TheGreatGatsby了不起的盖茨比英文
The Great Gasby
中文简介《了不起的盖茨比》（英语：The Great Gatsby，又译《大亨小传》），出版于1925年，是美国作家弗朗西斯·斯科特·基·菲茨杰拉德所写的一部以20世纪20年代的纽约市及长岛为背景的短篇小说，被视为美国文学“爵士时代”的象征。
它在初出版时并不受欢迎——菲茨杰拉德在世时的总销量只有少于二万四千本。
在大萧条以及二战时被忽略，直至20世纪50年代再版时才受到广泛注目。
其后的数十年它更成为高中、大学文学课的标准教材。
经常有人把它称为20世纪最伟大的英文小说之一[1]。
杰·盖茨比是一个年轻的百万富翁，他过去的名声并不十分好，他本人也相当可疑。
他与他交往的社会阶层并没有什么太多的联系，而且没人知道他是怎样发财的。
有人说他在禁酒期间非法酿酒发财。
还有传说说他杀过人，或者他在战争中是德国间谍。
有人甚至说他是德皇威廉二世的侄子。
无论如何，虽然他举办众多的豪华的宴会，而且有许多人到他那里去吃喝，他始终是一个孤独的人。
他所想要的仅仅是“重复过去”：与他一生的爱人黛西在一起。
但黛西现在已经和一个稳重的、受人尊敬的百万富翁汤姆·布卡南结婚了，两人还有一个女儿。
对盖茨比来说，这并不妨碍他争取黛西的爱，而黛西觉得她被她的婚姻束缚，对她的婚姻不满，喜欢盖茨比的主意。
小说的主人公尼克·卡拉威（第一人称）是一个华尔街的股票商，他是盖茨比的邻居。
后来卡拉威体会到不论外表上多么尊严，这些巨富们实际上是非常淡漠的人，汤姆和黛西也不例外。
汤姆有一个情人默尔特，她是长岛和纽约市的高楼大厦之间的不毛之地上的一个加油站主的妻子。
一天，盖茨比与汤姆因为黛西产生争执后，黛西因为神经紧张，为了平息情绪，驾着盖茨比的车返回，盖茨比同坐。
在交通事故中黛西意外地将默尔特碾死了，默尔特是汤姆的情妇。
为了保护黛西，盖茨比说是他驾的车。
痛恨盖茨比的汤姆，说服默尔特的丈夫，是盖茨比勾引了默尔特并且故意将她杀死。
外国英语小说带翻译
外国英语小说带翻译The Great Gatsby 《了不起的盖茨比》。
The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which was first published in 1925. The story is set in the summer of 1922 and revolves around the lives of Jay Gatsby, a wealthy young man, and his love for Daisy Buchanan, a married woman.The novel is narrated by Nick Carraway, a young man from the Midwest who moves to New York to work in the bond business. He becomes neighbors with Gatsby, who throws extravagant parties in the hope that Daisy will attend. Nick becomes friends with Gatsby and learns about his past and his obsession with Daisy.The novel explores themes of love, wealth, and the American Dream. Gatsby's pursuit of wealth and status is fueled by his desire to win Daisy's love, but ultimately leads to his downfall. The characters in the novel are allflawed, with their own desires and motivations.Fitzgerald's writing is known for its lyrical prose andvivid descriptions of the Jazz Age.The Great Gatsby has been adapted into several films, including the 2013 Baz Luhrmann version starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby and Carey Mulligan as Daisy. The novel continues to be a popular choice for literature classes and book clubs, and is considered a classic of American literature.《了不起的盖茨比》是F. Scott Fitzgerald所写的小说，首次出版于1925年。
the_great_gatsby(了不起的盖茨比)_英文介绍及赏析
The Great Gatsby F.Scott.FitzgeraldContextFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, and named after his ancestor Francis Scott Key, the author of The Star-Spangled Banner. Fitzgerald was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. Though an intelligent child, he did poorly in school and was sent to a New Jersey boarding school in 1911. Despite being a mediocre student there, he managed to enroll at Princeton in 1913. Academic troubles and apathy plagued him throughout his time at college, and he never graduated, instead enlisting in the army in 1917, as World War I neared its end. Fitzgerald became a second lieutenant, and was stationed at Camp Sheridan, in Montgomery, Alabama. There he met and fell in love with a wild seventeen-year-old beauty named Zelda Sayre. Zelda finally agreed to marry him, but her overpowering desire for wealth, fun, and leisure led her to delay their wedding until he could prove a success. With the publication of This Side of Paradise in 1920, Fitzgerald became a literary sensation, earning enough money and fame to convince Zelda to marry him.Many of these events from Fitzgerald’s early life appear in his most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, published in 1925. Like Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway is a thoughtful young man from Minnesota, educated at an Ivy League school (in Nick’s case, Yale), who moves to New York after the war. Also similar to Fitzgerald is Jay Gatsby, a sensitive young man who idolizes wealth and luxury and who falls in love with a beautiful young woman while stationed at a military camp in the South.Having become a celebrity, Fitzgerald fell into a wild, reckless life-style of parties and decadence, while desperately trying to please Zelda by writing to earn money. Similarly, Gatsby amasses a great deal of wealth at a relatively young age, and devotes himself to acquiring possessions and throwing parties that he believes will enable him to win Daisy’s love. As the giddiness of the Roaring Twenties dissolved into the bleakness of the Great Depression, however, Zelda suffered a nervous breakdown and Fitzgerald battled alcoholism, which hampered his writing. He published Tender Is the Night in 1934, and sold short stories to The Saturday Evening Post to support his lavish lifestyle. In 1937, he left for Hollywood to write screenplays, and in 1940, while working on his novel The Love of the Last Tycoon, died of a heart attack at the age of forty-four.Fitzgerald was the most famous chronicler of 1920s America, an era that he dubbed “the Jazz Age.” Written in 1925, The Great Gatsby is one of the greatest literary documents of this period, in which the American economy soared, bringing unprecedented levels of prosperity to the nation. Prohibition, the ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution (1919), made millionaires out of bootleggers, and an underground culture of revelry sprang up. Sprawling private parties managed to elude police notice, and “speakeasies”—secret clubs that sold liquor—thrived. The chaos and violence of World War I left America in a state of shock, and the generation that fought the war turned to wild and extravagant living to compensate. The staid conservatism and timeworn values of the previous decade were turned on their ear, as money, opulence, and exuberance became the order of the day.Like Nick in The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald found this new lifestyle seductive and exciting, and, like Gatsby, he had always idolized the very rich. Now he found himself in an era in which unrestrained materialism set the tone of society, particularly in the large cities of the East. Even so, like Nick, Fitzgerald saw through the glitter of the Jazz Age to the moral emptiness and hypocrisy beneath, and part of him longed for this absent moral center. In many way s, The Great Gatsby represents Fitzgerald’s attempt to confront his conflicting feelings about the Jazz Age. Like Gatsby, Fitzgerald was driven by his love for a woman who symbolized everything he wanted, even as she led him toward everything he despised.Plot OverviewNick Carraway, a young man from Minnesota, moves to New York in the summer of 1922 to learn about the bond business. He rents a house in the West Egg district of Long Island, a wealthy but unfashionable area populated by the new rich, a group who have made their fortunes too recently to have established social connections and who are prone to garish displays of wealth. Nick’s next-door neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby, who lives in a gigantic Gothic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night.Nick is unlike the other inhabitants of West Egg—he was educated at Yale and has social connections in East Egg, a fashionable area of Long Island home to the established upper class. Nick drives out to East Egg one evening for dinner with his cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her husband, Tom, an erstwhile classmate of Nick’s at Yale. Daisy and Tom introduce Nick to Jordan Baker, a beautiful, cynical young woman with whom Nick begins a romantic relationship. Nick also l earns a bit about Daisy and Tom’s marriage: Jordan tells him that Tom has a lover, Myrtle Wilson, who lives in the valley of ashes, a gray industrial dumping ground between West Egg and New York City. Not long after this revelation, Nick travels to New York City with Tom andMyrtle. At a vulgar, gaudy party in the apartment that Tom keeps for the affair, Myrtle begins to taunt Tom about Daisy, and Tom responds by breaking her nose.As the summer progresses, Nick eventually garners an invitation to one of Ga tsby’s legendary parties. He encounters Jordan Baker at the party, and they meet Gatsby himself, a surprisingly young man who affects an English accent, has a remarkable smile, and calls everyone “old sport.” Gatsby asks to speak to Jordan alone, and, through Jordan, Nick later learns more about his mysterious neighbor. Gatsby tells Jordan that he knew Daisy in Louisville in 1917 and is deeply in love with her. He spends many nights staring at the green light at the end of her dock, across the bay from his mansion. Gatsby’s extravagant lifestyle and wild parties are simply an attempt to impress Daisy. Gatsby now wants Nick to arrange a reunion between himself and Daisy, but he is afraid that Daisy will refuse to see him if she knows that he still loves her. Nick invites Daisy to have tea at his house, without telling her that Gatsby will also be there. After an initially awkward reunion, Gatsby and Daisy reestablish their connection. Their love rekindled, they begin an affair.After a short time, Tom grows in creasingly suspicious of his wife’s relationship with Gatsby. At a luncheon at the Buchanans’ house, Gatsby stares at Daisy with such undisguised passion that Tom realizes Gatsby is in love with her. Though Tom is himself involved in an extramarital affair, he is deeply outraged by the thought that his wife could be unfaithful to him. He forces the group to drive into New York City, where he confronts Gatsby in a suite at the Plaza Hotel. Tom asserts that he and Daisy have a history that Gatsby could never understand, and he announces to his wife that Gatsby is a criminal—his fortune comes from bootlegging alcohol and other illegal activities. Daisy realizes that her allegiance is to Tom, and Tom contemptuously sends her back to East Egg with Gatsby, attempting to prove that Gatsby cannot hurt him.When Nick, Jordan, and Tom drive through the valley of ashes, however, they discover that Gatsby’s car has struck and killed Myrtle, Tom’s lover. They rush back to Long Island, where Nick learns from Gatsby that Daisy was driving the car when it struck Myrtle, but that Gatsby intends to take the blame. The next day, Tom tells Myrtle’s husband, George, that Gatsby was the driver of the car. George, who has leapt to the conclusion that the driver of the car that killed Myrtle must have been her lover, finds Gatsby in the pool at his mansion and shoots him dead. He then fatally shoots himself.Nick stages a small funeral for Gatsby, ends his relationship with Jordan, and moves back to the Midwest to escape the disgust h e feels for the people surrounding Gatsby’s life and for the emptiness and moral decay of life among the wealthy on the East Coast. Nick reflects that just as Gatsby’s dream of Daisy was corrupted by money and dishonesty, the American dream of happiness and individualism has disintegrated into the mere pursuit of wealth. Though Gatsby’s power to transform his dreams into reality is what makes him “great,” Nick reflects that the era of dreaming—both Gatsby’s dream and the American dream—is over.Character ListNick Carraway - The novel’s narrator, Nick is a young man from Minnesota who, after being educated at Yale and fighting in World War I, goes to New York City to learn the bond business. Honest, tolerant, and inclined to reserve judgment, Nick often serves as a confidant for those with troubling secrets. After moving to West Egg, a fictional area of Long Island that is home to the newly rich, Nick quickly befriends his next-door neighbor, the mysterious Jay Gatsby. As Daisy Buchanan’s cousin, he facil itates the rekindling of the romance between her and Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is told entirely through Nick’s eyes; his thoughts and perceptions shape and color the story.Nick Carraway (In-Depth Analysis)Jay Gatsby - The title character and protagonist of the novel, Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. He is famous for the lavish parties he throws every Saturday night, but no one knows where he comes from, what he does, or how he made his fortune. As the novel progresses, Nick learns that Gatsby was born James Gatz on a farm in North Dakota; working for a millionaire made him dedicate his life to the achievement of wealth. When he met Daisy while training to be an officer in Louisville, he fell in love with her. Nick also learns that Gatsby made his fortune through criminal activity, as he was willing to do anything to gain the social position he thought necessary to win Daisy. Nick views Gatsby as a deeply flawed man, dishonest and vulgar, whose extraordinary optimism and power to transform his dreams into reality make him “great” nonetheless.Jay Gatsby (In-Depth Analysis)Daisy Buchanan - Nick’s cousin, and the woman Gatsby loves. As a young woman in Louisville before the war, Daisy was courted by a number of officers, including Gatsby. She fell in love with Gatsby and promised to wait for him. However, Daisy harbors a deep need to be loved, and when a wealthy, powerful young man named Tom Buchanan asked her to marry him, Daisy decided not to wait for Gatsby after all. Now a beautifulsocialite, Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island. She is sardonic and somewhat cynical, and behaves superficially to mask her pain at her husband’s constant infidelity. Daisy Buchanan (In-Depth Analysis)Tom Buchanan - Daisy’s immensely wealthy husband, once a member of Nick’s social club at Yale. Powerfully built and hailing from a socially solid old family, Tom is an arrogant, hypocritical bully. His social attitudes are laced with racism and sexism, and he never even considers trying to live up to the moral standard he demands from those around him. He has no moral qualms about his own extramarital affair with Myrtle, but when he begins to suspect Daisy and Gatsby of having an affair, he becomes outraged and forces a confrontation.Jordan Baker - Daisy’s friend, a woman with whom Nick becomes romantically involved during the course of the novel. A competitive golfer, Jordan represents one of the “new women” of the 1920s—cynical, boyish, and self-centered. Jordan is beautiful, but also dishonest: she cheated in order to win her first golf tournament and continually bends the truth.Myrtle Wilson - Tom’s lover, whose lifeless husband George owns a run-down garage in the valley of ashes. Myrtle herself possesses a fierce vitality and desperately looks for a way to improve her situation. Unfortunately for her, she chooses Tom, who treats her as a mere object of his desire.George Wilson - Myrtle’s husband, the lifeless, exhausted owner of a run-down auto shop at the edge of the valley of ashes. George loves and idealizes Myrtle, and is devastated by her affair with Tom. George is consumed with grief when Myrtle is killed. George is comparable to Gatsby in that both are dreamers and both are ruined by their unrequited love for women who love Tom.Owl Eyes - The eccentric, bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby’s mansion. Nick finds Owl Eyes looking through Gatsby’s library, astonished that the boo ks are real. Klipspringer - The shallow freeloader who seems almost to live at Gatsby’s mansion, taking advantage of his host’s money. As soon as Gatsby dies, Klipspringer disappears—he does not attend the funeral, but he does call Nick about a pair of te nnis shoes that he left at Gatsby’s mansion.Analysis of Major CharactersJay GatsbyThe title character of The Great Gatsby is a young man, around thirty years old, who rose from an impoverished childhood in rural North Dakota to become fabulously wealthy. However, he achieved this lofty goal by participating in organized crime, including distributing illegal alcohol and trading in stolen securities. From his early youth, Gatsby despised poverty and longed for wealth and sophistication—he dropped out of St. Olaf’s College after only two weeks because he could not bear the janitorial job with which he was paying his tuition. Though Gatsby has always wanted to be rich, his main motivation in acquiring his fortune was his love for Daisy Buchanan, whom he met as a young military officer in Louisville before leaving to fight in World War I in 1917. Gatsby immediately fell in love with Daisy’s aura of luxury, grace, and charm, and lied to her about his own background in order to convince her that he was good enough for her. Daisy promised to wait for him when he left for the war, but married Tom Buchanan in 1919, while Gatsby was studying at Oxford after the war in an attempt to gain an education. From that moment on, Gatsby dedicated himself to winning Daisy back, and his acquisition of millions of dollars, his purchase of a gaudy mansion on West Egg, and his lavish weekly parties are all merely means to that end.Fitzgerald delays the introduction of most of this information until fairly late in the novel. Gats by’s reputation precedes him—Gatsby himself does not appear in a speaking role until Chapter III. Fitzgerald initially presents Gatsby as the aloof, enigmatic host of the unbelievably opulent parties thrown every week at his mansion. He appears surrounded by spectacular luxury, courted by powerful men and beautiful women. He is the subject of a whirlwind of gossip throughout New York and is already a kind of legendary celebrity before he is ever introduced to the reader. Fitzgerald propels the novel forward through the early chapters by shrouding Gatsby’s background and the source of his wealth in mystery (the reader learns about Gatsby’s childhood in Chapter VI and receives definitive proof of his criminal dealings in Chapter VII). As a result, the reader’s first, distant impressions of Gatsby strike quite a different note from that of the lovesick, naive young man who emerges during the later part of the novel.Fitzgerald uses this technique of delayed character revelation to emphasize the theatrical qualit y of Gatsby’s approach to life, which is an important part of his personality. Gatsby has literally created his own character, even changing his name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby to represent his reinvention of himself. As his relentless quest for Daisy demonstrates, Gatsby has an extraordinary ability to transform his hopes and dreams into reality; at the beginning of the novel, he appears to the reader just as he desires to appear to the world. This talent forself-invention is what gives Gatsby his qual ity of “greatness”: indeed, the title “The Great Gatsby” is reminiscent of billings for such vaudeville magicians as “The Great Houdini” and “The Great Blackstone,” suggesting that the persona of Jay Gatsby is a masterful illusion.Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.(See Important Quotations Explained)As the novel progresses and Fitzgerald deconstructs Gatsby’s self-presentation, Gatsby reveals himself to be an innocent, hopeful young man who stakes everything on his dreams, not realizing that his dreams are unworthy of him. Gatsby invests Daisy with an idealistic perfection that she cannot possibly attain in reality and pursues her with a passionate zeal that blinds him to her limitations. His dream of her disintegrates, revealing the corruption that wealth causes and the unworthiness of the goal, much in the way Fitzgerald sees the American dream crumbling in the 1920s, as America’s powerful optimism, vitality, and individualism become subordinated to the amoral pursuit of wealth.Gatsby is contrasted most consistently with Nick. Critics point out that the former, passionate and active, and the latter, sober and reflective, seem to represent two sides of Fitzgerald’s personality. Additionally, where as Tom is a cold-hearted, aristocratic bully, Gatsby is a loyal and good-hearted man. Though his lifestyle and attitude differ greatly from those of George Wilson, Gatsby and Wilson share the fact that they both lose their love interest to Tom.Nick CarrawayIf Gatsby represents one part of Fitzgerald’s personality, the flashy celebrity who pursued and glorified wealth in order to impress the woman he loved, then Nick represents another part: the quiet, reflective Midwesterner adrift in the lurid East. A young man (he turns thirty during the course of the novel) from Minnesota, Nick travels to New York in 1922 to learn the bond business. He lives in the West Egg district of Long Island, next door to Gatsby. Nick is also Daisy’s cousin, which enables him to o bserve and assist the resurgent love affair between Daisy and Gatsby. As a result of his relationship to these two characters, Nick is the perfect choice to narrate the novel, which functions as a personal memoir of his experiences with Gatsby in the summer of 1922. Nick is also well suited to narrating The Great Gatsby because of his temperament. As he tells the reader in Chapter I, he is tolerant, open-minded, quiet, and a good listener, and, as a result, others tend to talk to him and tell him their secrets. Gatsby, in particular, comes to trust him and treat him as a confidant. Nick generally assumes a secondary role throughout the novel, preferring to describe and comment on events rather than dominate the action. Often, however, he functions as Fitzger ald’s voice, as in his extended meditation on time and the American dream at the end of Chapter IX.Insofar as Nick plays a role inside the narrative, he evidences a strongly mixed reaction to life on the East Coast, one that creates a powerful internal conflict that he does not resolve until the end of the book. On the one hand, Nick is attracted to the fast-paced, fun-driven lifestyle of New York. On the other hand, he finds that lifestyle grotesque and damaging. This inner conflict is symbolized througho ut the book by Nick’s romantic affair with Jordan Baker. He is attracted to her vivacity and her sophistication just as he is repelled by her dishonesty and her lack of consideration for other people.Nick states that there is a “quality of distortion” to life in New York, and this lifestyle makes him lose his equilibrium, especially early in the novel, as when he gets drunk at Gatsby’s party in Chapter II. After witnessing the unraveling of Gatsby’s dream and presiding over the appalling spectacle of Gatsby’s funeral, Nick realizes that the fast life of revelry on the East Coast is a cover for the terrifying moral emptiness that the valley of ashes symbolizes. Having gained the maturity that this insight demonstrates, he returns to Minnesota in search of a quieter life structured by more traditional moral values.Daisy BuchananPartially based on Fitzgerald’s wife, Zelda, Daisy is a beautiful young woman from Louisville, Kentucky. She is Nick’s cousin and the object of Gatsby’s love. As a young debutante in Louisville, Daisy was extremely popular among the military officers stationed near her home, including Jay Gatsby. Gatsby lied about his background to Daisy, claiming to be from a wealthy family in order to convince her that he was worthy of her. Eventually, Gatsby won Daisy’s heart, and they made love before Gatsby left to fight in the war. Daisy promised to wait for Gatsby, but in 1919 she chose instead to marry Tom Buchanan, a young man from a solid, aristocratic family who could promise her a wealthy lifestyle and who had the support of her parents.After 1919, Gatsby dedicated himself to winning Daisy back, making her the single goal of all of his dreams and the main motivation behind his acquisition of immense wealth through criminal activity. To Gatsby, Daisy represents the paragon of perfection—she has the aura of charm, wealth, sophistication, grace, and aristocracy that he longed for as a child in North Dakota and that first attracted him to her. In reality, however, Daisy fallsfar short of Gatsby’s ideals. She is beautiful and charming, but also fickle, shallow, bored, and sardonic. Nick characterizes her as a careless person who smashes things up and then retreats behind her money. Daisy proves her real nature when she chooses Tom over Gatsby in Chapter VII, then allows Gatsby to take the blame for killing Myrtle Wilson even though she herself was driving the car. Finally, rather than attend Gatsby’s funeral, Daisy and Tom move away, leaving no forwarding address.Like Zelda Fitzgerald, Daisy is in love with money, ease, and material luxury. She is capable of affection (she seems genuinely fond of Nick and occasionally seems to love Gatsby sincerely), but not of sustained loyalty or care. She is indifferent even to her own infant daughter, never discussing her and treating her as an afterthought when she is introduced in Chapter VII. In Fitzgerald’s conception of America in the 1920s, Daisy represents the amoral values of the aristocratic East Egg set.Themes, Motifs & SymbolsThemesThemes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920sOn the surface, The Great Gatsby is a story of the thwarted love between a man and a woman. The main theme of the novel, however, encompasses a much larger, less romantic scope. Though all of its action takes place over a mere few months during the summer of 1922 and is set in a circumscribed geographical area in the vicinity of Long Island, New York, The Great Gatsby is a highly symbolic meditation on 1920s America as a whole, in particular the disintegration of the American dream in an era of unprecedented prosperity and material excess.Fitzgerald portrays the 1920s as an era of decayed social and moral values, evidenced in its overarching cynicism, greed, and empty pursuit of pleasure. The reckless jubilance that led to decadent parties and wild jazz music—epitomized in The Great Gatsby by the opulent parties that Gatsby throws every Saturday night—resulted ultimately in the corruption of the American dream, as the unrestrained desire for money and pleasure surpassed more noble goals. When World War I ended in 1918, the generation of young Americans who had fought the war became intensely disillusioned, as the brutal carnage that they had just faced made the Victorian social morality of early-twentieth-century America seem like stuffy, empty hypocrisy. The dizzying rise of the stock market in the aftermath of the war led to a sudden, sustained increase in the national wealth and a newfound materialism, as people began to spend and consume at unprecedented levels. A person from any social background could, potentially, make a fortune, but the American aristocracy—families with old wealth—scorned the newly rich industrialists and speculators. Additionally, the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919, which banned the sale of alcohol, created a thriving underworld designed to satisfy the massive demand for bootleg liquor among rich and poor alike.Fitzgerald positions the characters of The Great Gatsby as emblems of these social trends. Nick and Gatsby, both of whom fought in World War I, exhibit the newfound cosmopolitanism and cynicism that resulted from the war. The various social climbers and ambitious speculators who attend Gatsby’s parties evidence the greedy scramble for wealth. The clash between “old money” and “new money” manifests itself in the novel’s symbolic geography: East Egg represents the established aristocracy, West Egg the self-made rich. Meyer Wolfshiem and Gatsby’s fortune s ymbolize the rise of organized crime and bootlegging.As Fitzgerald saw it (and as Nick explains in Chapter IX), the American dream was originally about discovery, individualism, and the pursuit of happiness. In the 1920s depicted in the novel, however, easy money and relaxed social values have corrupted this dream, especially on the East Coast. The main plotline of the novel reflects this assessment, as Gatsby’s dream of loving Daisy is ruined by the difference in their respective social statuses, his resorting to crime to make enough money to impress her, and the rampant materialism that characterizes her lifestyle. Additionally, places and objects in The Great Gatsby have meaning only because characters instill them with meaning: the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg best exemplify this idea. In Nick’s mind, the ability to create meaningful symbols constitutes a central component of the American dream, as early Americans invested their new nation with their own ideals and values.Nick compares the green bulk of America rising from the ocean to the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. Just as Americans have given America meaning through their dreams for their own lives, Gatsby instills Daisy with a kind of idealized perfection that she neither deserves nor p ossesses. Gatsby’s dream is ruined by the unworthiness of its object, just as the American dream in the 1920s is ruined by the unworthiness of its object—money and pleasure. Like 1920s Americans in general, fruitlessly seeking a bygone era in which their dreams had value, Gatsby longs to re-create a vanished past—his time in Louisville with Daisy—but is incapable of doing so. When his dream crumbles, all that is left for Gatsby to do is die; all Nick can do is moveback to Minnesota, where American values have not decayed.The Hollowness of the Upper ClassOne of the major topics explored in The Great Gatsby is the sociology of wealth, specifically, how the newly minted millionaires of the 1920s differ from and relate to the old aristocracy of the country’s richest families. In the novel, West Egg and its denizens represent the newly rich, while East Egg and its denizens, especially Daisy and Tom, represent the old aristocracy. Fitzgerald portrays the newly rich as being vulgar, gaudy, ostentatious, and lacking in social graces and taste. Gatsby, for example, lives in a monstrously ornate mansion, wears a pink suit, drives a Rolls-Royce, and does not pick up on subtle social signals, such as the insincerity of the Sloanes’ invitation to lunch. In contrast, the old aristocracy possesses grace, taste, subtlety, and elegance, epitomized by the Buchanans’ tasteful home and the flowing white dresses of Daisy and Jordan Baker.What the old aristocracy possesses in taste, however, it seems to lack in heart, as the East Eggers prove themselves careless, inconsiderate bullies who are so used to money’s ability to ease their minds that they never worry about hurting others. The Buchanans exemplify this stereotype when, at the end of the novel, they simply move to a new ho use far away rather than condescend to attend Gatsby’s funeral. Gatsby, on the other hand, whose recent wealth derives from criminal activity, has a sincere and loyal heart, remaining outside Daisy’s window until four in the morning in Chapter VII simply to make sure that Tom does not hurt her. Ironically, Gatsby’s good qualities (loyalty and love) lead to his death, as he takes the blame for killing Myrtle rather than letting Daisy be punished, and the Buchanans’ bad qualities (fickleness and selfishness) allow them to remove themselves from the tragedy not only physically but psychologically.MotifsMotifs are recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.GeographyThroughout the novel, places and settings epitomize the various aspects of the 1920s American society that Fitzgerald depicts. East Egg represents the old aristocracy, West Egg the newly rich, the valley of ashes the moral and social decay of America, and New York City the uninhibited, amoral quest for money and pleasure. Additionally, the East is connected to the moral decay and social cynicism of New York, while the West (including Midwestern and northern areas such as Minnesota) is connected to more traditional social values and ideals. Nick’s analysis in Chapter IX of the story he has related reveals his sensitivity to this dichotomy: though it is set in the East, the story is really one of the West, as it tells how people originally from west of the Appalachians (as all of the main characters are) react to the pace and style of life on the East Coast.WeatherAs in much of Shakespeare’s work, the weather in The Great Gatsby unfailingly matches the emotional and narrative tone of the story. Gatsby and Daisy’s reunion begins amid a pouring rain, proving awkward and melancholy; their love reawakens just as the sun begins to come out. Gatsby’s climactic confrontation with Tom occurs on the hottest day of the summer, under the scorching sun (like the fatal encounter between Mercutio and Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet). Wilson kills Gatsby on the first day of autumn, as Gatsby floats in his pool despite a palpable chill in the air—a symbolic attempt to stop time and restore his relationship with Daisy to the way it was five years before, in 1917.SymbolsSymbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts.The Green LightSituated at the end of Daisy’s East Egg dock and barely visible from Gatsby’s West Egg lawn, the green light represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for the future. Gatsby associates it with Daisy, and in Chapter I he reaches toward it in the darkness as a guiding light to lead him to his goal. Because Gatsby’s quest for Daisy is broadly associated with the American dream, the green light also symbolizes that more generalized ideal. In Chapter IX, Nick compares the green light to how America, rising out of the ocean, must have looked to early settlers of the new nation.The Valley of AshesFirst introduced in Chapter II, the valley of ashes between West Egg and New York City consists of a long stretch of desolate land created by the dumping of industrial ashes. It represents the moral and social decay that results from the uninhibited pursuit of wealth, as the rich indulge themselves with regard for nothing but their own pleasure. The valley of ashes also symbolizes the plight of the poor, like George Wilson, who live among the dirty ashes and lose their vitality as a result.The Eyes of Doctor T. J. EckleburgThe eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are a pair of fading, bespectacled eyes painted on an old advertising。
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The Corrupted American Dream
• The American Dream in the novel is more about materialism and selfish pursuit of pleasure (not true love) • No amount of hard work can change where Gatsby came from (can one be disconnected from his past at all?)
The Traditional American Dream
★ ( Improving financial situation) 1. getting out of poverty 2. getting good education for kids 3. opening one’s own business 4. getting very rich
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5. living upper-class lives 6. becoming a senator or something
7. becoming the President
James Truslow Adams `The American Dream`
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• Unlike early settlers who came west to America from Europe seeking wealth and freedom or the pioneers who headed west for the same reason, Gatsby turned east not in the hope of building a life but getting rich. • Wealth for him is the only solution to his problems. Therefore,…
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③ Traditional puritanical morality（传统清教徒观念） and the "industrious and thrifty" results thoughts of religious belief gradually replaced by hedonism, which chase personal wealth, enjoy the material life.
Daisy and Gatsby were lovers 5 years ago. They met again and loved each others as well. They had affaris and Gatsby didn't hold the party anymore.
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the “Lost Generation" of the 1920s.
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resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream.
Zelda Fitzgerald
Zelda Sayre at about 16, in dance costume
•Attitude towards money :contradictory and complex •Double vision:knowing it well inside;seeing it ironically outside •Special experience:familiar with life style,mental state and moral standards of the rich •Critical of the rich and showing the disintegrating effects of wealth on the emotional make-up
Nick Carraway –at the start of the plot, a newly arrived resident of West Egg.He serves as the first-person narrator of the novel. He is Gatsby's next-door neighbor and a bond salesman.
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• Myrtle Wilson -Tom has an affair with this
married woman,and then abandons her after he become bored with her. • George B. Wilson –Mytle’s husband,the lifeless,exhausted owner of a run-down auto shop at the edge of the valley of ashes.
• A sense of loss and disillusionment come over him.Daisy and Tom do not really love each other.In fact,Tom has a mistress by the name of Myrtle Wilson,who is the wife of the owner of a garage.One day Daisy quarrles with Tom and in a fit of anger she drives Gatsyby’s car and kills Myrtle in an accident.
The Great Gatsby has resulted in a number of film adaptations.
The Great Gatsby in 2013, by Baz Luhrmann – starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, and Joel Edgerton.
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married woman,and then abandons her after he become bored with her. • George B. Wilson –Mytle’s husband,the lifeless,exhausted owner of a run-down auto
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• Tom Buchanan – Huaband of Daisy;a cruel man who lives life irresponsibly
• Jordan Baker –A cynical and conceited woman who cheats in golf;wants Nick to go out with her.
Major Characters
• Nick Carraway –at the start of the plot, a newly arrived resident of West Egg.He serves as the first-person narrator of the novel. He is Gatsby's next-door neighbor and a bond salesman.
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The Great Gatsby F.Scott.FitzgeraldContextFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, and named after his ancestor Francis Scott Key, the author of The Star-Spangled Banner. Fitzgerald was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. Though an intelligent child, he did poorly in school and was sent to a New Jersey boarding school in 1911. Despite being a mediocre student there, he managed to enroll at Princeton in 1913. Academic troubles and apathy plagued him throughout his time at college, and he never graduated, instead enlisting in the army in 1917, as World War I neared its end.Fitzgerald became a second lieutenant, and was stationed at Camp Sheridan, in Montgomery, Alabama. There he met and fell in love with a wild seventeen-year-old beauty named Zelda Sayre. Zelda finally agreed to marry him, but her overpowering desire for wealth, fun, and leisure led her to delay their wedding until he could prove a success. With the publication of This Side of Paradise in 1920, Fitzgerald became a literary sensation, earning enough money and fame to convince Zelda to marry him.Many of these events from Fitzgerald’s early life appear in his most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, published in 1925. Like Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway is a thoughtful young man from Min nesota, educated at an Ivy League school (in Nick’s case, Yale), who moves to New York after the war. Also similar to Fitzgerald is Jay Gatsby, a sensitive young man who idolizes wealth and luxury and who falls in love with a beautiful young woman while stationed at a military camp in the South.Having become a celebrity, Fitzgerald fell into a wild, reckless life-style of parties and decadence, while desperately trying to please Zelda by writing to earn money. Similarly, Gatsby amasses a great deal of wealth at a relatively young age, and devotes himself to acquiring possessions and throwing parties that he believes will enable him to win Daisy’s love. As the giddiness of the Roaring Twenties dissolved into the ble akness of the Great Depression, however, Zelda suffered a nervous breakdown and Fitzgerald battled alcoholism, which hampered his writing. He published Tender Is the Night in 1934, and sold short stories to The Saturday Evening Post to support his lavish lifestyle. In 1937, he left for Hollywood to write screenplays, and in 1940, while working on his novel The Love of the Last Tycoon, died of a heart attack at the age of forty-four.Fitzgerald was the most famous chronicler of 1920s America, an era that he dubbed “the Jazz Age.” Written in 1925, The Great Gatsby is one of the greatest literary documents of this period, in which the American economy soared, bringing unprecedented levels of prosperity to the nation. Prohibition, the ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution (1919), made millionaires out of bootleggers, and an underground culture of revelry sprang up. Sprawling private parties managed to elude police notice, and “speakeasies”—secret clubs that sold liquor—thrived. The chaos and violence of World War I left America in a state of shock, and the generation that fought the war turned to wild and extravagant living to compensate. The staid conservatism and timeworn values of the previous decade were turned on their ear, as money, opulence, and exuberance became the order of the day.Like Nick in The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald found this new lifestyle seductive and exciting, and, like Gatsby, he had always idolized the very rich. Now he found himself in an era in which unrestrained materialism set the tone of society, particularly in the large cities of the East. Even so, like Nick, Fitzgerald saw through the glitter of the Jazz Age to the moral emptiness and hypocrisy beneath, and part of him longed for this absent moral center. In many way s, The Great Gatsby represents Fitzgerald’s attempt to confront his conflicting feelings about the Jazz Age. Like Gatsby, Fitzgerald was driven by his love for a woman who symbolized everything he wanted, even as she led him toward everything he despised.Plot OverviewNick Carraway, a young man from Minnesota, moves to New York in the summer of 1922 to learn about the bond business. He rents a house in the West Egg district of Long Island, a wealthy but unfashionable area populated by the new rich, a group who have made their fortunes too recently to have established social connections and who are prone to garish displays of wealth. Nick’s next-door neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby, who lives in a gigantic Gothic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night.Nick is unlike the other inhabitants of West Egg—he was educated at Yale and has social connections in East Egg, a fashionable area of Long Island home to the established upper class. Nick drives out to East Egg one evening for dinner with his cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her husband, Tom, an erstwhile classmate of Nick’s at Yale. Daisy and Tom introduce Nick to Jordan Baker, a beautiful, cynical young woman with wh om Nick begins a romantic relationship. Nick also l earns a bit about Daisy and Tom’s marriage: Jordan tells him that Tom has a lover, Myrtle Wilson, who lives in the valley of ashes, a gray industrial dumping ground between West Egg and New York City. Not long after this revelation, Nick travels to New York City with Tom and Myrtle. At a vulgar, gaudy party in the apartment that Tom keeps for the affair, Myrtle begins to taunt Tom about Daisy, and Tom responds by breaking her nose.As the summer progresses, Nick eventually garners an invitation to one of Ga tsby’s legendary parties. He encounters Jordan Baker at the party, and they meet Gatsby himself, a surprisingly young man who affects an English accent, has a remarkable smile, and calls everyone “old sport.” Gatsby asks to speak to Jordan alone, and, through Jordan, Nick later learns more about his mysterious neighbor. Gatsby tells Jordan that he knew Daisy in Louisville in 1917 and is deeply in love with her. He spends many nights staring at the green light at the end of her dock, across the bay from his mansion. Gatsby’s extravagant lifestyle and wild parties are simply an attempt to impress Daisy. Gatsby now wants Nick to arr ange a reunion between himself and Daisy, but he is afraid that Daisy will refuse to see him if she knows that he still loves her. Nick invites Daisy to have tea at his house, without telling her that Gatsby will also be there. After an initially awkward reunion, Gatsby and Daisy reestablish their connection. Their love rekindled, they begin an affair.After a short time, Tom grows in creasingly suspicious of his wife’s relationship with Gatsby. At a luncheon at the Buchanans’ house, Gatsby stares at Daisy with such undisguised passion that Tom realizes Gatsby is in love with her. Though Tom is himself involved in an extramarital affair, he is deeply outraged by the thought that his wife could be unfaithful to him. He forces the group to drive into New York City, where he confronts Gatsby in a suite at the Plaza Hotel. Tom asserts that he and Daisy have a history that Gatsby could never understand, and he announces to his wife that Gatsby is a criminal—his fortune comes from bootlegging alcohol and other illegal activities. Daisy realizes that her allegiance is to Tom, and Tom contemptuously sends her back to East Egg with Gatsby, attempting to prove that Gatsby cannot hurt him.When Nick, Jordan, and Tom drive through the valley of ashes, however, they discover that Gatsby’s car has struck and killed Myrtle, Tom’s lover. They rush back to Long Island, where Nick learns from Gatsby that Daisy was driving the car when it struck Myrtle, but that Gatsby intends to take the blame. The next day, Tom tells Myrtle’s husband, George, that Gatsby was the driver of the car. George, who has leapt to the conclusion that the driver of the car that killed Myrtle must have been her lover, finds Gatsby in the pool at his mansion and shoots him dead. He then fatally shoots himself.Nick stages a small funeral for Gatsby, ends his relationship with Jordan, and moves back to the Midwest to escape the disgust he feels for the people surrounding Gatsby’s life and for the emptiness and moral decay of life among the wealthy on the East Coast. Nick reflects that just as Gatsby’s dream of Daisy was corrupted by money and dishonesty, the American dream of happiness and individualism has disintegrated into the mere pursuit of wealth. Though Gatsby’s power to transform his dreams into reality is what makes him “great,” Nick reflects that the era o f dreaming—both Gatsby’s dream and the American dream—is over.Character ListNick Carraway - The novel’s narrator, Nick is a young man from Minnesota who, after being educated at Yale and fighting in World War I, goes to New York City to learn the bond business. Honest, tolerant, and inclined to reserve judgment, Nick often serves as a confidant for those with troubling secrets. After moving to West Egg, a fictional area of Long Island that is home to the newly rich, Nick quickly befriends his next-door neighbor, the mysterious Jay Gatsby. As Daisy Buchanan’s cousin, he facil itates the rekindling of the romance between her and Gatsby. The GreatGatsby is told entirely through Nick’s eyes; his thoughts and perceptions shape and color the story.Nick Carraway (In-Depth Analysis)Jay Gatsby - The title character and protagonist of the novel, Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. He is famous for the lavish parties he throws every Saturday night, but no one knows where he comes from, what he does, or how he made his fortune. As the novel progresses, Nick learns that Gatsby was born James Gatz on a farm in North Dakota; working for a millionaire made him dedicate his life to the achievement of wealth. When he met Daisy while training to be an officer in Louisville, he fell in love with her. Nick also learns that Gatsby made his fortune through criminal activity, as he was willing to do anything to gain the social position he thought necessary to win Daisy. Nick views Gatsby as a deeply flawed man, dishonest and vulgar, whose extraordinary optimism and power to transform his dreams into reality make him “great” nonetheless.Jay Gatsby (In-Depth Analysis)Daisy Buchanan - Nick’s cousin, and the woman Gatsby loves. As a young woman in Louisville before the war, Daisy was courted by a number of officers, including Gatsby. She fell in love with Gatsby and promised to wait for him. However, Daisy harbors a deep need to be loved, and when a wealthy, powerful young man named Tom Buchanan asked her to marry him, Daisy decided not to wait for Gatsby after all. Now a beautiful socialite, Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island. She is sardonic and somewhat cynical, and behaves superficially to mask her pain at her husband’s constant infidelity.Daisy Buchanan (In-Depth Analysis)Tom Buchanan - Daisy’s immensely wealthy husband, once a member of Nick’s social club at Yale. Powerfully built and hailing from a socially solid old family, Tom is an arrogant, hypocritical bully. His social attitudes are laced with racism and sexism, and he never even considers trying to live up to the moral standard he demands from those around him. He has no moral qualms about his own extramarital affair with Myrtle, but when he begins to suspect Daisy and Gatsby of having an affair, he becomes outraged and forces a confrontation.Jordan Baker - Daisy’s friend, a woman with whom Nick becomes romantically involved during the course of the novel. A competitive golfer, Jordan represents one of the “new women” of the 1920s—cynical, boyish, and self-centered. Jordan is beautiful, but also dishonest: she cheated in order to win her first golf tournament and continually bends the truth.Myrtle Wilson - Tom’s lover, whose lifeless husband George owns a run-down garage in the valley of ashes. Myrtle herself possesses a fierce vitality and desperately looks for a way to improve her situation. Unfortunately for her, she chooses Tom, who treats her as a mere object of his desire.George Wilson - Myrtle’s husband, the lifeless, exhausted owner of a run-down auto shop at the edge of the valley of ashes. George loves and idealizes Myrtle, and is devastated by her affair with Tom. George is consumed with grief when Myrtle is killed. George is comparable to Gatsby in that both are dreamers and both are ruined by their unrequited love for women who love Tom.Owl Eyes - The eccentric, bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby’s mansion. Nick finds Owl Eyes look ing through Gatsby’s library, astonished that the boo ks are real.Klipspringer - The shallow freeloader who seems almost to live at Gatsby’s mansion, taking advantage of his host’s money. As soon as Gatsby dies, Klipspringer disappears—he does not attend the funeral, but he does call Nick about a pair of te nnis shoes that he left at Gatsby’s mansion. Analysis of Major CharactersJay GatsbyThe title character of The Great Gatsby is a young man, around thirty years old, who rose from an impoverished childhood in rural North Dakota to become fabulously wealthy. However, he achieved this lofty goal by participating in organized crime, including distributing illegal alcohol and trading in stolen securities. From his early youth, Gatsby despised poverty and longed for wealth and sophistication—he dropped out of St. Olaf’s College after only two weeks because he could not bear the janitorial job with which he was paying his tuition. Though Gatsby has always wanted to be rich, his main motivation in acquiring his fortune was his love for Daisy Buchanan, whom he met as a young military officer in Louisville before leaving to fight in World War I in 1917. Gatsby immediately fell in love with Daisy’s aura of luxury, grace, and charm, and l ied to her about his own background in order to convince her that he was good enough for her. Daisy promised to wait for him when he left for the war, but married Tom Buchanan in 1919, while Gatsby was studying at Oxford after the war in an attempt to gain an education. From that moment on, Gatsby dedicated himself to winning Daisy back, and his acquisition of millions of dollars, his purchase of a gaudy mansion on West Egg, and his lavish weekly parties are all merely means to that end.Fitzgerald delays the introduction of most of this information until fairly late in the novel. Gats by’s reputation precedes him—Gatsby himself does not appear in a speaking role until Chapter III. Fitzgerald initially presents Gatsby as the aloof, enigmatic host of the unbelievably opulent parties thrown every week at his mansion. He appears surrounded by spectacular luxury, courted by powerful men and beautiful women. He is the subject of a whirlwind of gossip throughout New York and is already a kind of legendary celebrity before he is ever introduced to the reader. Fitzgerald propels the novel forward through the early chapters by shrouding Gatsby’s background and the source of his wealth in mystery (the reader learns about Gatsby’s childhood in Chapter VI and receives definitive proof of his criminal dealings in Chapter VII). As a result, the reader’s first, distant impressions of Gatsby strike quite a different note from that of the lovesick, naive young man who emerges during the later part of the novel. Fitzgerald uses this technique of delayed character revelation to emphasize the theatrical qualit y of Gatsby’s approach to life, which is an important part of his personality. Gatsby has literally created his own character, even changing his name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby to represent his reinvention of himself. As his relentless quest for Daisy demonstrates, Gatsby has an extraordinary ability to transform his hopes and dreams into reality; at the beginning of the novel, he appears to the reader just as he desires to appear to the world. This talent for self-invention is what gives Gatsby his qual ity of “greatness”: indeed, the title “The Great Gatsby” is reminiscent of billings for such vaudeville magicians as “The Gre at Houdini” and “The Great Blackstone,” suggesting that the persona of Jay Gatsby is a masterful illusion.Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.(See Important Quotations Explained)As the novel progresses and Fitzgerald deconstructs Gatsby’s self-presentation, Gatsby reveals himself to be an innocent, hopeful young man who stakes everything on his dreams, not realizing that his dreams are unworthy of him. Gatsby invests Daisy with an idealistic perfection that she cannot possibly attain in reality and pursues her with a passionate zeal that blinds him to her limitations. His dream of her disintegrates, revealing the corruption that wealth causes and the unworthiness of the goal, much in the way Fitzgerald sees the American dream crumbling in the 1920s, as America’s powerful optimism, vitality, and individualism become subordinated to the amoral pursuit of wealth.Gatsby is contrasted most consistently with Nick. Critics point out that the former, passionate and active, and the latter, sober and reflective, seem to represent two sides of Fitzgerald’s personality. Additionally, where as Tom is a cold-hearted, aristocratic bully, Gatsby is a loyal and good-hearted man. Though his lifestyle and attitude differ greatly from those of George Wilson, Gatsby and Wilson share the fact that they both lose their love interest to Tom.Nick CarrawayIf Gatsby represents one part of Fitzgerald’s personality, the flashy celebrity who pursued and glorified wealth in order to impress the woman he loved, then Nick represents another part: the quiet, reflective Midwesterner adrift in the lurid East. A young man (he turns thirty during the course of the novel) from Minnesota, Nick travels to New York in 1922 to learn the bond business. He lives in the West Egg district of Long Island, next doorto Gatsby. Nick is also Daisy’s cousin, which enables him to o bserve and assist the resurgent love affair between Daisy and Gatsby. As a result of his relationship to these two characters, Nick is the perfect choice to narrate the novel, which functions as a personal memoir of his experiences with Gatsby in the summer of 1922.Nick is also well suited to narrating The Great Gatsby because of his temperament. As he tells the reader in Chapter I, he is tolerant, open-minded, quiet, and a good listener, and, as a result, others tend to talk to him and tell him their secrets. Gatsby, in particular, comes to trust him and treat him as a confidant. Nick generally assumes a secondary role throughout the novel, preferring to describe and comment on events rather than dominate the action. Often, however, he functions as Fitzger ald’s voice, as in his extended meditation on time and the American dream at the end of Chapter IX. Insofar as Nick plays a role inside the narrative, he evidences a strongly mixed reaction to life on the East Coast, one that creates a powerful internal conflict that he does not resolve until the end of the book. On the one hand, Nick is attracted to the fast-paced, fun-driven lifestyle of New York. On the other hand, he finds that lifestyle grotesque and damaging. This inner conflict is symbolized througho ut the book by Nick’s romantic affair with Jordan Baker. He is attracted to her vivacity and her sophistication just as he is repelled by her dishonesty and her lack of consideration for other people.Nick states that there is a “quality of distortion” to life in New York, and this lifestyle makes him lose his equilibrium, especially early in the novel, as when he gets drunk at Gatsby’s party in Chapter II. After witnessing the unraveling of Gatsby’s dream and presiding over t he appalling spectacle of Gatsb y’s funeral, Nick realizes that the fast life of revelry on the East Coast is a cover for the terrifying moral emptiness that the valley of ashes symbolizes. Having gained the maturity that this insight demonstrates, he returns to Minnesota in search of a quieter life structured by more traditional moral values.Daisy BuchananPartially based on Fitzgerald’s wife, Zelda, Daisy is a beautiful young woman from Louisville, Kentucky. She is Nick’s cousin and the object of Gatsby’s love. As a young debutante in Louisville, Daisy was extremely popular among the military officers stationed near her home, including Jay Gatsby. Gatsby lied about his background to Daisy, claiming to be from a wealthy family in order to convince her that he was worthy of her. Eventuall y, Gatsby won Daisy’s heart, and they made love before Gatsby left to fight in the war. Daisy promised to wait for Gatsby, bu t in 1919 she chose instead to marry Tom Buchanan, a young man from a solid, aristocratic family who could promise her a wealthy lifestyle and who had the support of her parents.After 1919, Gatsby dedicated himself to winning Daisy back, making her the single goal of all of his dreams and the main motivation behind his acquisition of immense wealth through criminal activity. To Gatsby, Daisy represents the paragon of perfection—she has the aura of charm, wealth, sophistication, grace, and aristocracy that he longed for as a child in North Dakota and that first attracted him to her. In reality, however, Daisy falls far short of Gatsby’s ideals. She is beautiful and charming, but also fickle, shallow, bored, and sardonic. Nick characterizes her as a careless person who smashes things up and then retreats behind her money. Daisy proves her real nature when she chooses Tom over Gatsby in Chapter VII, then allows Gatsby to take the blame for killing Myrtle Wilson even though she herself was driving the car. Finally, rather than a ttend Gatsby’s funeral, Daisy and Tom move away, leaving no forwarding address.Like Zelda Fitzgerald, Daisy is in love with money, ease, and material luxury. She is capable of affection (she seems genuinely fond of Nick and occasionally seems to love Gatsby sincerely), but not of sustained loyalty or care. She is indifferent even to her own infant daughter, never discussing her and treating her as an afterthought when she is introduced in Chapter VII. In Fitzgerald’s conception of America in the 1920s, Daisy represents the amoral values of the aristocratic East Egg set.Themes, Motifs & SymbolsThemesThemes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920sOn the surface, The Great Gatsby is a story of the thwarted love between a man and a woman. The main theme of the novel, however, encompasses a much larger, less romantic scope. Though all of its action takes place over a mere few months during the summer of 1922 and is set in a circumscribed geographical area in the vicinity of Long Island, New York, The Great Gatsby is a highly symbolic meditation on 1920s America as a whole, in particular the disintegration of the American dream in an era of unprecedented prosperity and material excess.Fitzgerald portrays the 1920s as an era of decayed social and moral values, evidenced in its overarching cynicism, greed, and empty pursuit of pleasure. The reckless jubilance that led to decadent parties and wild jazz music—epitomized in The Great Gatsby by the opulent parties that Gatsby throws every Saturday night—resulted ultimately in the corruption of the American dream, as the unrestrained desire for money and pleasure surpassed more noble goals. When World War I ended in 1918, the generation of young Americans who had fought the war became intensely disillusioned, as the brutal carnage that they had just faced made the Victorian social morality of early-twentieth-century America seem like stuffy, empty hypocrisy. The dizzying rise of the stock market in the aftermath of the war led to a sudden, sustained increase in the national wealth and a newfound materialism, as people began to spend and consume at unprecedented levels. A person from any social background could, potentially, make a fortune, but the American aristocracy—families with old wealth—scorned the newly rich industrialists and speculators. Additionally, the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919, which banned the sale of alcohol, created a thriving underworld designed to satisfy the massive demand for bootleg liquor among rich and poor alike.Fitzgerald positions the characters of The Great Gatsby as emblems of these social trends. Nick and Gatsby, both of whom fought in World War I, exhibit the newfound cosmopolitanism and cynicism that resulted from the war. The various social climbers and ambitious speculators who attend Gatsby’s parties evidence the greedy scramble for wealth. The clash between “old money” and “new money” manifests itself in the novel’s symbol ic geography: East Egg represents the established aristocracy, West Egg the self-made rich. Meyer Wolfshiem and Gatsby’s fortune s ymbolize the rise of organized crime and bootlegging.As Fitzgerald saw it (and as Nick explains in Chapter IX), the American dream was originally about discovery, individualism, and the pursuit of happiness. In the 1920s depicted in the novel, however, easy money and relaxed social values have corrupted this dream, especially on the East Coast. The main plotline of the novel reflects this assessment, as Gatsby’s dream of loving Daisy is ruined by the difference in the ir respective social statuses, his resorting to crime to make enough money to impress her, and the rampant materialism that characterizes her lifestyle. Additionally, places and objects in The Great Gatsby have meaning only because characters instill them with meaning: the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg best exemplify this idea. In Nick’s mind, the ability to create meaningful symbols constitutes a central component of the American dream, as early Americans invested their new nation with their own ideals and values.Nick compares the green bulk of America rising from the ocean to the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. Just as Americans have given America meaning through their dreams for their own lives, Gatsby instills Daisy with a kind of idealized perfection that she neither deserves nor possesses. Gatsby’s dream is ruined by the unworthiness of its object, just as the American dream in the 1920s is ruined by the unworthi ness of its object—money and pleasure. Like 1920s Americans in general, fruitlessly seeking a bygone era in which their dreams had value, Gatsby longs to re-create a vanished past—his time in Louisville with Daisy—but is incapable of doing so. When his dream crumbles, all that is left for Gatsby to do is die; all Nick can do is move back to Minnesota, where American values have not decayed.The Hollowness of the Upper ClassOne of the major topics explored in The Great Gatsby is the sociology of wealth, specifically, how the newly minted millionaires of the 1920s differ from and relate to the old aristocracy of the country’s richest families. In the novel, West Egg and its denizens represent the newly rich, while EastEgg and its denizens, especially Daisy and Tom, represent the old aristocracy. Fitzgerald portrays the newly rich as being vulgar, gaudy, ostentatious, and lacking in social graces and taste. Gatsby, for example, lives in a monstrously ornate mansion, wears a pink suit, drives a Rolls-Royce, and does not pick up on subtle social signals, such as the insincerity of the Sloanes’ invitation to lunch. In contrast, the old aristocracy possesses grace, taste, subtlety, and elegance, epitomized by the Buchanans’ tasteful home and the flowing white dresses of Daisy and Jordan Baker.What the old aristocracy possesses in taste, however, it seems to lack in heart, as the East Eggers prove themselves careless, inconsiderate bullies who are so used to money’s ability to ease their minds that they never worry about hurting others. The Buchanans exemplify th is stereotype when, at the end of the novel, they simply move to a new ho use far away rather than condescend to attend Gatsby’s funeral. Gatsby, on the other hand, whose recent wealth derives from criminal activity, has a sincere and loyal heart, remaining outside Daisy’s window until four in t he morning in Chapter VII simply t o make sure that Tom does not hurt her. Ironically, Gatsby’s good qualities (loyalty and love) lead to his death, as he takes the blame for killing Myrtle rather than letting Daisy be punished, and the Buchanans’ bad qualities (fickleness and selfishness) allow them to remove themselves from the tragedy not only physically but psychologically.MotifsMotifs are recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.GeographyThroughout the novel, places and settings epitomize the various aspects of the 1920s American society that Fitzgerald depicts. East Egg represents the old aristocracy, West Egg the newly rich, the valley of ashes the moral and social decay of America, and New York City the uninhibited, amoral quest for money and pleasure. Additionally, the East is connected to the moral decay and social cynicism of New York, while the West (including Midwestern and northern areas such as Minnesota) is connected to more traditional social values an d ideals. Nick’s analysis in Chapter IX of the story he has related reveals his sensitivity to this dichotomy: though it is set in the East, the story is really one of the West, as it tells how people originally from west of the Appalachians (as all of the main characters are) react to the pace and style of life on the East Coast.WeatherAs in much of Shakespeare’s work, the weather in The Great Gatsby unfailingly matches the emotional and narrative tone of the story. Gatsby and Daisy’s reunion begins amid a pouring rain, proving awkward and melancholy; their love reawakens just as the sun begins to come out. Gatsby’s climactic confrontation with Tom occurs on the hottest day of the summer, under the scorching sun (like the fatal encounter between Mercutio and Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet). Wilson kills Gatsby on the first day of autumn, as Gatsby floats in his pool despite a palpable chill in the air—a symbolic attempt to stop time and restore his relationship with Daisy to the way it was five years before, in 1917.SymbolsSymbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts.The Green LightSituated at the end of Daisy’s East Egg dock and barely visible from Gatsby’s West Egg lawn, the green light represents Gatsb y’s hopes and dreams for the future. Gatsby associates it with Daisy, and in Chapter I he reaches toward it in the darkness as a guiding light to lead him to his goal. Because Gatsby’s quest for Daisy is broadly associated with the American dream, the green light also symbolizes that more generalized ideal. In Chapter IX, Nick compares the green light to how America, rising out of the ocean, must have looked to early settlers of the new nation.The Valley of AshesFirst introduced in Chapter II, the valley of ashes between West Egg and New York City consists of a long stretch of desolate land created by the dumping of industrial ashes. It represents the moral and social decay that results from the uninhibited pursuit of wealth, as the rich indulge themselves with regard for nothing but their own pleasure. The valley of ashes also symbolizes the plight of the poor, like George Wilson, who live among the dirty ashes and lose their vitality as a result.The Eyes of Doctor T. J. EckleburgThe eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are a pair of fading, bespectacled eyes painted on an old advertising billboard over the valley of ashes. They may represent God staring down upon and judging American society as a moral wasteland, though the novel never makes this point explicitly. Instead, throughout the novel, Fitzgerald suggests that symbols only have meaning because characters instill them with meaning. The connection between the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg and God exists only in George Wilson’s grief-stricken mind. This lack of concrete significance contributes to the unsettling nature of the image. Thus, the eyes also come to represent the essential meaninglessness of the world and the arbitrariness of the mental process by which people invest objects with meaning. Nick e xplores these ideas in Chapter VIII, when he imagines Gatsby’s final thoughts as a depressed consideration of the emptiness of symbols and dreams.。
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The Great Gatsby F.Scott.Fitzgerald.Character ListDaisy Buchanan - Nick’s cousin, and the woman Gatsby loves. As a young woman in Louisville before the war, Daisy was courted by a number of officers, including Gatsby. She fell in love with Gatsby and promised to wait for him. However, Daisy harbors a deep need to be loved, and when a wealthy, powerful young man named Tom Buchanan asked her to marry him, Daisy decided not to wait for Gatsby after all. Now a beautiful socialite, Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island. She is sardonic and somewhat cynical, and behaves superficially to mask her pain at her husband’s constant infidelity.Daisy Buchanan (In-Depth Analysis)Tom Buchanan - Daisy’s immensely wealthy husband, once a member of Nick’s social club at Yale. Powerfully built and hailing from a socially solid old family, Tom is an arrogant, hypocritical bully. His social attitudes are laced with racism and sexism, and he never even considers trying to live up to the moral standard he demands from those around him. He has no moral qualms about his own extramarital affair with Myrtle, but when he begins to suspect Daisy and Gatsby of having an affair, he becomes outraged and forces a confrontation.Jordan Baker - Daisy’s friend, a woman with whom Nick becomes romantically involved during the course of the novel. A competitive golfer, Jordan represents one of the “new women” of the 1920s—cynical, boyish, and self-centered. Jordan is beautiful, but also dishonest: she cheated in order to win her first golf tournament and continually bends the truth.Myrtle Wilson - Tom’s lover, whose lifeless husband George owns a run-down garage in the valley of ashes. Myrtle herself possesses a fierce vitality and desperately looks for a way to improve her situation. Unfortunately for her, she chooses Tom, who treats her as a mere object of his desire.Analysis of Major CharactersDaisy BuchananPartially based on Fitzgerald’s wife, Zelda, Daisy is a beautiful young woman from Louisville, Kentucky. She is Nick’s cousin and the object of Gatsby’s love. As a young debutante in Louisville, Daisy was extremely popular among the military officers stationed near her home, including Jay Gatsby. Gatsby lied about his background to Daisy, claiming to be from a wealthy family in order to convince her that he was worthy of her. Eventually, Gatsby won Daisy’s heart, and they made love before Gatsby left to fight in the war. Daisy promised to wait for Gatsby, but in 1919 she chose instead to marry Tom Buchanan, a young man from a solid, aristocratic family who could promise her a wealthy lifestyle and who had the support of her parents.After 1919, Gatsby dedicated himself to winning Daisy back, making her the single goal of all of his dreams and the main motivation behind his acquisition of immense wealth through criminal activity. To Gatsby, Daisy represents the paragon of perfection—she has the aura of charm, wealth, sophistication, grace, and aristocracy that he longed for as a child in North Dakota and that first attracted him to her. In reality, however, Daisy falls far short of Gatsby’s ideals. She is beautiful and charming, but also fickle, shallow, bored, and sardonic. Nick characterizes her as a careless person who smashes things up and then retreats behind her money. Daisy proves her real nature when she chooses Tom over Gatsby in Chapter VII, then allows Gatsby to take the blame for killing Myrtle Wilson even though she herself was driving the car. Finally, rather than atte nd Gatsby’s funeral, Daisy and Tom move away, leaving noforwarding address.Like Zelda Fitzgerald, Daisy is in love with money, ease, and material luxury. She is capable of affection (she seems genuinely fond of Nick and occasionally seems to love Gatsby sincerely), but not of sustained loyalty or care. She is indifferent even to her own infant daughter, never discussing her and treating her as an afterthought when she is introduced in Chapter VII. In Fitzgerald’s conception of America in the 1920s, Daisy represents the amoral values of the aristocratic East Egg set.。
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在我年纪尚轻涉世未深的时候In my younger and more vulnerable years,父亲曾这样告诫我my father gave me some advice."多发掘他人身上的闪光点""Always try to see the best in people," he would say.父亲的教诲使我不对他人妄加评判As a consequence, I'm inclined to reserve all judgments.但我的忍耐也是有限度的But even I have a limit.那时我们每天都醉生梦死Back then, all of us drank too much.越是与时俱进The more in tune with the times we were,越是长醉不醒the more we drank.我们也越是陈旧迂腐And none of us contributed anything new.帕金斯疗养院我从纽约回来时心中深感厌恶When I came back from New York, I was disgusted.我明白卡罗威先生I see, Mr. Carraway.对周围所有的人和事感到厌恶无比Disgusted with everyone and everything.帕金斯疗养院精神康复诊所病人姓名尼克·卡罗威体检结果酗酒过度失眠易怒焦虑除了一个人之外Only one man was exempt from my disgust.一个人One man?卡罗威先生Mr. Carraway?盖茨比Gatsby.医嘱年月日初次问诊盖茨比他是你的朋友吗Was he a friend of yours?他是我见过的最乐观的人He was the single most hopeful person I've ever met.而且是绝无仅有的And am ever likely to meet again.他对周围发生的事十分敏感There was something about him, a sensitivity.就像He was like,就像一台地震仪he was like one of those machines能探测到万里之外的地震that register earthquakes , miles away.你是怎么认识他的Where'd you meet him?在纽约的At a, at a party派对上认识的in New York.那是年夏天In the summer of ,城市发展的脚步越来越快the tempo of the city approached.几近疯狂Hysteria.股价暴涨至史上最高点Stocks reached record peaks,华尔街在呼啸而来的金融大潮中一派昌盛and Wall Street boomed in a steady golden roar.派对排场越发奢华The parties were bigger.秀场演出越发气派The shows were broader.摩天大楼直冲云霄The buildings were higher.道德底线逐渐沦丧The morals were looser,禁酒令反而使私酒泛滥and the ban on alcohol had backfired越演越烈making the liquor cheaper.华尔街吸引着充满野心的年轻人Wall Street was luring the young and ambitious.我就是其中之一And I was one of them.我在距市区英里的长岛租了一间房子I rented a house miles from the city on Long Island.我住在西卵区I lived at West Egg一栋无人修葺的小别墅里in a forgotten groundskeeper's cottage,被暴发户们的豪宅包围squeezed among the mansions of the newly rich.为了尽快上手我买了一整套To get started, I bought a dozen volumes有关信贷金融和投资的书籍on credit, banking and investments.我对此一窍不通All new to me.股市再创新高The stock market hit another high.大盘持续走高The market's moving up, up, up!不过凡事都有风险Well, of course, nothing is percent.换我就不会孤注一掷I wouldn't go investing every penny.《尤利西斯》在耶鲁大学时我曾梦想当一名作家At Yale I dreamed of being a writer不过最终彻底放弃but I gave all that up.在炎炎夏日与繁盛的树荫下With the sun shining and the great bursts of leaves on the trees,我本打算在学习中度过整个夏天I planned to spend the summer studying.第一章市场投资计划未能如愿却也是件好事And I probably would have were it not,因为我那素未谋面的邻居盖茨比for the riotous amusements that beckoned在他那巨大城堡内举办的盛大派对from beyond the walls of that colossal castle已经勾走了我的魂owned by a gentleman I had not yet met named Gatsby.那他是你的邻居了So, he was your neighbor.我的邻居是的My neighbor. Yeah.仔细想想那个难忘的夏季起始于When I think about it, the history of the summer really began我驱车去表妹黛西家吃晚餐的那一夜the night I drove over to my cousin Daisy's for dinner.她住在对岸东卵区She lived across the bay in old moneyed,一座祖传庭院里East Egg.她丈夫是美国最富有的家族之一的继承人Her husband was heir to one of America's wealthiest families.他的名字叫汤姆·布坎南His name was Tom Buchanan.我们就读于耶鲁时他还是个运动健将When we were at Yale together, he'd been a sporting star.但那些都是英雄往事了But now his glory days were behind him他现在安于...and he contented himself with...您的电话布坎南先生Telephone, Monsieur Buchanan.-是我-一些风流韵事- It's me. - other affairs.不是告诉过你别打到这儿来吗I thought I told you not to call me here.波阿斯Boaz!波阿斯是《圣经》中的富豪莎士比亚是人尽皆知的文豪莎士比亚Shakespeare!汤姆Tom!你那本伟大的美国小说写得怎样了How's the great American novel coming?我最近在沃尔特·切斯的公司卖证券呢I'm selling bonds with Walter Chase's outfit.晚饭后和我一起去镇上Let's say after dinner, you and I, we go into town.-不行-带你去见见老弟兄- I can't. - Catch up with the old wolf pack.-明天还上班-废话让你去就去- Big day on the job tomorrow. - Nonsense! We're going.全美第一First team, all-American.看见没You see?造就了今天的我Made me who I am today.森林山[纽约长岛赛场]Forest Hills.大败威尔士亲王队那帮娘娘腔Played the Prince of Wales. What a sissy.人得靠自己本事活着尼克Life is something you dominate, Nick.只要你有一技之长If you're any good.亨利Henri!你在哪儿呢Where are you?这几扇门The doors.给我关上Close them.-抱歉-谢谢- Sorry. - Thank you.是你吗亲爱的Is that you, my lovely?黛西·布坎南绝代佳人Daisy Buchanan, the golden girl.她散发着一股令人窒息的热情A breathless warmth flowed from her.仿佛在这世上除你之外A promise that there was no one else她谁也不想见in the world she so wanted to see.芝加哥那些人想我了吗Do they miss me in Chicago?是的不少人托我带个好Yes. Um, at least a dozen people send their love.真不错How gorgeous.没有你的日子他们悲痛欲绝They're absolutely in mourning.-他们愁眉苦脸真的-瞎说- They're crying. Yes. - No.-才不信你-抱头痛哭- I don't believe you. - Wailing.-我才不信你呢-仰天长啸- I don't believe you. - They're screaming."黛西·布坎南没有你我们活不了""Daisy Buchanan, we can't live without you!"我高兴死了I'm paralyzed with happiness.乔丹·贝克著名高尔夫球手Jordan Baker. A very famous golfer.《纽约闲谈》她是我见过的最让人手足无措的人She was the most frightening person I'd ever seen.我在《运动人生》的封面上见过你的照片Well, I've seen your face on the cover of Sporting Life.尼克·卡罗威Nick Carraway.但能注视着她仍是一桩美差But I enjoyed looking at her.我在沙发上躺得太久了I've been lying on that sofa for as long as I can remember.这个夏天我要把你俩撮合到一块去This summer I'll fling you two together.我会让你们盛装打扮I'll push you into linen closets,然后一起出海游玩and out to sea in boats!-想得美-对了尼克- I'm not listening to a word. - So, Nick,黛西说你住在西卵区那边Daisy tells me that you're over in West Egg throwing your lot in和那些攀高结贵的暴发户们住一起with those social-climbing primitive new-money types.我不过租了间每月块的陋居罢了My little shack's just a cardboard box at a month.你过得真有意思Your life is adorable.我倒是认识一个西卵区的人I know somebody in West Egg.我和那边的人还没来往过呢I don't know a single person that side of the bay.但你一定听说过盖茨比You must know Gatsby.盖茨比Gatsby?哪个盖茨比What Gatsby?夫人晚膳已备齐Madame, the dinner is servi.想听听咱家的秘密吗Would you like to hear a family secret?-洗耳恭听-是有关管家的鼻子的- That's why I came over. - It's about the butler's nose.事情变得每况愈下Things went from bad to worse.我不喜欢"大老粗"这个词I hate that word "Hulking."尼克听说你准备娶一个Nicky, I heard a rumor that you were getting married-西卵区的姑娘-哪有的事- to a girl out West. - It's a libel.我没钱啊I'm too poor.除非找个老女人准备坐吃遗产They have to be old so they die quickly.咱换个话题行吗Can't we talk about something else?什么都好谈谈作物收成吧Anything. Crops.你让我觉得自己像野蛮人黛西You're making me feel uncivilized, Daisy.文明已经要四分五裂了Civilization's going to pieces.你读过戈达德写的那本Have you read The Rise of the Colored Empires《黑色帝国的崛起》吗by this fellow Goddard?人们都该读读这本书Everybody ought to read it.如果白人再掉以轻心的话The idea is that it's up to us, the dominant race to watch out别的种族就要主宰一切了or these other races will have control of things.汤姆近来看问题比较长远Tom's very profound lately.他读了很多晦涩难懂的书籍He reads deep books with long words in them.这是有根据的It's been proved.是科学的道理It's scientific.我们得消灭这些苗头We've got to beat them down.布坎南府邸Buchanan residence.是汽车修理厂的威尔逊先生打来的Monsieur Wilson, from the garage.布坎南先生Monsieur Buchanan.不好意思我去去就来Excuse me, I'll be right back.抱歉I'm sorry.你提到的这个盖茨比先生Well, this Mr. Gatsby you spoke of,-他就住我隔壁-嘘别说话- he's my neighbor. - Shh! Don't talk.我想听听他们在说什么I wanna hear what happens.我不管你用什么方法...I don't care what you do...出了什么事吗Something happening?-我还以为众人皆知呢-我就不知道- Why, I thought everybody knew. - Well, I don't.-汤姆在纽约有了外遇-外遇- Tom's got some woman in New York. - Got some woman?她或许不懂晚饭时不该打过来She might have the decency not to telephone at dinnertime.你说呢Don't you think?你嫌我管太宽吗Is that too much to ask?黛西不要无事生非Daisy, don't create a scene.你能上我这儿吃晚餐真好尼克I love seeing you at my table, Nicky.你让我想到玫瑰他难道不像玫瑰吗You remind me of a rose. An absolute rose, doesn't he?-等下吃完饭-我可没玫瑰那么脆弱- So after dinner, - Well, I'm not even faintly like a rose.尼克想去镇上逛逛对吧Nick wanted to go into town. Right, Nick?去耶鲁俱乐部To the Yale Club.尼克就待在这儿吧Nicky, stay.明天我还得早起上班呢I have to work early.胡说Nonsense.-还有好多话没说-就去喝几杯而已- There's so much to talk about. - It's just for a drink or two.第五次急切而刺耳的电话铃声None of us could ignore that fifth guest's牵动了每个人的神经shrill metallic urgency.-尼克-怎么了- Nicky. - What?就是我觉得一切都糟透了It's just, well, you see, I think everything's terrible anyhow.-是吗-是的- Really? - Yes.我周游各地看遍世间百态I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything.我曾经有一段低谷时期尼克I've had a very bad time, Nicky.导致我现在有点愤世嫉俗I'm pretty cynical about everything.你女儿一切都好吧Your daughter, I suppose she talks and eats and everything?你说帕米Pammy?是的Oh, yes.尼克她出生的时候Listen, Nick, when she was born,天知道汤姆在哪Tom was God knows where.和谁鬼混在一起with God knows whom.我问护士And I asked the nurse是男孩还是女孩if it was a boy or a girl.她说是女孩And she said it was a girl我哭着说and I wept:真庆幸是个女孩"I'm glad it's a girl.我希望她做个傻姑娘And I hope she'll be a fool.傻姑娘才是最幸福的That's the best thing a girl in this world can be.美丽的傻姑娘A beautiful little fool."华美珍贵的事物总是很快逝去All the bright, precious things fade so fast.而且一去不复返And they don't come back.我回到家When I arrived home发现邻居家的码头上I noticed that a figure出现了一个身影had emerged on my neighbor's dock.直觉告诉我他就是And something told me it was盖茨比先生Mr. Gatsby.他似乎伸着手He seemed to be reaching toward在黑暗中摸索着什么something out there in the dark.那束绿光The green light.我不想再说了医生I don't wanna talk about this, doctor.那就写下来Then write about it.-写下来吗-是的- Write about it? - Yes.为什么要写呢Why would I do that?你说过写作能给你带来慰藉You said yourself writing brought you solace.是的但却不能给别人带去慰藉Yeah, well, it didn't bring anyone else much solace.我写得不好I wasn't any good.又不是给人看的No one need ever read it.你可以烧掉You could always burn it.写些什么呢What would I write about?什么都行Anything.只要能让你安心的东西都可以写Whatever brings you ease:一段回忆a memory一点想法一个地方a thought, a place.写下来Write it down.一个地方A place.灰之谷是个怪异的地方The Valley of Ashes was a grotesque place.它是纽约的垃圾场New York's dumping ground在西卵区和城区之间halfway between West Egg and the city它的煤炭where the burnt-out coal点燃了纽约的纸醉金迷that powered the booming golden city但它已支离破碎was discarded by men who moved dimly在这漫天尘土中and already crumbling也无人愿意停留through the powdery air.这个古怪的农场This fantastic farm一直在T·J·埃克伯格医生的注视下was ever watched by Dr. T.J. Eckleburg他虽然被人遗忘A forgotten oculist却审视着这里whose eyes brooded over it all就像上帝之眼like the eyes of God.汤姆邀请我进城Tom had invited me to town,肯定是去参加耶鲁俱乐部的午宴apparently for lunch at the Yale Club,但是but却出现了意想不到的转折the day took an unexpected turn.跟我来Come on.-快来-什么意思- Come on! - What do you mean?相信我Trust me!-我们这是要做什么-你们在干什么- What are we doing? - Where are you going?跳Jump!-你要做什么-快跳- What are you doing? -Jump, come on!-汤姆-跟我来- Tom! - Come on!天啊Oh, God.汤姆等等等等我行吗Tom, wait. Wait a second, would you?跟我来尼克Dominate, Nick!跟我来Dominate!你好威尔逊Hello, Wilson.生意怎么样How's business?还好没什么可抱怨的Yeah, I can't complain.什么时候把车卖给我So when are you gonna sell me that car?我正让人修着呢Oh, I've still got my man working on it.他修得也太慢了不是吗Yeah, well, he works pretty slow, don't he?也许该卖给别人Maybe I'd better sell it somewhere else.别别别Oh, no, no, no.我不是那个意思我只是...I wasn't saying that. I was...如果是谈生意的话得跟我谈If it's business, you should be talking to me.你还不快去搬椅子来Get some chairs why don't you,让人家坐下so somebody can sit down.好的Uh, sure.我们谈谈生意吧Yeah, let's talk business.没问题Sure.我去搬椅子I'll get the chairs.桃金娘Myrtle,-你来招待一下-快去- why don't you entertain? - Hurry up.-你好-你好- Hi. - Hi.布坎南先生Mr. Buchanan.吃糖吗Candy?-不吃谢谢-不吃吗- No, thank you. - No?威尔逊夫人这是尼克·卡罗威Mrs. Wilson, Nick Carraway.幸会A pleasure.尼克是位作家Nick's a writer.实际上我在搞债券I'm in bonds actually.我要你I want you搭下一列火车get on the next train.现在吗Now?是的Yes.我们可以养只狗吗Can we get the dog?-在公寓里-听你的- For the apartment? - Whatever you want.布坎南先生Hey, Mr. Buchanan!喝汽水吗You want a soda?-不喝了-不喝吗- I'm fine. - No?叫上你的妹妹她会喜欢他的Call your sister. She'll like him.不不不用了谢谢No, no, no. That's all right, thank you.认识凯瑟琳的人都说她漂亮Catherine's said to be very good-looking by people who know.真的不用了Oh, really, I can't.不给桃金娘面子吗You wanna embarrass Myrtle?那多没礼貌That's rude.我是凯瑟琳I'm Catherine.来场狂欢吗Ain't we having a party?我觉得Um, I'm not sure现在不太合适吧now's a good time.我正要走实际上有人在...I'm just going. Actually, there are peop...你好Hello!切斯特他就是那个表哥吧Oh, Chester, this must be the cousin.-你真可爱-谢谢- Oh, you are adorable. - Oh, thank you.我是切斯特·麦基很高兴见到你Chester McKee. Pleasure to meet you.-尼克·卡罗威-来吧- Nick Carraway. - Come on,-难道你不喜欢我-撞盆栽上了- don't you like me? - Oh. Heh. A plant.桃金娘Myrtle!桃金娘桃金娘小龟龟Myrtle turtle!我真得走了I really must go.快给大家拿点喝的不然都睡着了Get everybody a drink before they fall asleep.汤姆我要走了Tom, I'm just leaving now.尼克Nick.等等Wait.-我要走了我得出去了-胡闹- I'm going. I've gotta get out of here. - Nonsense!进去和凯瑟琳说说话Go on in there and talk to Catherine.我觉得不自在黛西可是我表妹I'm not comfortable. Daisy's my cousin.我知道你不爱凑热闹大学时就是这样Listen, I know you like to watch. I remember that from college.不不我不是指责你No, no, no, I don't make any judgment.我们有整个夏天来潇洒We have all summer.你是想袖手旁观呢Now, do you wanna sit on the sideline and watch,还是想参与进来or do you wanna play ball?Play ball.-是我们不够好吗-来吧- Ain't we good enough for you? - Come on!来吧来吧Come on! Come on.他是要袖手旁观He's gonna sit on the side and watch, huh?还是来乐呵乐呵Or is he gonna play ball?摘掉帽子留下来Take off your hat and stay a while.对了尼克Oh, hey, Nick.-麦基是搞艺术的-摄影- McKee is in the artistic game. - Photography.-尼克也是搞艺术的-不是- Nick's artistic. - No.-不是不是-真的吗- No, no, no. - Really?-偶尔会写作但... -真的吗- I write a little, but... - Really?你也住长岛吗Do you live on Long Island too?我住在西卵区I live at West Egg.大概一个月前我去那参加过派对I was there at a party about a month ago.有个叫盖茨比的认识吗A man named Gatsbys. Do you know him?我就住在他隔壁I live right next door to him.他是德皇威廉的表亲He's a cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm's.-就是那个邪恶的德国皇帝-真的吗- You know, the evil German king? - Really?麦基Hey, McKee!把这照下来Take a picture of that.别这样我才不是那种模特呢Don't, I'm not one of those models.如果你想拍也可以You can if you want.他们俩都受不了自己家的那口子Neither of them can stand the person they're married to.她也不喜欢威尔逊吗Doesn't she like Wilson either?他是个谄上媚下的人渣He's a greasy little scumbag.不了谢谢不用喝就已经飘飘然了No, thanks, I feel just as good on nothing at all.治疗神经的药Nerve pills.我在皇后区的一个医生那搞到的I get them from a doctor in Queens.你也来一片吗Do you want one?不我的神经没问题谢谢Oh, no. My nerves are fine, thanks.我一生中只醉过两次I had been drunk just twice in my life.第二次就是在那天下午And the second time was that afternoon.那晚That night,在汤姆为桃金娘准备的藏身公寓里in the hidden flat that Tom kept for Myrtle我们借着酒劲买醉狂欢we were buoyed by a sort of chemical madness.我们内心深处对狂欢的渴望A willingness of the heart雷鸣般迸发出来that burst thunderously upon us all.突然间And suddenly,我开始喜欢上了纽约I began to like New York.这比耶鲁俱乐部棒多了This is better than the Yale Club.我们这排高踞在城市上空的High over the city灯火通明的窗子our yellow windows必定给街上观望的过客must have contributed their share of human secrets增添了神秘感to the casual watcher in the street.我曾经也像他一样And I was him too,仰望又寻思着looking up and wondering.我既置身事内I was within又超乎其外and without.我对人生的变幻莫测Enchanted and repelled既感陶醉又感厌恶by the inexhaustible variety of life.你没权利说她的名字You have got no right to speak her name.黛西黛西黛西Daisy, Daisy, Daisy!你没权利说她的名字You got no right to speak her name!我想说就说...I'll speak her name whenever...天啊你疯了Oh, my God, you are crazy!臭婊子You whore!他们会把你抓起来They're gonna arrest you!不知道我是怎么回的家I have no clue how I got home但我醒来时but I do know that着实有种不安的感觉I awoke with a distinctly uneasy feeling觉得盖茨比在盯着我that Gatsby was watching me.盯着你Watching you?是的Yes.盖茨比一直在盯着我Gatsby was always watching me.你怎么知道的And how did you know that?我收到一份邀请I got an invitation.只有我收到了邀请I was the only one.我是说除我之外By which I mean no one except me恐怕没人真正收到过盖茨比家的邀请ever received an actual invitation to Gatsby's.亲爱的卡罗威先生还望赏光我的小派对您真诚的杰·盖茨比其他纽约人You see, the rest of New York都是不请自来simply came uninvited.全市的人三五成群地搭车而来The whole city packed into automobiles.每个周末And all weekend, every weekend都在盖茨比家度过ended up at Gatsby's.不管是谁什么工作And I mean everyone from every walk of life住在哪里的人都会来from every corner of New York City,这场缤纷夺目的嘉年华this kaleidoscopic carnival挤破了盖茨比家的大门spilled through Gatsby's door.闪开Out of the way!我的邀请函My invitation.先生这是我的邀请函Sir, my invitation.这边This Way!大厅里满是A caravanserai of billionaire playboy publishers左拥右抱的出版界富豪and their blond nurses.沙滩上是炫耀遗产的小姐们Heiresses comparing inheritances on Gatsby's beach.我老板沃尔特·切斯在轮盘赌上输了钱My boss, Walter Chase, losing money at the roulette tables.八卦写手伺机而动Gossip columnists alongside,黑帮和政府官员互换号码打成一片gangsters and governors exchanging telephone numbers.影星Film stars.百老汇导演Broadway directors.道德的捍卫者Morality protectors.叛逆的青少年High school defectors.这是尤因·克里普斯普林格传言是贝多芬的后代And Ewing Klipspringer, dubious descendent of Beethoven.请问派对主人盖茨比先生在哪里Do you know where I might find the host, Mr. Gatsby?我就住隔壁I live just next door.盖茨比吗Gatsby?先生我从未见过盖茨比先生I've never seen Mr. Gatsby, sir.根本没人见过他Why, no one has.孤身一人又碰了一鼻子灰Alone, and a little embarrassed.我决定不醉不休I decided to get roaring drunk.我就觉得看到的是你I thought I might see you here.你好Hello.我记得你就住隔壁I remembered you live next door.这里就像游乐园It's like an amusement park.跳支舞吧Shall we?你收到邀请函了吗Did you get an invitation?来盖茨比家是不用邀请函的People aren't invited to Gatsby's.但是我收到了Well, I was.好像就我收到了Seems I'm the only one.盖茨比究竟是何方神圣Who is this Gatsby?他曾是战时德国间谍He was a German spy during the war.泰迪·巴顿Teddy Barton.尼克·卡罗威Nick Carraway.德国间谍吗A German spy?不对不对他是德皇的杀手No, no, no. He's the Kaiser's assassin.-听说他杀过人-没错- I heard he killed a man once. - It's true.就是杀着玩而已也没被抓Kills for fun, free of charge.绝对是有通天的本领He's certainly richer than God.你不会真相信他杀过人吧You don't really believe he killed a man, do you?找到他以后你自己问问不就知道了Let's go find him and you can ask him yourself.女士们先生们掌声欢迎Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage...才华横溢的the incredible吉尔达·格蕾因西米舞而闻名的美国艺人吉尔达·格蕾小姐Miss Gilda Gray!带来查尔斯顿舞The Charleston!至少我还怀念着At least I miss环球之旅Trips around the world不是你的女人Don't mean a thing就一文不值If I ain't your girl宝贝我没时间陪你耗I ain't got time for you, baby不管你属不属于我Either you're mine or you're not盖茨比先生Mr. Gatsby?亲爱的宝贝Sweet baby来吧Come on.此时此地Right here, right now但你弄错了But you are mistaken!因为我就是For I am神秘的the mysterious盖茨比先生Mr. Gatsby.你们找不到他的You won't find him.这房子只不过是This house and everything in it are all part精心布置的假象of an elaborate disguise.而盖茨比先生并不存在But Mr. Gatsby doesn't exist.呸我碰到过他Phooey. I've met him.是吗是哪一个身份的他呢Really? Which one?是王子The prince?还是间谍The spy?亦或是杀人犯The murderer?我找不出一个I cannot find anyone了解一点真实内幕的人who knows anything real about Mr. Gatsby.我不在乎Well, I don't care.他办了这么多大型派对He gives large parties很合我心意and I like large parties.有很多私人空间They're so intimate.派对小了哪儿都能撞见人Small parties, there isn't any privacy.假如你说的是对的But if that's true,这又是为了什么what's all this for?我亲爱的朋友That, my dear fellow这是个问题is the question.准备好了吗Are you ready?小小派对无伤大雅A little party never killed nobody所以就算跳到精疲力尽依然不停息So we gonna dance until we drop still go on小小派对无伤大雅A little party never killed nobody此时此刻就请及时行乐吧Right here, right now is all we got小小派对无伤大雅A little party never killed nobody能请你跳这一曲吗May I have this dance?你个小白脸You penniless pantywaist.小小派对无伤大雅A little party never killed nobody我把她借走了卡罗威I'm stealing her away. Carraway.女士们先生们Ladies and gentlemen!世界顶尖爵士舞曲过后A jazz history of the world,为您带来的是and accompanying烟花表演fireworks!-快点尼克-看看你周围- Come on. Nick. - Look around you.富家女是不会嫁给穷小子的Rich girls don't marry poor boys.她是我的She's mine.你看起来好眼熟Your face is familiar.您战时曾在第三师吗Weren't you in the Third Division during the war?-对在第九营-我在第七营- Oh, yes, the th Battalion. - I was in the th.-借过-我就觉得是见过的- Excuse me. - I knew you looked familiar.玩得开心吗老伙计Having a good time, old sport?真是太神奇了The whole thing's incredible.我就住隔壁呢I live just next door.他真给我发邀请函了好像就我收到了He sent me an actual invitation. Seems I'm the only one.我还没见过盖茨比先生本人I still haven't met Mr. Gatsby.没人见过他No one's met him.听说是德皇的三表弟They say he's third cousin to the Kaiser,又是魔鬼的二堂弟and second cousin to the devil.恕我招待不周老伙计I'm afraid I haven't been a very good host, old sport.我You see,就是盖茨比您就是...You're...他的微笑是如此不寻常His smile was one of those rare smiles人这一生也难得几回见that you may come across four or five times in life.这微笑似乎在告诉你It seemed to understand you,他理解你信任你and believe in you just as you恰如你内心深处的渴望would like to be understood and believed in.抱歉老伙计我还以为你知道Sorry, old sport. I thought you knew.那个...我不知道说什么不好意思Please just... I don't know what to say. Please forgive me.-没事-我喝多了- it's quite all right. - I've had so much to drink.-怎么了-盖茨比先生- Yes? - Mr. Gatsby, sir.-芝加哥来电-天啊- Chicago on the wire. - Oh,my.我马上过去I'll be in in just a minute.明天上午我新买的水上滑艇试水I'm taking my new hydroplane out in the morning.你想一起来吗Would you like to go with me?What time?你什么时候方便The time that suits you.您真是太好了Well, that's very kind of you.很高兴再次见到你贝克小姐Lovely to see you again, Miss Baker.要是有什么需要If there's anything that you want,尽管开口老伙计just ask for it, old sport.我先失陪了Excuse me.过会儿再来I will rejoin you later.我以为他...I expected him to be...-是个大腹便便的糟老头吗-对- Old and fat? - Yes.年轻人是不会突然冒出来Young men don't just drift coolly out of nowhere,在长岛买座豪宅的and buy a palace on Long Island.他说他以前在牛津读书He told me once he was an Oxford man.可我不相信However, I don't believe it.为什么Why not?不知道就是不信I don't know. I just don't believe he went there.抱歉I beg your pardon.贝克小姐盖茨比先生有请Miss Baker, Mr. Gatsby would like to speak to you.您一人前去Alone.叫我吗Me?是的女士Yes, madam.尼克Nick!尼克Nick!尼克Nick!我刚才听到了最骇人的消息I've just heard the most shocking thing.你去哪里了车等着呢Where have you been? The car's waiting.-快得走了-简直让人目瞪口呆- Come on, we're leaving. - Simply amazing.这就说得通了It all makes sense.解释了这一切It all makes sense.明白了吧-什么意思-所有- What makes sense? - Everything!快点别闹了Come on, this is crazy!-我们得走了-但我只能说这么多- We gotta get out of here. - Oh, but here I am tantalizing you,因为我发了誓不能说when I swore I wouldn't tell.你就告诉我吧Just tell me.尼克对不起我发过誓了Oh, Nick, I'm sorry, I swore.发了誓不能说的I swore I wouldn't tell.抱歉让她走了老伙计Sorry to keep her from you, old sport.别忘了明天上午的水上滑艇之约Don't forget we're going up in that hydroplane tomorrow morning.一定Yes.盖茨比先生Mr. Gatsby, sir.-费城来电-知道了- Philadelphia on the phone. - Yes.晚安老伙计Night, old sport.晚安Good night.Thank you.怎么了What's the matter?没油了吗You run out of gas?尼克要来看我哦Nick! Come and see me!下周一起喝茶We'll have tea next week.电话簿上找I'm in the phone book.我会给你打电话的I'll call you up.后来我们去坐了水上滑艇Well, we rode in the hydroplane.我又参加了两次他的派对And I attended two more of his parties.还借用过他家沙滩Even made use of his beach.但老实说医生But you know, doctor, I realized我完全不了解盖茨比这个人that I knew absolutely nothing about Gatsby at all.直到后来...Until...车还不错吧老伙计It's pretty, isn't it, old sport?以前是不是没见过Haven't you ever seen it before?。
great gatsby英文梗概
great gatsby英文梗概（最新版）目录1.了解《了不起的盖茨比》的英文梗概2.概述英文梗概的主要内容3.分析英文梗概对读者的吸引力正文《了不起的盖茨比》（The Great Gatsby）是美国作家菲茨杰拉德（F.Scott Fitzgerald）创作的一部经典小说。
这部小说以 20 世纪 20 年代的美国为背景，讲述了一位名叫杰伊·盖茨比的神秘富翁的故事。
虽然这部小说最初是在 1925 年出版的，但它至今仍然被认为是美国文学史上最杰出的作品之一。
下面我们将简要介绍一下这部小说的英文梗概。
英文梗概以一位名叫尼克·卡拉韦（Nick Carraway）的年轻人为主视角，他搬到纽约州长岛，成为盖茨比豪宅的邻居。
尼克是一位刚刚从一场世界大战中归来的士兵，对这个繁华世界充满好奇。
他观察到盖茨比举办的豪华派对和奢华生活，逐渐发现这个充满魅力的富翁背后的悲剧。
梗概中还涉及了尼克与盖茨比的朋友黛西·布坎南（Daisy Buchanan）和乔丹·贝克（Jordan Baker）之间的复杂关系。
这部小说的英文梗概吸引读者的方式有很多。
首先，它展示了 20 世纪 20 年代美国的繁荣和纵欲主义，这是一个令人兴奋的时代，充满着机遇和挑战。
其次，梗概中的角色形象丰满，每个角色都有自己独特的个性和动机，让读者产生共鸣。
最后，梗概以一种引人入胜的方式呈现了小说的主题，包括财富、爱情、道德和社会地位等。
总之，《了不起的盖茨比》的英文梗概为读者呈现了一个充满魅力和悲剧的故事。
它让读者对小说的主题和角色产生兴趣，从而激发他们阅读原著的欲望。
The-Great-Gatsby《了不起的盖茨比》导读-英文
a millionaire who lives on East Egg, and Daisy's husband. And he had an affair with Myrtle Wilson.
人物
Jordan Baker
George B. Wilson
Myrtle Wilson
Meyer Wolfshiem
Background
Several factors constitute the particularity of this era:
① The United States was in the old and new historical intersection, ② The vigorous development of capitalism ③ The agricultural civilization turn into the modern society of industrialization. ④ After the World War 1, the U.S occupied the wealth of the war , the debtor countries
become upstart in these gambling industry ;
The domestic economic situation is excellent
① wealth has become a judge of a person's success or not, people began to blindly make money;
③ Automobile, electrical equipment, household appliances ,processed food began to enter
TheGreatGatsby了不起的盖茨比英文PPT课件
Damned, The Great Gatsby (his
most famous), and Tender Is the
Night. A fifth, unfinished
novel, The Love of the Last
Tycoon, was published
posthumously. Fitzgerald also
shop at the edge of the valley of ashes.
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Figure relationship table
husband
Dais y
neighbor
Wilson
Gatsb
y
wife
Nick
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Tom
mistress
Myrtle
The plot of the novel
The plot of the novel
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The plot of the novel
• In order to protect themselves,Daisy and Tom plot to shift the blame to Gatsby,saying Gatsby has an affair with Myrtle and he kills her eventuanlly.Myrtle’s husband George Wilson breaks into Gatsby’s house and shots him to death.The Buchanans escape,and the only two persons attending Gatsby’s funeral are Nick and Gatsby’s father,who reads the news in newspaper.
The Great Gatsby了不起的盖茨比
Page
11
Daisy and Tom
Slagle
Klipspringer
Meyer Wolfsheim
Page 12
Gatsby‟s father
Poor Proud of his son‟s achievement Representative person of Jazz Age
“Suppose you met somebody just as careless as yourself.”
“I hope I never will,” she answered. “ I hate careless people. That‟s why I like You.”
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Do you think Gatsby deserves to be called “the great”?
based on tradition.
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15
Conversation about Driving A Car
“You are a rotten driver,” I protested. “Either you ought to be more careful or you oughtn‟t to drive at all.” “I am careful.” “No, you‟re not.” “Well, other people are,” she said lightly.” “What‟s that got to do with it?” “They‟ll keep out my way.” she insisted. “It takes two people to make an accident.”
The Great Gatsby 了不起的盖茨比英文ppt学习资料
Themes: money and love
•Attitude towards money :contradictory and complex •Double vision:knowing it well inside;seeing it ironically outside •Special experience:familiar with life style,mental state and moral standards of the rich •Critical of the rich and showing the disintegrating effects of wealth on the emotional make-up
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes
• Jay Gatsby – Lives next to Nick in amansion;throws huge parties,conplete with catered food,open bars;people come from everywhere to attend these parties,but no one seems to know much about the host.
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?Critical of the rich and showing the disintegrating effects of wealth on the emotional make-up
Damned, The Great Gatsby (his
most famous), and Tender Is the
Night. A fifth, unfinished
novel, The Love of the Last
Tycoon , was published
posthumously. Fitzgerald also
The author of The Great Gatsby
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels andshort stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.
F. Scott itzgerald
Fitzgerald is considered a
member of the Lost
Generation of the 1920s. He
finished four novels: This Side of
Paradise, The Beautiful and
Zelda Fitzgerald
Zelda Sayre at about 16, in dance costume
?Attitude towards money :contradictory and complex
?Double vision:knowing it well inside;seeing it ironically outside
? Jordan Baker –A cynical and conceited woman who cheats in golf;wants Nick to go out with her.
? Myrtle Wilson -Tom has an affair with this
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence,idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream.
wrote many short stories that
Fitzgerald's friendship
treat themes of youth and promise along with age and
with Hemingway was quite vigorous
despair.
The wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald
? Nick Carraway –at the start of the plot, a newly arrived resident of West Egg.He serves as the firstperson narrator of the novel. He is Gatsby's nextdoor neighbor and a bond salesman.
? Jay Gatsby – Lives next to Nick in amansion;throws huge parties,conplete with catered food,open bars;people come from everywhere to attend these parties,but no one seems to know much about the host.
? Daisy Fay Buchanan –Shallow girl who is the emodiment of Gatsby's dreams;she was going to marry Gatsby but he went off to war.
? Tom Buchanan – Huaband of Daisy;a cruel man who lives life irresponsibly