美国文学论文

The great Gatsby

姓名杨琴

学号***********

专业英语（师范）8班

2016年6月

The great Gatsby

Abstract

The Great Gatsby is one of the most popular works of F.Scott Fitzgerald it strongly criticizes the rich’s priority for materialism and the loss of morality of the United States in 1920s. By the way, the inspiration comes from his life. In order to make readers understood better, he elaborately arranges each section, showing us the bright plot. At the same time, he uses symbolism to make his work more active, such as green means the hope and dream, the broken of Gatsby’s dream means the broken of American’s. It is a mirror of that era. The aim to write this article is to indicate the inevitable tragedy and evaporation of the American dream.

Key words: The Great Gatsby American dream symbolism tragedy

Author

What I want to say is not about the author's life, which Baidu has too much exposition; but the author’s experience which is not included in it. The most important thing is that the author writes this great book is based on his own life experiences. The author just was like Gatsby , fell in love with a pretty woman who he cannot worthy of her; fell in love with a daughter of rich who is not belongs to his world; fell in love with a gold girl who loves material over love itself. But he is better than Gatsby, because at the end of the story he married with her after published< this side of paradise > and made success. Married, everything what he had done is to provide a luxurious life to her and every story which he had written, included in all the common objective of characters, is to make his wife happy and give her a life like the upper class. Gatsby, however, is different from him.

Content

Here, we'll have to talk about the content of the book. The story is told by a bystander –Nick—a poor young man who was the first time to went to New York, doing the most extraordinary work – a bill broker in bond business. He rented a small house in West Egg which directly stands opposite in his cousin Daisy’s house. In the first visit, he met his beloved people—Jordan Baker. And on the back of home, he met the legendary Gatsby by chance, who was reaching his fingers to touch green light from the opposite side shore in the dark, lonely.

There are many kinds of stories about him, such as he was a legend of nobility, had a very prominent position, joined the army and awarded a lot of medals, killed people. But no one really knew him; no one was able to confirm whether the legend was right or not. What attracted Nike most was the noise of Gatsby’s villa. Nike thought which one can be so rich. But soon, Nick became a member of party, for he became the first one to receive an invitation from the luxurious party. Then he came to realize the purpose is not for anything else, but Daisy. Five years ago, when they first catch sight with each other, fall in love. Daisy was his first but last love. But he was poor, she was a gold girl. She was not willing to follow him and live a life of poverty. Before married to Tom, she resolutely destroyed the letter he wrote. While Tom was not a good people who loved promiscuous sex relations outside. It is not to say he didn’t like family or Daisy. But in his mind, it’s a symbol of gentleman in upper class.

In such a complex relationship, Nick met Gatsby’s anticipation and helped him to see his sweetheart Daisy, but he behaved as helpless as a child in the first meeting after about five years later.After an initially awkward reunion, Gatsby and Daisy reestablish their connection.Their love rekindled,they begin an affair. He hoped they could be together forever. However, these are his personal thoughts.

All of these dreams broken after Tom grew increasingly suspicious of his wife’s relationship with Gatsby.He is deeply outraged by the thought that his wife co uld be unfaithful to him.Tom announces to his wife that Gatsby is a criminal—his for