal of the characters. Each character is unique and complex, with their own motivations and flaws. For example, Gatsby is a mysterious and enigmatic figure who is driven by his love for Daisy. He is willing to do whatever it takes to win her back, even if it means resorting to illegal activities. Daisy, on the other hand, is a shallow and selfish woman who is more concerned with her own happiness than the well-being ofothers.Another reason why The Great Gatsby is a great novel is because of its themes. The novel explores the themes of love, wealth, and the American Dream. Gatsby's pursuit of wealth and status is a reflection of the American Dream, which was a popular idea during the 1920s. However, the novel also shows the dark side of the American Dream, as Gatsby's obsession with wealth ultimately leads to his downfall.In conclusion, The Great Gatsby is a timeless novelthat continues to captivate readers today. Its vivid characters, complex themes, and commentary on the excess of the Roaring Twenties make it a must-read for anyone interested in literature.中文：《了不起的盖茨比》是F. Scott Fitzgerald所写的一部经典小说。
（英语毕业论文）《了不起的盖茨比...
摘要“美国梦”是贯穿美国历史,最能体现美国人的传统价值观念和民族精神的理想。
是对平等、自由、进取和成功的理想主义信念。
美国梦所体现出来的机会均等、人人都能通过自身的奋斗取得成功吸引着成千上万的人奔赴到这片热土。
但是，20世纪20年代爵士时代的发言人司各特•菲茨杰拉德在他的经典之作《了不起的盖茨比》中却为世人反应出了一个看似光鲜实则堕落腐败的社会，展示了盖茨比梦想破灭, 象征着他所代表的那一代人的“美国梦”的幻灭。
本文旨在通过运用文体学理论分析《了不起的盖茨比》中的人物特性及他们各自心中所追求的“美国梦”，最后探究美国梦破灭的根本原因。
本文最后发现通过变换叙述视角，运用倒叙的时间性叙述，以及运用不同的叙述焦点将有助于展现美国梦的破灭这一主题。
关键词：美国梦盖茨比幻灭文体学A Stylistlc Analysis on the Characters’ American Dream in TheGreat GatsbyAbstractAmerican Dream has penetrated during the whole American history, which greatly accentuates the ideal of traditional values and national spirit in the concept of American, which is also an idealistic belief of equality, freedom, progressiveness as well as success. That the chance are even, everyone could achieve success through his hard work which reflected in American dream attracts a myriad of immigrants abroad flooding into this promising land. However, the illustrious work The Great Gatsby of Scott Fitzgerald who is universally acknowledged as the spokesman of the 1920s Jazz Age of flaming youth has exhibited a rotten society under the guise of prosperity with the disillusion of the protagonist Gatsby‟s American Dream, in effect, the disillusion of Gatsby‟s American Dream is the disillusion of the American Dream of that whole generation. This thesis will adopt the theory of stylistics to make an analysis about the characters together with their American Dream in The Great Gatsby, and the fundamental reason procuring the disillusion of American Dream will be analyzed. The findings in this thesis reveal that the shift of point of view, flashback as the chronological sequencing and different descriptive focuses are helpfull in presenting the disillusionment of the American Dream．Key words: American Dream Gatsby Disillusion StylisticsContents摘要 (1)Abstract (2)1 Introduction (4)1.1 Introduction of The Great Gatsby (4)1.1.1 Introduction to Scott Fitzgerald (4)1.1.2 Introduction to the Novel (4)1.2 Introduction to the History of American Dream (5)1.3 Organization of This Paper (5)2 Literature Review (6)2.1 Researches Abroad (6)2.2.Researches at Home (7)3. Theoretical Framework (9)3.1 Point of View (10)3.2 Fictional Sequencing (10)3.3 Descriptive Focus (11)4 A Stylistic Analysis of the Characters and American Dream (12)3.1 Gatsby (12)3.2 Daisy (13)3.3 Myrtle Wilson (15)3.4 Nick Carraway (16)5 Money Procuring the Disillusion of American Dream (18)6 Conclusion (21)References (21)Acknowledgement (23)1 Introduction1.1Introduction of The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby which was published in America in 1925 for the first time opened to much critical acclaim for its profound ideological content and the artistic way the author developed the topic in it. The following part will make a brief introduction of the author Scott Fitzgerald as well as this illustrious novel.1.1.1 Introduction to Scott FitzgeraldFrom 1920 to 1930, American literature boomed. It was its the golden age During those 10 years, batches of excellent writers emerged and outstanding works came out in an unending flow. At that time, America had just experienced the First World War, its economy was prosperous, but the social conscience was particularly corrupt[1]. Francis Scott Fitzgerald was a shining star in American literature circle during this period. His life was short but it was full of epic glory. His writing career was only 20 years, but he left four classical novels and 160 short articles. Those achievements made him an outstanding novelist in 20th century literary. He is called the representative writer of “Lost Generation” by his contemporaries as well as later generations and also considered as the “Poet Laureate” in “Jazz Age” and the excellent chroniclers[2].1.1.2 Introduction to the NovelWith time passed by, an increasing number of Americans began to realize that not everyone could achieve their American dream. Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald‟ s most famous novel and is also one of the greatest American novels．When it was published, it was regarded as “the first step the American novel has taken since Henry James” by T﹒S Eliot. There is a very special feature of this book that it touches the deep inside[1]常耀信。
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Hemingway saw a democratic world where people were measured by their ability, not by what they owned. Fitzgerald saw the deep differences
between groups of people that money creates. He decided to be among the rich.
The Great Gatsby
• The setting of The Great Gatsby is New York City and Long Island during the 1920s. • Nick Carraway, the narrator, is a young Princeton man, who works as a bond broker in Manhattan. He becomes involved in the life of his neighbor at Long Island.
The life of the title character,
Jay Gatsby, has been compared to Fitzgerald’s life.
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Master works
Novels: This Side of Paradise 1920 The Beautiful and Damned 1922 The Great Gatsby 1925 Tender Is the Night 1934 The Last Tycoon (最后一个大亨) 1941 Short story collections: Flappers and Philosophers 1920 Tales of the Jazz Age 1922 All the SadYoung Men 1926
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以下是关于了不起的盖茨比读后感的xx年级英语范文，每篇作文均为万能范文带翻译。
高分英语作文1：After reading the Great Gatsby"Bambi" is definitely a classic cartoon, which sometimes makes people very uneasy. The scene when the hunter killed Bambi Boz's mother, at least this is a must see for Disney fans. I remember that I liked this movie very much when I was a child, but with the passage of time, the strength of this film has weakened a little on me, and it is different from the movie I remember.中文翻译：《斑比》绝对是一部经典动画片，有时会让人很不安，猎人杀死班比亚波斯妈那一幕，至少这是迪斯尼影迷们的必看之作，我记得小时候很喜欢这部电影，但随着时间的推移，这部电影的力量在我身上已经有了些许的减弱，而且它和我记忆中的电影不一样了。
万能作文模板2：读了《了不起的盖茨比》之后Although ram was a quiet child at first, it was easy to find the roots of his self-confidence, tenacity, faith and even style at home. As a middle-aged child, he was an out of town politician. He challenged theauthority in the argument with the father of a good classmate.He said, " you, uncle Bill." then he began to make a long speech, saying that this man was an Archie Bangla's electricity According to his role, he is a politically incorrect, conservative, bad tempered man. Ezekiel has more information about ram than he does ytically. He attributes the success of the three brothers to active parenting, but it's hard not to conclude that their greatest impact may be on each other -they sleep in the same room, eat at the same table, and play as a whole And many summers, exploring Israel together.中文翻译：虽然拉姆一开始是个安静的孩子，但在家里很容易找到他自信、坚韧、信念甚至风格的根源，作为一个中年孩子，他是一个在外的政客，他在与一个好同学的父亲的争论中挑战权威，他说，比尔叔叔，然后开始长篇大论，说这个人是一个阿奇·邦克拉的电视角色，他是一个上不正确、保守的坏脾气的人•以西结对拉姆的信息比分析性的要多他把三个兄弟的成功都归因于积极的育儿，但我们很难不得出这样的结论：他们最大的影响可能是彼此——他们睡在同一个房间里，在同一张桌子上吃饭，作为一个整体玩耍，并且在许多夏天，一起探索以色列。
了不起的盖茨比英语毕业论文解读
了不起的盖茨比英语毕业论文解读四川师范大学文理学院本科毕业论文An Analysis of Disillusionment of American Dream in The Great Gatsby论《了不起的盖茨比》中美国梦的破灭学生姓名张燕院系名称外国语学院专业名称英语（师范）班级 2008级 1班学号 200814025224指导教师陈雪瑶（讲师）答辩时间 2012-4-15论《了不起的盖茨比》中美国梦的破灭ContentsIntroduction (1)Part I The Introduction of F.Scott.Fitzgerald (2)1.1The Life Expericence of Fitzgerald (2)1.1.1 Fitzgerald’s Background (2)1.1.2 Fitzgerald’s Marriage (2)1.2 Literary Works of Fitzgerald (3)PartII American Dream and its Disillusionment (4)2.1 The American Dream (4)2.1.1 The Definition of American Dream (4)2.1.2 The Essence of American Dream (5)2.2 Disillusionment of American Dream Reflected in the Novel (5)2.2.1 Gatsby’s American Dream (6)2.2.2 Nick Carraway’s American Dream (7)2.2.3 Tom, Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker’s AmericanDream (8)Part III The Cause of Disillusionment of American Dream (9)3.1 The Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties (9)3.2 Social Environment and People factors (10)Conclusion (11)Bibliography (12)IntroductionF. 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. 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 for the so-called Jazz Age.The Great Gatsby is regarded as his masterpiece. First published on April 10, 1925, the story is set in Long Island's North Shore and New York City during the summer of 1922. The novel tells of Gatsby, an idealist, who tries to recapture his lost love but in vain and is finally destroyed by the influence of the wealthy people around him .The story deals with the failure of the American dream as personified in the rich and beautiful woman Daisy who belongs to corrupt society. The Great Gatsby evokes a haunting mood of a glamorous, wild time that seemingly will never come again. It is about the loss of an ideal and the disillusionment that comes with the failure is embodied fully in the personal tragedy of a young man (Gatsby) whose “incorruptible dream” is “smashed into pieces by the relentless reality” (Fitzgerald, 8).Gatsby’s failure to realize his ideal symbolizes the disillusionment of his American Dream. Also, Gatsby’s intensity of dream represents a state of commitment which takes him in search of his personal grai l; Gatsby’s failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream.Part I The Introduction of F.Scott.Fitzgerald1.1The Life Expericence of FitzgeraldFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald is one of the most outstanding American authors in the twenties, and The Great Gatsby is his best work.1.1.1 Fitzgerald’s BackgroundF. Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 into a St, Paul middle-class family. After an unsuccessful undergraduate career at Princeton, he entered the Army as a second Lieutenant and while in training camp he met the beautiful girl who was to become his wife. He married Zelda Sayre as his literary career got off to a meteoric start in 1920. Through the 1920s when money seemed plentiful and postwar morality encouraged a reckless pursuit of happiness, he and Zelda traveled in Europe and New York, acting out the glamorous life-style he wrote of in his most popular magazine fiction. He was a spokesman for the so-called Jazz Age, setting a personal as well as literary example for a generation whose first commandment was: Do what you will. The speed of his life slackened as his life was shredded by Zelda’s insanity and his own self-destructive alcoholism. He fell from favor as a writer when the indulgent decade of his triumph went down under the impact of a worldwide Depression in the 1930s.1.1.2 Fitzgerald’s MarriageIt is absolutely the tough teenage years and marriage life that made Fitzgerald experience the difficulties and frustrations of the life. So we should discover some reflections of the story from the author’s life.The relationship between Fitzgerald and Zelda went so dramatic that even himself once said, “ Sometimes I don’t know whether Zelda and I are real or whether we are characters in on e of my novels”（Fitzgerald, 1）.Zelda was the daughter of a judge in Montgomery, Alabama, a beautiful society girl. Though she told Fitzgerald that she loved him so much, but her too expensive life left him unable to support her. They have experienced breaking up but finally got engaged again with the support of Fitzgerald’s success. It was also at this time that Fitzgerald wrote many of his short stories which helped to pay for their extravagant lifestyle. But when the misfortune came, in 1930s when Zelda became increasingly troubled by mental illness. Their life became harder. It was his marriage and his onerous life of making money to support her that affected his writing tremendously. Fitzgerald was tormented virtually all his life by the fact that he could not concentrate on his working and the improvement of his art in general.1.2 Literary Works of FitzgeraldThe Roaring Twenties was a period of literary creativity, and works of several notable authors appeared during the period. Such as Earnest Hemingway, Erich Maria Remarque and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Etc. Literary works in that period of time mirror people’s experiences and attitude of the1920s. We could see it from the following examples: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque recounts the horrors of WWI and also the deep detachment from German civilian life felt by many men returning from the front.This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the lives and morality of post-World War I youth. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is about a group of expatriate Americans in Europe during the 1920s. All in all writers and their works in those years were haunted with complicated sensations which have shown us all the difficulties and frustrations in their life.PartⅡAmerican Dream and its Disillusionment2.1 The American DreamBefore we take a look to the causes and effects of the disillusionment of American dream, let’s first try to understand the definition and content of Americ an Dream.2.1.1 The Definition of American DreamIn different social and historical backgrounds, the concepts of American Dream are different, and for different people, they have different understandings of American Dream and the ways to pursue their American Dream are also various. The definition of the so-called American Dream can be distinguished in broad sense and narrow sense. For the former, American Dream is the equality, freedom and democracy in the land of the United States. The later one means, everyone in America ,if only work hard and never give up, he could achieve his dream and could live a better life in this piece of land, that is to say, people should make their efforts ,such as diligence, courage and determination to realize dreams rather than depend on the help from others.This term that American Dream was first used by James Truslow Adams in his book The Epic of America which was written in 1931. He states, “The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for whatthey are, regardless of the fortuitous ci rcumstances of birth or position.” This ideology is based itself on the principle that one should be responsible for oneself, and taking every opportunity to gain success by courage and hard working.2.1.2 The Essence of American DreamAs for the American Dream, it is a belief that a better life could be achieved through hard work and strives. There are several elements lie in the American Dream: the US has provided equal opportunities for everyone; the success based on own talents and efforts, not the background and extraction; everyone was born equally; and everyone has his own right to achieve success.“For any American no matter what his origin was, could succeed in changing their social positions and making their dreams come true through their own efforts, and get ting new, free and better life.”（Zhao Hongwei, 2）This is the basic often of "American dream". It is the idea that the American way of life offers the equal possibility of unlimited economic, social, etc. One can always work their way up from the rags to riches just like Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the US.In brief, the main content of American culture was emphasis on individuals' value, optimistic, pursuing of democracy and freedom, the promotion of deportation and competition and the need of realism and practicality. There was a common truth that everyone who lived in that period actually had an American Dream and eager to achieve it and everyone has an American Dream which is to have a good opportunity to realize personal dream.2.2 Disillusionment of American Dream Reflected in the NovelIn this novel, we could discover so many characteristics of the disillusionment of American dream. All of them have been reflected from the words and actions of heroes and heroines2.2.1 Gatsby’s American DreamAs for the great Gatsby, his American Dream is to have much money and then win Daisy, who is in love with Gatsby five years ago but now is the wife of rich Tom. Gatsby thinks that only if he has much money, at least has more money than Tom, should he win Daisy’s love. So it is rea sonable for him to pursue material wealth in order to win the love of Daisy.Gatsby’s attempt to achieve his American Dream which is to recapture the love of Daisy Buchanan whom he had known five years before the action of the novel begins, when he is a young and poor officer in the United States army and Daisy is a young unmarried woman, who used to live a luxuriant life with much money and great fame. And the only way should Gatsby make his American Dream come true is to get a lot of money which is much difficulty for a normal soldier to earn. He does all the things Daisy asks him to do. And nobody can do this out of reason. In order to win Daisy, Gatsby dare to have illegal trade of alcohol to make a fortune, because he clearly knows that he must offer Daisy a better life which is luxuriant if he wants to win Daisy. Through his great effort, he gets much money authentically although it is from illegal business.Gatsby's success in fortune is great, his strong will of love and achieving life goal is also great; he becomes the big name of the society, and becomes the upper class's deputy. Everyone is glad to come to his party, everyone admires his property, and everyone wants to be his friend, even Daisy has taken much notice of him and falls in love with him again. Gatsby is also great when he loses his life in order to protect Daisy from the accident.However, “the falling of his American Dream, that Daisy goes together with her husband to another city happily while Gatsby is murdered mistakenly, improves that all his great characterize means nothing. In other words, Gatsby’s final American Dream, which is to win Daisy, is totally a failure.”（杨慧群, 3）Furthermore, when Gatsby died, no one turns up for his funeral, though hundreds of people have eaten at his place. It is a sad comment on human nature that when a man dies, he is alone, absolutely alone. The only things that accompany him are his good deeds especially those done spontaneously and without expectations. And the saddest thing is tha t Daisy, doesn’t feel any regret or sorrow for Gatsby’s death, has gone traveling with his husband Tom. There is nothing left for Gatsby. All the things of his life have gone with his death, including his wealth and love. From the above analysis of Gatsby’s American Dream, there is a conclusion that whatever it is broken or not,Gatsby’s American Dream is to get as much money as he can even through every illegal means, and then he can have the economical strength to achieve his final goal——win the love of Daisy.Gatsby spends his whole life in attaining money and status so that he can reach a certain position in life and then he can win Daisy back. That is what motivates him to move to West Egg, and makes money by any means necessary, holds extravagant parties in every weekend, does everything what Daisy requires him to do and so on. There is a position in life that he yearns for and will do all that it takes to achieve it, and the final goal for his American Dream is to get Daisy’s love. It is doomed to be a failure if Gatsby wants to be in love with Daisy, and live with her forever.2.2.2 Nick Carraway’s American DreamIn this novel, we see disorientation in achieving the American Dream in Gatsby, while in Nick Carraway, the narrator, we see a far more rational mind in dealing with this. Nick Carraway was made in the book the representative of the traditional moral codes of America. He comes from the Midwest and wants to make money in the Long Island. For he is also attracted by the beauty, the wealth, and the sophistication of “the wasteland”, so at any rate, he is another dream seeker. However as witnessing Gatsby’s tragedy, he realizes what has gone wrong with American dream from the beginning to the end. Thanks to the traditional moral conducts that rooted in him and his following his father’s advice on toleration, he never get lost. Finally, he got the essential emptiness of American dream and achieves the penetration of Tom and Daisy’s corruption, grossness, and cowardice. Nick does not make quick judgment, and thus is able to gain access to “many curious natures” The world of Gatsby is inhabited in main by three groups of people and Nick has contact with them all. So the function of Nick in this book can never be ignored. He is there to make the readers understand the roles in this book from an objective point of view and then get better comprehension of Gatsby’s idealized love and the reality of the society. Both Nick and Gatsby in this novel emerge as moral symbol: Gatsby as the embodiment of spiritual desolation or waste, Nick as a hope for moral and spiritual growth.2.2.3 Tom, Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker’s American DreamIn this book, Tom, Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker represent the corruption of American dream. Comparing with Gatsby, they were born with wealth and status but devoid of purpose. Daisy’s lament is especially indicative of this: “What will we do with ourselves this afternoon?” cried Daisy, “and the day after that, and the next thirty years?”(Fitzgerald, 1).Daisy Buchanan, is the dream and cause of his wasted dream. As a representative of those women who are not expected to be well educated, to work, and have developed a kind of parasitic dependency. Daisy is, however, physically attractive, romantic, and sentimental, but emotionally frigid, having a destructive influence on the man with whom she is associated. All her charm is just a gesture of life rather than a quality of living.Tom Buchanan, the husband of Daisy, is ruler and representative of the moral wasteland that has replaced American idealism. All his bulky gestures tell us that in the moral wasteland, idealism is a source of weakness rather than strength; he devoted to nothing but the impulse of his own flesh and the demands of his own ego, completely regardless of any concept of either a moral code or a personal loyalty.For Tom and Daisy Buchanan, it is nothing worries about any potential crisis around them, for they have no moral responsibility at all. Whenever what happens, they will shield themselves with their upper class social status and retreat into their money or leave other people to clean up the mess they’ve made.Jordan Baker, at any rate, is no less a creature of the moral wasteland than is Daisy or Tom Buchanan. As a “lovely”girl who dresses i n “white” and always seem to be “cool” and apathetic, Jordan Baker is an opportunist in her own way. Being a 23-year-old women’s golf champion becomes involved with Nick during the course of the summer of 1922. She looks like “incurably dishonest” however,though Nick finds Jordan haughty and careless, he finds himself being attracted by her anyway. On the other sides, Jordan once “loved” Nick, for she had sensed the honesty and moral firmness in Nick’s heart, and realized that only when staying with a man like Nike can she be free from the mess and continues to be on her own way. But in the end Jordan gets engaged to another man after not seeing Nick for a short time, leaving Nick angry and letting him realizes the same irresponsible exploitation in Jordan as that he sees inTom and Daisy. Jordan’s action seems to intentionally echo Daisy’s leaving Gatsby to marry Tom five years ago.Part III The Cause of Disillusionment of American Dream3.1 The Jazz Age and the Roaring TwentiesThe spirit of the Roaring Twenties was marked by a general feeling of discontinuity associated with modernity, a break with traditions. Everything seemed to be feasible through modern technology. New technologies, especially automobiles, moving pictures and radio proliferated modernity to a large part of the population. Formal decorative frills were shed in favor of practicality in both daily life and architecture. At the same time, jazz and dancing rose in popularity, in opposition to the mood of the specter of World War I. As such, the period is also often referred to as the Jazz Age. The Jazz Age, was, in the words of Malcolm Cowley, “not so much a historical period as a legend of glitter, of recklessness, and of talent in such profusion that it was sown broadcast like wild oats.” It was a legend of “American adolescence before pain set in.” Fitzgeraldbecame “the angel of the twenties” and his writings those of a man inside that legendary period.3.2 Social Environment and People factorsAnother reason for the disillusionment of Gatsby’s American dream may be people factors. Gatsby’s love for Daisy was to the point of obsession, it was really touching, but he chose the wrong object to pay for their own love, Daisy was a secular, hedonistic money worshiper. She could never work hand in hand with Gatsby. And she would not pay a high price for the ideal, and make enormous sacrifices. Her life was of no true love, but cannot be without money. Gatsby’s tragedy is that he has not been able to understand Daisy’s motives, can not understand that she belonged to the complexity of the world. He only saw the world’s surface, bright and elegant, but did not see it hidden in the cold and heartless. In order to protect their rights and status, people in this world has taken hypocritical means.In short, he loved the wrong person and did not wake up until he died. What always existed between him and Daisy was an unbridgeable gap between social status. He’s life was such a tragedy which rooted in his blind pursuit of life and love and fantasy, as well as the lack of knowledge about the upper middle class society, where all the lofty spirit are gone. He started from scratch, but society was swallowed by the dark coldness. He would not take in any case struggle to Daisy and will not become part of high society forever.Gatsby’s failure, to some extent, has indicated the failure of the American Dream, his struggle is the embodiment of American spirit, the failure of him is the declaration of recession in the American spirit. His tragedy arose because he built his ideal on the illusion than reality, his desires to succeed, but when he realized the dream of money he fell into the spirit of the post-crisis. He preferred to escape in stead of facing it bravely. The competition between Tom and Gatsby was not only a battle between rivals in love, but also a battle between representatives of the two different social classes. So his failure is inevitable. The former lovers, Nick and Jordan, were the spectators of the whole story, they have witnessed this dirty and evil history. The height of material prosperity has brought desolation and twisted soul, which hidden under the appearance of carnival fun. The whole community is suffering from this mental illness --- a no way out of the lossand suffering. Therefore, the disillusionment of American dream has become a necessity.ConclusionAfter collecting information and completing this essay, we can understand better the appearance, development and disillusionment of Gatsby’s love and dream. Now we can not only feel empathetic about Gatsby’s intricate and pessimistic life, but also see the inhumanity and cruelty of society.Through this novel, Fitzgerald shows the collapse and disillusionment of pe ople’s dream, no matter what kind of concepts it has, money, social status or simply of happiness. The most catastrophic collapse, however, is the American dream itself. Here, heroes and heroines in this book including Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, Nick and Jordan together serve as metaphors by Fitzgerald to reveal the paradox of American dream: when materialism is elevated into having spiritual values, it can only confuse its disciples.He also pointed that, for the reality of life can not compare to idealistic dream, as well as the ideals are usually far too perfect to be paralleled in reality. Then the collapse of American dream is unavoidable.However, this novel is not only a criticism of the corruption of money on American dream. It is also an appealing for abandoning materialism and returning to traditional moral values. What’s more, Nick Carraway, the narrator, provides a successful foil for the degradation of the American dream. He is the voice of morality and humanity in this novel and the only one who register the human loss and measures the disparity between Gatsby’s unrealistic dream and the reality upon which it was based.All in all, this novel, The Great Gatsby, can be absolutely termed as the masterpiece of Fitzgerald. From it we can get some hidden information about the author himself. Fitzgerald said that sometimes he doesn’t know whether he and his wife are real or they are just characters in his novel. This novel, actually, ensured Fitzgerald’s position as a serious and talented writer. In more rece nt years Tony Tanner claimed it to be “the most perfectly crafted work of fiction to have come out of American.”BibliographyB enson, Will. The Great Gatsby and the obscene word. College Literature, 2005.Fitzgerald, F.Scott. The Great Gatsby. Penguin Classics, 1994.Harbison, John. Where Is the Old, Warm World?, From the Great Gatsby. 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英语专业论文 浅析《了不起的盖茨比》中盖茨比的悲剧根源
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1.设计（或研究）的依据与意义
依据：美国梦深深根植于美国文化之中,是美国文化的一个重要组成部分。本文通过分析《了不起的盖茨比》中的主人公盖茨比对美国梦的追求，其理想的破灭和最终的死亡来阐释盖茨比的悲剧根源。
意义：本论文试分析《了不起的盖茨比》中的主人公盖茨比的悲剧根源美国梦的破灭，深入了解小说中人物对美国梦的追求及价值观对小说主题的揭示作用，以使读者更好地了解20年代美国人的生活，从而进一步挖掘该作品的现实意义及价值。
1924年作品问世之后，得到艾略特的高度评价，被视为“自亨利·詹姆斯以来美国小说迈出的第一步”。美国梦是作者笔下的一贯主题，盖茨比，书中的主角成为了美国梦想的象征。作品独特的艺术风格和写作手法吸引了无数评论家的目光。本文重在通过揭示盖茨比的悲剧根源美国梦的破灭来说明20年代美国上层人士的冷酷无情以及整个社会的价值观的扭曲。
因此对小说中主要人物的社会关系的分析也是深入理解小说主题的新的研究途径。
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本文拟对《了不起的盖茨比》中主要人物及其悲剧根源即美国梦的破灭，旨在进一步了解美国梦的实质 及那个时代上层人士的冷漠无情和金钱至上的价值观。文章将主要包括三部分：第一部分将对作者及其小说进行介绍，第二部分分析小说中盖茨比的美国梦，第三部分重点分析盖茨比的悲剧根源--美国梦的破灭。
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Part One Introduction1.1 Research Background and SignificanceAs “the spokesman of a crucial and revealing period in the culturalfield of his country”,(Wang Weiping, 2004:57) Fitzgerald knows the societyclearly due to his rich personal experience and creates many characterslike Gatsby out of the American life. These novels describe the disillusionment of the American dream in the Jazz Age. And the reason isalways that the transformations of the values of traditional morality makepeople not believe in any hero but pursue individual consumption andenjoyment. Fitzgerald deeply feels the spiritual emptiness and moraldecadence under the superficial splendor and prosperity in that age, sohe is called the spokesman of the Jazz Age. Most of his works describe theexpectation, dissatisfaction and disappointment of the American younggeneration in the 1920s. One distinguishing feature of his works is thatthe close relationship between his personal experiences and works. Nearlyall the characters in his novel can find the original shapes in realitysometimes even himself, especially in The Great Gatsby.1.2 Motivation and ObjectiveConsidering disillusion of the American dream, different people havedifferent understandings. “In its board sense, it refers to the ideal ofa nation such as democracy, equality and freedom. While in its narrow sense,it refers to the pursuit of obtaining success of life”. (Wang Weiping,2004:57) Essentially, the American dream is a confident desire forperfection by means of progress. But the history and reality of Americanhave proved that “the American dream” is, to some extent, a kind ofillusion.The great Gatsby is one of the representative works that reflects theillusory nature of the American dream.Part Two Gatsby’s American Dream Gatsby is the representative figure of a self-made man in the twenties. He is born in a poor family in the west of America, and his parents are shiftless and unsuccessful farm people. He comes to the big city—New York where the young men are inspired to make the most of their opportunities to get the key to be successful. They believe that they can be successful men in history, just like Benjamin Franklin, who has been ma n “of humble origin, narrow fortune, small advantages, and self-taught.”(Chen Qing, 2006:18) The poor boy is inspired to do the great deeds by the example of Franklin, like Gatsby. So in the end, Gatsby gets wealth and fame by industry. Some people may think that Gatsby has fulfilled his dream; it is obvious that Gatsby’s dream is a symbol of the American dream for wealth and youth. However, Gatsby’s real dream is to win back his first love Daisy but not to get the money only. Gatsby genuinely has a belief that money can buy anything, innocently thinking that his wealth can erase the last five years of his and daisy’s l ove and reunite them at the original point of 1917. He falls in love with the beautiful and wealthy girl of the upper class and he wants to enter into the upper class through his efforts. Although he devotes his whole life to win the wealth and position, he fails totally at last. Why does he fail? In the thesis the reasons for his failure would be discussed.Part Three Reasons for the Disillusion3.1Gatsby’s Dream is out of Connection with the RealityGay Gatsby is a great young man who has many superficial characters. He tries his best to realize his dreams, but he fails at last. The reason is that he is completely an American dreamer, a man of great imagination and extraordinary hope. He is willing to do anything to gain the social status he thinks necessary to win back Daisy who i s the “golden girl”in his dream. His relentless quest for Daisy demonstrates that Gatsby has an outstanding ability to transform his dreams into reality. But actually, his great dream is swallowed up by the meanness of the upper class and his “golden girl”—Daisy, which are the superficial reasons for his failure. And the deep reason is that his dream is out of connection with the reality. In fact, the people in the twenties do n’t believe in the values of traditional morality any longer and they have their philosophy of life—to “seize every day” and “enjoy every moment”.(Chen Qing, 2006:1) The differences in the understanding between Daisy and Gatsby narrates the distance between the dream and reality; while competition between Gatsby and Tom expresses the strange points of the material wealth and how fragile of the pursuit of the spirit. And the difference between Gatsby and upper class people reflects the downfall of the American society. All these contradictions and conflicts make people realize the fragile of the idealism when the dream confronts the reality. The pursuit of the spiritual life can not realize in the society which only pays a great attention to the material life.3.2 Gatsby’s Love for Daisy is IdealisticAt the last of the novel, he expresses himself “I love only one girl forever”, (F.Scott Fitzgerald, 2004:143) which represents a kind of idealism. But this kind of idealistic love can not be realized, because the girl whom he loves is just a superficial and vulgar woman in reality. For Daisy, love should be built on the wealth and high position and she has accustomed to this sense of security, which can make her live happily. But Gatsby who is born into a poor family gains his wealth and position criminally; he can not give Daisy the security which she has accustomed to. And Daisy will not love anyone who can not give her this kind of security. So in front of Daisy, Gatsby’s real love is an idealistic dream, and this dream can not be realized forever.Just as Americans have endued America with meaning through their dreamsfor their own lives, Gatsby instills Daisy with a sort of idealized perfection that she neither deserves nor possesses. Just as the American dream in the roaring twenties is ruined by the unworthiness of its goal, money and pleasure, Gatsby’s dream is ruined by the unworthiness of its goal, Daisy. “He knew that Daisy was extraordinary, but he didn’t realize just how extraordinary a ‘nice’ girl could be.”(Chen Qing, 2006:25) In Gatsby’s eyes, Daisy is a noble fairy, but she is a superficial and vulgar woman in reality.Gatsby’s love and the American dream connect closely because his first love Daisy is the embodiment of his dream. Daisy is the symbol of wealth and position, and marrying Daisy means entering into the upper class, so he devotes his whole life to win her back. But he fails at last, that is because he can not recognize Daisy clearly and his blindness leads to his death in the end.3.2.1Daisy in RealityDaisy is born into the upper class and grows up in wealthy conditions, so she depends on wealth from her birth and only responds to surface. When Gatsby shows her around his splendid house, she admires what she sees. Later, Gatsby takes out a pile of shirts and throws them one by one before her. She likes these beautiful shirts so much that she even cries out, “They’re such beautiful shirts”, “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such—such beautiful shirts before”. (F.Scott Fitzgerald, 2004:124) “Daisy has n’t any practical value. The people whom Daisy likes are also beautiful without any true value.”(Chen Qing, 2006:15) When she takes part in Gatsby’s party, she s ees many super stars that can only be seen on TV, which makes her very interested and excited. “Perhaps you k now that lady”, (F.Scott Fitzgerald, 2004:140) Gatsby indicates a gorgeous woman who sits in state under a white-plum tree. Daisy stares and says“She’s lovely”，“I’ve never met so many celebri ties, I like that man—what was his name?”.( F.Scott Fitzgerald, 2004:141)“Daisy likes to arrest men’s attention and to get men’s compliments in order that she can depend on them. Maybe it is because s he couldn’t make a living independently, so she has to attach herself to a man, which is her way to live in this world.”(Chen Qing, 2006:15) Daisy marries Tom because of his large wealth and high social position. When Gatsby leaves her, she is very sad and even wants to kill herself. But with the arrival of Tom, her life changes immediately, and then she decides to forget Gatsby, and marries with Tom who has great wealth and high social position.From this aspect we can see that, for Daisy, love is just an interesting game, whereas money and position are the most important things in it. For money and position, she forgets Gatsby quickly, and devotes herself to another wealthy man no matter she loves him or not. But in fact, she will “love” Gatsby if he can make her believe that she can live a wealthy and safe life together with him. Because they have such two different kinds of disillusions towards each other, Daisy can never understand Gatsby’s love for her and thus is not worthy of being loved by Gatsby.After the marriage, the husband Tom treats Daisy badly. Daisy knows that Tom B doesn’t care about her and ha s a mistress outside, so she needs a chance to complain her unfortunate life. Therefore, when Nike visits them, she complains about her misfortune to him. Nick feels very uncomfortable when he hears the complaint from Daisy because he can not understand Daisy. He says “It seemed to me that the thing for Daisy to do was to rush out of the house, child in arms—but apparently there were no such intentions in her head.”(F.Scott Fitzgerald, 2004:27) Actually, Daisy can do nothing, she will not leave Tom. Without Tom she can not enjoy the wealthy life any longer. But she cannot control her fate and she feels sad for herself. So she wants to change her fate with someone’s help. Just at this very time, his first love Gatsby appears as a wealthy man and calls her back. It seems to be a good chance for her to make a decision to leave her bad husband. But instead she refused him, just because Gatsby’s background makes herlack of safety. She destroys Gatsby’s dream totally and goes away with Tom in a hurry. Daisy has to go on living with Tom, which is her fate, so in reality she is also an unfortunate woman. To this point, we can say that at this time, she still doesn’t deserve the love of Gatsby.3.2.2 Daisy in Gatsby’s DreamNo matter how other people may think about Daisy, in the mind of great Gatsby, she should be cherished forever. Although Gatsby and Daisy have departed for five years, Daisy is a lways living in Gatsby’s memory and she has turned into an perfect fairy as time passes by. For Gatsby, if he can marry with Daisy, he can enter into the upper class naturally and gain the identity in the upper class. Maybe it is because in Gatsby’s mind, Daisy has been endowed with a kind of special value. For this special vale, Gatsby would rather devote his whole life to winning her back. At this time, Daisy in reality is not important for him. Because Daisy has become the noble embodiment of the upper class in Gatsby’s dream.Gatsby always thinks the reason why Daisy leaves him is that he is poor and has a low social position when he is young, and he totally believes that he can win Daisy back if he can gain the wealth and high social position. With this faith in his mind, Gatsby determines to win Daisy back, making her the single goal of all his dreams and the symbol of everything he desired. So he earns large wealth by efforts and then buys a splendid house across the bay of Daisy’s and g ives parties day and night on every weekend just want to arrest her coming.Actually, Five years later when Gatsby sees Daisy again, he feels that she is different from the Daisy he dreams of day and night. In reality, Daisy has already lost her magical power and becomes a common woman. Later, Gatsby invites Daisy to take part in his party. And after she leaves, Gatsby feels very disappointed because he thinks that Daisy can’t really understand him any longer. It seems that Gatsby is so disappointed that he will not love her any longer. But Gatsby is really a great dreamer. Hejust pursues every thing in his dream and because Daisy in his dream has turned into a perfect fairy, so Daisy in reality is not so important for him; he would rather believe that Daisy still loves him.In fact, Daisy doesn’t really love anyone else. But Gatsby does not think so. He loves Daisy and he also believes that Daisy also loves him. So people think that Gatsby is a son of God. “He was a son of God—a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that—and he must be about his F ather’s business, the of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty.”(F.Scott Fitzgerald, 2004:131) From this sentence, we can know that he makes Daisy as an embodiment of his dream, without thinking what Daisy is in reality. Actually, Both Nick and Gatsby notice her special voice, and are d escribed as “full of money” and even a “deathless song”.(F.Scott Fitzgerald, 2004:59) Her voice is seemed to jingle with a sound of wealth to Gatsby. For Daisy, it seems that wealth is more important than love itself. So Gatsby can’t get true love from her no matter he is poor or wealthy. This indicates that Gatsby’s dream for Daisy will be inevitable destructed.3.3 Gatsby’s Dream for the Upper Class is IdealisticFitzgerald deeply feels the transformations of the values o f traditional morality and people will not admire any self-made hero longer and they only care about individual enjoyment. So in a society with spiritual emptiness and moral decadence, Gatsby with much imagination is doomed to fail.Compared with the wealthy people, Gatsby is different in nature. He has dreams and ambitions, and tries his best to realize them. But he can not see the upper class clearly. The upper class in Gatsby’s dream is different from the one in reality.And his dream can not be realized in this kind of upper class nowadays.3.3.1 The Upper Class People in Gatsby’s MindIn Gatsby’s mind, if he has money, he can get into the upper classnaturally, and being an upper class member, he should be a moral person who has many virtues. So he stresses himself with the self-improvement and hard work; it can be proved easily in Gatsby’s schedule: No wasting timeNo more smoking or chewingBath every other dayRead one improving book or magazine per weekSave$5.00[crossed out] $3.00 per weekBe better to parents (F.Scott Fitzgerald, 2004:231)Gatsby’s li st of self-improving resolves is similar with Benjamin Franklin’s rules for self-improvement on eighteenth-century. Gatsby learns to him, and decides to be a decent person like him. In Nick’s eyes, “he was a handsome young man about thirty years old and dressed very well. He spoke very politely and it is a little funny to me. Most men in his age were not so polite. He spoke as if he is carefully choosing his words.”(F.Scott Fitzgerald, 2004:42) He does his best to be the same hero as Benjamin Franklin, believing that he can also be successful if he sets strict demands on himself.3.3.2 The Upper Class People in RealityBut in fact, people in that age do not believe in any hero of the American dream. They only care about themselves and enjoy themselves without considering the feelings of other people. They just like to pursue the enjoyment. And they have their philosophy of life—to “seize every day”and “enjoy every moment”. (Chen Qing, 2006:1) That can be proved easily in the novel of The Great Gatsby.In the party of the upper class, everyone needn’t know the name of anyone else and talks friendly as if they have known each other well for a long time. P eople taking part in Gatsby’s parties don’t know h im at all and even don’t see him before. They will not appreciate Gatsby who holds party for them, but making the rumors for him. In their eyes, Gatsbyis just a subordinate. Maybe, some of them do not care about who he is. They come here just because they want to enjoy themselves, and they need these big parties to prove their positions, while Gatsby also need them to raise his social position. They have mutual needs, so the parties can be held on every weekend. But nobody will remember him after they go away from his big parties. “A ll over the party, people were laughing, talking and drinking. But all the happiness seemed so empty.”(F.Scott Fitzgerald, 2004:40) In the society which people don’t care about others and just knowing to enjoy them. Gatsby, who does n’t really understand the true value of wealth in real life, can not live longer and his dreams can not be realized.3.4 Destroyer of Gatsby’s Dream—Tom3.4.1 Tom in RealityTom is the representative person in the upper class. In the novel, he is the direct destroyer of Gatsby’s dream. Both Gatsby and Tom possess wealth, but they are very different. Gatsby earns his wealth by diligence and discipline and uses his wealth to realize his great dreams, while Tom do not have any large goals and lives happily on the wealth that his father has created. In the end, Tom wins and goes away with Daisy in a hurry, while Gatsby i s killed by the husband of Tom’s mistress, George Wilson. From this aspect, we can see that Tom is a vicious man in reality. Maybe it is because he is born into a wealthy family and has been spoiled. Tom is a former football player at Yale and enjoys the high status, but he is an arrogant, cruel person who does nothing important everyday, just playing with cars and racing horses. Only in this way can he win his own ego. It is obvious that he does not have any moral standards which he demands for the people around him. He is the representative person of the upper class in reality which has replaced American idealism.Tom is also an immoral person who just knows to ask others to be honest. In order to meet his desire, Tom has an affair with the fleshly woman Myrtleand keeps an apartment in the city for their dating. But he is not upset at all and he even opens their relationship in public. He treats Daisy badly, however, when he knows that Daisy and Gatsby are having an affair. He even becomes outraged and forced them to confront it in the room at the hotel where he irritates Gatsby to win his wife back and thus destroys his rival’s dreams. From this aspect, we can also see that Tom actually is a man of violence, because he tells the group of people that Gatsby’s wealth is criminally obtained and thus he is cheating Daisy all the time. Then he forces Daisy to change the declaration that she has never loved him. To be honest, Daisy does not love Tom, she loves Tom for his wealth and will be reluctant to leave him, for he can provide her with security and the lifestyle to which she is accustomed. The victory of Tom reflects that Gatsby can not really enter into the upper class. For the upper class people like Tom, they will never take Gatsby as their friend but a subordinate.Tom is also a careless person who will not be worried about the sufferings he causes. When problems arise, he will run to his money and safe situation, leaving it to be dealt with by others and will never take the responsibility. After the death of Tom’s mistress Myrtle, Tom tells her husband that Gatsby is the killer and then runs away with Daisy quickly until the affair finishes.3.4.2 The Differences between Gatsby and TomComparing with Tom, Gatsby is really a strange hero of the Jazz Age. Because he creates wealth by diligence and discipline but he doesn’t really understand the true value of wealth in real life, that is, “wealth makes people enjoy life”. (Chen Qing, 2006:16) He does n’t know this point, so he still lives a simple life. “His bedroom was the simplest room of all—except where the dresser was garnished with a toilet set of pure dull gold.”(F.Scott Fitzgerald, 2004:122)He holds big parties not to enjoy himself, but to arrest his first love Daisy’s coming.“When the party is over and the guests go away, Gatsby soaks in large loneliness” (F.ScottFitzgerald, 2004:78) and at this moment he is himself.Tom is a representative person of the realism, while Gatsby is a representative person of the idealism. Tom is a realist who lives in reality while Gatsby is an idealist who lives in his dreams. Gatsby’s dream is out of connection with the reality, so his dream can not be realized.Part Four ConclusionAlthough Gatsby’s dream fails, his greatness still rests on his dream, which distinguishes him from the other disillusioned people, who have lost the capacity to wonder and to dream. But as time goes by, Gatsby reveals himself to be a man who stakes everything on his dreams, unaware that his dreams are out of connection with the reality and unworthy of him.To sum up, Gatsby’s dream is incompatible with reality. Gatsby is a great dreamer who just lives in his dreams, without considering the changes of the society. In his dream, every thing is beautiful: Daisy is a perfect fairy who can give him hopes; the upper class people are all decent ones who can cooperate with him very well. But in reality, every thing is different: his dreaming girl can not really understand Gatsby’s love for her; while the upper class people are the disillusioned ones who just make Gatsby as a subordinate. Facing the reality, Gatsby does not adjust himself to suit the society, but to pursuit his dreams which are out of connection with the reality. At last, it leads his dream to be a disillusion.Considering ourselves, we are the students who are going to devote ourselves into the society. Some of us may have great dreams and are ambitiously hoping to realize them immediately, just like Gatsby. But we must remind ourselves every moment that we are living in reality but not in our dreams. Dream is always very beautiful while the reality is always impersonal, it can not be changed as what we want to. So we should suit ourselves with the changes of the society and make achievement step by step. If we can persist in the above principle and work hard everyday, I am surewe will succeed and then fulfill our dreams eventually.Bibliography[1] Cheng Qing, The Disillusionment of The American dream in The GreatGatsby and Tender Is The Night [J]. 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