TheGreatGatsby英语简介

TheGreatGatsby英语简介
The Great Gatsby 《了不起的盖茨比》英语简介
The character relation of the story is very complicated.Nick is the narrator of the story. He is Gatsby’s neighbor and good friend. And he is Daisy’s cousin,he is Daisy’s husband Tom’s college classmate too. Gatsby was still a very poor major many years ago and at that time he fell in love with a beautiful girl named Daisy, but when he came back with a huge fortune,Daisy had married a rich man,Tom.Gatsby wanted to retrieve the lost love,so Nick helped him to invite Daisy to have afternoon tea together.Gatsby had a firm belief that Daisy kept on loving him,and he believed the reason why Daisy didn’t wait him just because of money.One day,Daisy accidently knocked down and killed the mistress of Tom. Daisy pinned everything on Gatsby, and Gatsby determined to protect Daisy at any cost. The last, Gatsby was killed by Myrtle Wilson’s husband and only Nick attended his funeral.
The story happened between 1919 to 1929,and this period was called Roaring Twenties or Jazz age. Economic boom made every Americans retrust The American Dream. At that time,people were confident and cheerful,hoping that they could realize their dreams and live a better life. The Roaring Twenties were years of revolution in social values among some Americans, esspecially people’s value in money.
The Roaring Twenties ended with the coming of The Great Depression.It ended with a crash.
The American Dream is an important theme of The Great Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby is a realistic novel of a bell that tolls for the
American Dream,truthfully represents the spirit and features of the"Jazz Age".
Through the glittering world of The Great Gatsby runs the themes of moral waste and decay and the lack of personal responsibility which is characteristic of the Jazz Age.
The Great Gatsby is a general critique of the American dream.。