gatsby narration

合集下载

了不起的盖茨比英文书评[修改版]

第一篇：了不起的盖茨比英文书评The whole story of The Great Gatsby is set on Long Island in New York City from spring to autumn in 1922. With the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the extravagant and glittering life of American upper class and dizzying, narcissistic wealth, (Guy Reynolds, 1993: VI) to encounter some typical person of that age. Jay Gatsby, the hero of this novel, represents those dream-pursuing people only finds that it is all illusion. The tragedy of Gatsby is also the tragedy of Fitzgerald as well as American society. With the realistic and even sardonic description, the novel represents us the theme of the disillusion of American Dream.Just as the Great Depression in 1930s ended the prosperous and flashy “Roaring Twenties”, the failure of Gatsby at last represents us that the so-called American Dream is a pseudo image. Although Gatsby lived a seemingly luxurious life, he neverGatsby is a victim of his era and society. The American Dream encourages people from generation to generation to pursue physical wealth and keep spiritual purity at the same time. They consider money as a simple method and tool in one‟s way to success. But the valuable things you lost during your money-accumulation progress can never be regained no matter how wealthy you are afterwards. The main contradiction of the American Dream is the difference between reality and ideality. People who want to pursue the dream must face the cruelty and ruthlessness of the society. Gatsby fails, so do most of other pursuers.Gatsby‟s whole life is originate in dream and ruined by dream, it is his American Dream that makes him succeed and destroyed, died pathetically in the end. This is the tragedy of Gatsby and tragedy of the American society.第二篇：了不起的盖茨比英文书评The Great GatsbyReading experience：I start to read the book about 3 weeks ago ,At first, I searched some information about the author from the Internet, then glanced the basic content of novel, When I read the several chapters ahead of the novel, I feel it was so boring , the complex relationship would kill me. When I nearly finished the novel, everything was suddenly enlightened.Information about this novel：The novel is told us the story of Gatsby by Nick’s tone. Nick came to New York from his hometown the America Middle West, and he rent a small house nearby Gatsby’s luxurious mansion where hold a grand banquet every night.The story began with the meet between Nick and Gatsby. And Nick had an exploratory interest to Gatsby and understood that there was a lost love in Gatsby’s deep heart. Gatsby and Daisy loved each other when Gatsbywas young, but because of Gatsby’s poor family they were broken up. Then G. joined the First World War. While Daisy was married to Tom who was a rich dandy, but her marriage was not happy because Tom had a mistress. Therefore, the material couldn’t satisfy her spiritual empty.Gatsby was very painful and he believed that Daisy betrayed the pure heart for the money, so he resolved to be a man of wealth and a few years later he managed it. What’s more, in the opposite direction of Daisy’s house Gatsby built a mansion. In order to attract Daisy and aroused the lost love, Gatsby spent money like water.Nick was moved by Gatsby’s passion of love, so he visited to his young female cousin Daisy and told her Gatsby’s mind. Then Gatsby made date with Daisy, often. Finally, Gatsby found Daisy’s vanity, vulgar and selfish. Gatsby’s pink dream finally broke up, but he still insisted it, still retained any illusion about Daisy, and even led to his tragedies.One day Daisy was in a drunken driving Gatsby’s car ran over and caused an accident that killed Tom’s mistress, and she planned a plot with Tom to put the crime to Gatsby. It led to the mistress’husband shot Gatsby. Gatsby died, only his father and Nick attended the funeral.Nick witnessed the virtual mood of human reality. At the end, Nick backed to his hometown with a tragedy mood.Introduction of the author：The Great Gatsby is written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who was born in1896 and died in Hollywood in 1940, and grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the most important representative of the “Jazz Age”.He published the novel Tender is the Night, Paradise, the Last Tycoon and so on; and published over 160 short novels, for instance, Benjamin’s Fantasy Trip, Ice Palace, Winter Dream and so on. The twentieth century, the United States academic community selected 100 the best novels in the river of English literature. The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night are the list. And The Great Gatsby is second. He first published The Great Gatsby on April 10, 1925, a story set in Island’s North Shore and New York City during the summer of 1922.Impression on the novel:After reading the novel, I was deeply shocked by Gatsby’s persistence,dream, and his miserable ending,and impressed more about the “Jazz Age”.In American history, maybe“it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way”.The Gates ratio is the 20's models American youth,he was young and full of passion to realize all his dreams ,which could have been a perfect character in any times.However, he was poor,and this,which made him become a tragic character, also was the focus in that age-“Jazz Age”. Gates compares in order to pursue the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red to exhaust own sentiment and the ability and wisdom, finally ruined own life.“There was a faint,barely perceptible movement of the water as the fresh flow from one end urged its way toward the drain at the other .With little ripples that was hardly the shadows ofwaves ,the laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool.”A hopeless ending indicates that the most beautiful dream in that age was eventuallydestroyed by the reality,the social.We can clearly know that Daisy did not choose Gatsby although he had become much more affluent than Tom ,but choose her previous life-living with Tom,it may be a bad choise,but it was really the decision made by Daisy herself,a selfish, disingenuous and vain girl,the girl which Gastby always loved and was willing to pay everything he has for ,even she betrayed more than once,and this can be inferred when Gastby showed his love and she hesitated.Shutting the book,I am deep in thought.The author tries to describe the social,the so-called up class ,the so-called prosperous country,and certainly the shattered"the American dream".In my opinion,the author not only wants to attack the luxury and hypocrisy of the classes,but also to appeal to people to pursue true love,not the greed of money andhypocrisy,although this book has a desperate ending.第三篇：《了不起的盖茨比》英文读后感The disillusion of the American dream- The Great Gatsby book reviewThe Great Gatsby is the representative work of American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald. It is a true reflection of 1920s. The book is a classical novel and has profound meaning of the essence of the American dream’s illusory. The writer showed the American social after the World War I in the book. It uncovers the money worship and hedonism in the Jazz Age and people’s selfishness and indifference in that time. What the novel describes is a tragic story about the disillusion of the American dream.The story happened after the World War I. A young business man named Nick Carraway rent a house in the Long Island. In the opposite house there lives his cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband TomBuchanan. In the villa next lives Jay Gatsby. Gatsby holds big party every weekend in his villa but there is few people has seen his face. After a while Nick knows that when Gatsby was a soldier, he fell in love with Daisy. However, Daisy finally married with a rich man Tom Buchanan. When the war is ended, Gatsby began to do illegal business and become a millionaire in high society. In order to draw Daisy’s attention, he bought a big house in opposite to Daisy’s and often holds big party. Gatsby and Daisy meet again in the help of Nick. When this is known by Tom, he is burst into anger and they have a quarrel. With extremely nervous, Daisydrives the car and killed Tom’s mistress Myrtle accidentally. However, Tom suggests Myrtle’s husband Wilson that it is Gatsby who killed her wife. In extreme anger Wilson shoot Gatsby and suicide. In the end of the book, when Nick held a funeral for Gatsby, none of his old friends join. Nick is disappointed to the dark high society of New York so he leave the city and go back to his home in the American Midwest.The theme of the novel is to present the tragedy of the American dream’s disillusion by showing the story of Gatsby’s pursuing of dream. The so-called "American dream" means that in America everyone is equality of opportunity. People can realize their dream and achieve success just by themselves’struggle. The Americandream has always been an ideal that people are convinced of and pursue of. It is a kind of spiritual strength that promote America to developing and flourishing quickly. After the World War I, America has entered into anunprecedented era of prosperity and the American dream becoming a crazy worship to money. The wind of money worship prevailing. So the American dream has been deteriorated as the social develop.In this novel, the short life of Gatsby has go through the process of dream from start to burst. It symbolize the rise and burst of the American dream at the same time. One side of his American Dream is the dream of money. He realize this dream by illegal business which made him from a poor boy to a millionaire. However, the other side of his dream is thedream of love and it make him into a sad ending. In fact, his loving dream is another form of his money dream. At first when he fell in love with Daisy, he was attracted by her material life. He yearns for not so much Daisy’s love as Daisy’s high society life. Daisy is the combination of love and money which he’s longing for. She is the represent of a beautiful life. However, in real life, Daisy is far from what Gatsby imagine. She is a selfish, shallow and timid girl and all she wants is money and high society life. Finally Gatsby’s dream broken and it also symbolize the broken of the American dream. The essence of the tragedy of Gatsby is the tragedy of American idealism. But then again, although Gatsby’s effort did not pay off, his spirit of struggling to realize his dream and change the fate is moving and deserves our admiration and learning.第四篇：《了不起的盖茨比》英文读后感13级3班左安琪13061069 The Great Gatsby This is a story about Gatsby and his pursuit for the ‘American dreams’. During the World War One, the poor soldier Gatsby fell in love with an upper class girl named Daisy. But due to the wide gap between them, Daisy decided to marry Tom, a man of her class, instead of Gatsby. Broken-hearted Gatsby then held the conviction that money was of the greatest importance. He strongly believed in the‘American dreams’, which as we all know, advocates that one can achieve whatever he or she likes through continuous efforts. He strived for five years to become a millionaire and bought a villa near Daisy’s to attract her. He was too addicted to his fantasy to realize that Daisy was no longer the lovely girl she used to be. Eventually, he was killed because of her crime. I can’t help thinking of the theme Fitzgerald trying to convey. One thing may be the lonely void of people’s spiritual world. I am deeply impressed by chapter 3. There were two circumstances underlying it. The first is the lack of dreams. Some people, especially the people of the upper class, lived an aimless life. They wasted their time and money and took an indifferent attitude towards life. They chased for temporary ecstasy but lost their identity in eternity, namely Daisy and Tom. The second is the misleading of dreams. Some others like Gatsby, bravely pursued their dreams, yet going to a diverged way unconsciously. They might mix up the concept of a richer life and a happier life, viewing a higher social state and a peaceful fulfilled life as equality. Unfortunately, when they were busy chasing their dreams, everything changed with time. W they ignored what they had already had and lost the alert to the constant changes. As far as I am concerned, this story can serve as a reminder for us. To live a meaningful life, we should carefully choose some dreams to pursue. And in the process of fulfilling our dreams, we should always be concious about what we really desire. Anyhow, only by pursuing the proper dreams can we finally get to the deep springs of happiness.第五篇：《了不起的盖茨比》英文读后感We Die for Our Dreams——Comments on The Great Gatsby It was in a book of Murakami Haruki that I knew The Great Gatsby for the first time. He said that The Great Gatsby was a fantastic fiction so that I immediately developed a strong interest in it. At that time I wondered that what masterpiece would be worth such compliments from an excellent writer like Murakami Haruki. It must be more than a masterpiece.I read The Great Gatsby several years ago when I was in senior high school. Actually I was reading it for fun, the reason of which is obvious that under the great pressure of schoolwork I wouldn’t spare one more hour to receive another boring sermon from anybody. However, I found it wasn’t that attractive as I imaged so I quitted reading it after getting the superficial main idea of it. Gatsby was decisive and stupid; his dream lover Daisy was vulgar and ruthless; Daisy’s husband, accordingly, was a total jerk. There are neither admirable characters nor exciting plot at all. It was definitely a masterpiece but wasn’t my cup of tea. As time passed by, I realized that even the same person tended to develop an extremely different opinion towards the very book. Now I read it all over again and I found something deep and thought-provoking about it.Gatsby was described as an arrogant and tasteless businessman who was quite wealthy. He held parties almost every night to gather those so-called rich and genteel people. However, his real purpose was to meet his first lover—Daisy who had already married another rich and famed man. As he wished, he got to meet Daisy and found that she was still in love with him. But he didn’t realize that Daisy wasn’t what she used to be. She was no longer that innocent girl who waited for her lover, full of joy and wishes. In the end, Gatsby died for Daisy, the woman he had loved for lifetime. With little guilt or sorrow, Daisy quickly got rid of the whole mess and moved on smoothly as if nothing has happened, as if there has never been such a man named Gatsby who was in deep love with her and died for her. Gatsby’s love story was filledwith cheat and cupidity. The statement that Gatsby and Daisy were in love with each other was merely a misconception. Or rather, they used to be in love for a short period but in the end, time changed everything and true love turned out an absurd lie.From another perspective, neither of them is to blame in this tragedy named love. Daisy was a typical woman of that time, who had pretty face as well as empty brain, married a rich man, spent their life going for various parties and immoderate shopping, and turned a blind eye to their husbands’stuff. They had original pureness and rosy dreams which finally were eroded by the onrush of depraved age. And Gatsby was just a man who was still stuck in previously romance and tried his best to earn back his lover. He was oriented, diligent and sometimes kind-hearted. He had the courage to chase his dream while most people didn’t, though his attempt ended up nothing.Somebody said that be prepared for the nothing stuff and nowhere land, and keep walking with dreams. Maybe this makes sense to some extent. Even if we can predict the end in the very beginning, we will still orient ourselves in the thick fog and move ahead until death.。

TheGreatGatsby英语简介

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

了不起的盖茨比英文版台词欣赏

了不起的盖茨比英文版台词欣赏了不起的盖茨比中英文台词欣赏了不起的盖茨比中英文台词欣赏《了不起的盖茨比》是美国作家弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德1925年所写的一部以20世纪20年代的纽约市及长岛为背景的中篇小说，小说的背景被设定在现代化的美国社会中上阶层的白人圈内，通过卡拉韦的叙述展开。

《了不起的盖茨比》问世，奠定了弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德在现代美国文学史上的地位，成了20年代“爵士时代”的发言人和“迷惘的一代”的代表作家之一。

20世纪末，美国学术界权威在百年英语文学长河中选出一百部最优秀的小说，《了不起的盖茨比》高居第二位，傲然跻身当代经典行列。

Nick从中西部来到纽约，拜访居住于此的表妹Daisy，并结识了女高尔夫球运动员Jordan。

他们得知Nick租住在海岸对面，Jordan 提到一个神秘的名字——Gatsby，引起了Daisy的好奇心。

晚餐过程中，Tom的情妇不断致电，打扰了大家的兴致。

过着纸醉金迷生活、外表风光的Daisy首次向Nick透露自己不为人知的生活。

Daisy：Oh，Nicky. Nick：What Daisy：It’s just…well you see，I think everything’t terrible anyhow. Nick：Really Daisy：Yes. I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything. I had a very bad time，Nicky. I’m pretty 1)cynical about everything. Nick：Your daughter，I suppose she talks and eats and everything Daisy：Pammy Oh yes. Listen，Nick. When she was born，Tom was…Godknows where…with God knows who. And I asked the nurse if it was a boy or a girl. And she said it was a girl. And I wept. I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool. That’s the best thing a girl in this world can be. A beautiful little fool. All the bright precious thing fade so fast. And they don’t come back. 黛西：噢，尼克。

TheGreatGatsby（分章节简介）docx

TheGreatGatsby（分章节简介）docxThe Great GatsbyChapter 1Summary:The narrator was born in a prominent family and after graduation he decided to go to East to learn the bond business. He lives at West Egg which is less fashionable than East Egg and know about his neighbor-Gatsby who possess a huge and luxurious mansion on the narrator’s house. One day he drive to see two of his old friends: His cousin-Daisy, and her husband-Tom Buchanan whose family are enormously wealthy. Here he meet Jordan Baker who seems to be an athlete, and have dinner with them. During the talk with Daisy and Baker, he finds some secrets about this family, even about Tom’s dishonesty to this family.Comment:I never imagine that a minor character is more appearance than the protagonist t han I read this chapter. What’s more, during the reading, I was looking forward to more plots about Gatsby. Maybe such method of narration can attract readers and rise their expectati on. Actually, it’s a specific way to describe the protagonist in the view of spectator like this.Chapter 2Summary：On the train went up to New York, the narrator is forced to get off with T om Buchanan, and meet his mistress who is a faintly stout woman named Myrtle and her husband-Mr. Wilson, in an unprosperous garage. Then they take Myrtle to an apartment of New York. Here Mrs. Wilson invite Mckees (the husband Mr.Mckee is a photographer) and her sister-Catherine to have a party. From Catherine, the narrator knows that she had been to his neighbor’s party and is familiar with him-Gatsby. They talk, drink till there burst a quarrel between Tom and Mrs. Wilson about Daisy-Tom’s wife and the narrator’s cousin.Comment:Honestly speaking, I don’t like so muc h such a story like this, especially the tragedy. Yes, I have guessed that it must be a bad end. In this chapter, I see the hypocrisy, betrayal, cheat, hedonism, inanity and so on. However,I have to continue this book and probably I’ll love this story.Chapter 3Summary:Every weekend, there is always a royal party with many noble guests held in the luxurious mansion of narrator’s neighbor-Gatsby. One Saturday, the narrator has the honor to be invited to witness the magnificent scene. Here he comes across Jordan Baker, and hears so mething about the party’s host-Gatsby from other guests and start to be curious about him. Besides, he also meets Gatsby and has talk with him, he appreciate him very much. After that, he starts to has contact with Jordan Baker and know more about her.Comment：Although so many people attend Gatsby’s party, however, they seems not so much accept and even know him from the discussions of guests. Maybe he is extremely wealthy, he is lonely and annoyed by something unknowingly. By the way, the mansion and party are really luxury and royal.Chapter 4Summary:Every weekend, Gatsby luxurious mansion will entertain a large number of guest on matter what the status and position is. One day, the narrator has lunch with Gatsby and is told something includes the identity by Gatsby, but the narrator is hesitant to believe. Besides, he is begged to do Gatsby a favor and later he k now the story of Gatsby and Daisy as well as Gatsby’s expectation fro m Jordan Baker. That’s why the appearance of unnatural and embarrass expression on Gatsby’s face when they come across Daisy’s husband-Tom Buchanan in the restaurant.Comment:Till now, did I understand why Gatsby set the luxurious mansion in the West Egg which is opposite to the East Egg, and hold such a big party frequently here but never involve himself in. All of these things he did including contact with the narrator is aim to approach Daisy-his past lover. According to this, we can see that he is spoony, sentimental and long situation. However, is it right to insist on something past away though it was precious before.Chapter 5Summary:With the requirement of Gatsby, Nick invites Daisy to his house and asked her to go there alone. Gatsby is nervous and uneasy before and till Daisy’s Coming. Th en Gatsby shows them around his mansion, his various clothes, and asks Klipspringer to play piano for them, he is always terrified facing the reappearance of Daisy. They whisper, drinking in the intense passion, ignoring anything or anyone else.Comment:T he re is a sentence in the chapter: “There must have beena moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dream-not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man can store up in his ghostly heart.”As we know, Gatsby is crazy about Daisy. In some extent, Daisy is his everything. However, is it still right now? Something has overweight her, which people call it “American dream”.Chapter 6Summary:There are many rumors about Gatsby, actually, he is a son of farmer with some fortuitous meetings. One day, Tom comes to Gatsby with his friends, they receive Gat sby’s invitation but seem not accept him so gladly. Tom is perturbed at Daisy’s running around alone, so he com es with her on the following Saturday night. The party is as noisy and lively as every night before, but people not. Gatsby is desperate to find that something between Daisy and him has been different though Nick persuades him not to expect more like repeating their past.Comment:In my view, the tragedy of love story of Daisy and Gatsby is destined from the beginning. Gatsby thinks he can change it when he becomes powerful and wealthy. But many things like class, status and so on, will never be changed. What’s more, Daisy will not be the one in his i magination. Maybe Gatsby starts to realize it but he dare not to believe it, feels desperate, conf used, apprehensive, etc. He is still immersed in the past but can’t recognize the impossibility of repeating the past.Chapter 7Summary：Gatsby together with Daisy and other friends go to New York, Tom Realizes that he is losing his mistress for the couple is going to move to the town and knows the affair between Gatsby and his wife. Tom tries to make Daisy to stay with him. Gatsby is extremely angry and goes back from the town with Daisy driving the car that T om drove before. Accidently, Daisy runs into Tom’s mistress- Mrs. Wilson and kills her.Comment：I think it’s a meaningless thing to entangle something or somebody in the past like Gatsby. However, in this chapter we can see that Gatsby still deeply loves Daisy and he is always keeping watch this house Daisy stayed alone under the moon. And that night, will be the turning point of his tragedy life.Chapter 8Summary:Mistakenly Mr. Wilson thinks it is Tom who killed his wife, but Tom clears it out. When Gatsby decides to take Daisy away, and then knowing about this Tom comes to the Gatsby's to persuade her to go with him. While waiting for the phone call from Daisy about running away Gatsby is killed by Mr. Wilson.Commen t:Nick thinks that Gatsby doesn’t believe that there will be the call from daisy and he maybe doesn’t care it more. He has lost the warm but past dream, which he pays so much for. And now, he may feel how cold and cruel this world is. Nevertheless, everything will gone with the death of Gatsby.Chapter 9Summary:Knowing this entire Nick tries to contact with Daisy but is rejected by her butler. She leaves with her husband without knowing the fact. There is nobody but Nick on Gatsby's funeral. Finally Nick leaves here and comes back his hometown.Comment:We can see that the death of Gatsby is just out of the love. He is ambitious,but finally he is just a simple human with great but selfish love. The more thing I see from this novel is the coldness, cruelty and hypocrisy which are hidden in the prosperity of the city. When he is rich, everyone comes to him but nobody attends his funeral when he dead. This is what the world truly is.。

AppreciationoftheGreatGatsby

Appreciation of the Great Gatsby发布时间：2021-08-18T11:56:45.997Z 来源：《教育学文摘》2021年4月第11期作者：肖琳闫佳洋[导读] Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896 ~ 1940) was an肖琳闫佳洋重庆师范大学Ⅰ. About the WriterFrancis Scott Fitzgerald (1896 ~ 1940) was an American novelist, whose father is a furniture dealer. He tried out a play in his youth. After finishing high school, he was admitted to Princeton University. At school, he formed a theater troupe and wrote for the school's literary publications. He dropped out of school due to poor health. After that, he joined the army in 1917 and was busy with military training. He never went abroad to fight. After leaving the army, he insisted on writing part-time.He became famous in 1920 after the publication of his novel Paradise on Earth, which led to his marriage to Giselda. After marriage, he took his wife to live in Paris and got acquainted with Anderson, Hemingway and many other American writers.The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, established his place in modern American literature as a spokesman for the Jazz Age and one of the representative writers of the Lost Generation in the 1920s.After he became famous, Fitzgerald continued to work hard, but after marriage, his wife was ostentatious and then insane and extravagant, causing him great pain. He couldn't make ends meet financially, and at one point went to Hollywood to make a living writing screenplays. Unfortunately, in 1936, he contracted lung disease and his wife fell ill, which made him almost unable to write. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles on December 21, 1940, at the age of 44.Not only did Fitzgerald write long novels, but also short stories. In addition to these two works, his main works are Tender Is the Night (1934) and the Last Tycoon (1941).His novels vividly reflect the destruction of the "American dream" in the 1920s and show the spiritual outlook of the "wasteland era" of the American upper class during the Great Depression.Ⅱ. BackgroundThe 1920s was a short and special period in American history, known as the "Hustle years," referring to the decade of 1929, after the end of World War I, and before the Great American economic collapse.The amount of wealth was the criterion to judge whether a person was successful or not. People began to make money blindly, making "fast" money and making more money. Chasing getting rich, getting richer...Spiritually, American hedonism, Spencer's theory of evolution and James's philosophy of pragmatism are prevailing in the United States. Traditional puritanical moral concepts and religious beliefs, such as "diligence and thrift", are gradually replaced by the pursuit of personal wealth, material life and other consumption hedonism.Several factors constitute the particularity of this era.Firstly, the United States is at the historic crossroads of the old and the new, where the capitalist boom has rapidly transformed the country from an agricultural civilization into an industrialized modern society.At the same time, the United States entered the war at the end of The first World War and became a creditor country instead of a debtor because it was not seriously damaged by the war.At home, the government mainly implemented the "laissez-faire" economic policy, which advocated that the free market should be allowed to operate by itself. The less the government intervened in economic activities, the more efficient the economic operation would be, which created the miraculous Coolidge Boom.As a result, the domestic economy was booming, transportation, mining, and construction were expanding rapidly, and the electronics and automobile industries were booming. Cars, electrical appliances, household machinery, processed food, and ready-made clothes were beginning to enter homes, bringing unprecedented comfort to many Americans.Ⅲ. Main ContentNick comes to New York from his hometown in the Midwest. Right next to his house is the luxurious residence of Gatsby, the hero of the book. Nick meets Gatsby, and that's how the story begins.Nick is full of inquisitive interest in Gatsby, and he finds that Gatsby has a deep feeling.Young Gatsby was not rich. He was a major officer and fell in love with a girl called Daisy, who was also very fond of him. But then the First World War broke out and Gatsby was transferred to Europe.As if by chance but by necessity, Daisy broke up with him and married Tom, a rich man from a wealthy family. But material satisfaction could not fill Daisy's spiritual void.Gatsby is in great pain. He believes that it is money that makes Daisy betray the chastity of heart, so he decides to become a rich man. After several years, Gatsby finally succeeded and built a mansion opposite Daisy's house. He spends a lot of money and plays his music all night, hoping to attract Daisy's attention to recover his lost love.However, Daisy views their affair only as a stimulus.Once, in a state of agitation, Daisy drove over and killed her husband's mistress. To protect Daisy, Gatsby takes responsibility for the accident. But Daisy was no longer the naive Daisy. She causes her mistress's husband to shoot Gatsby under Tom's provocation. Gatsby ended up a total victim, while Daisy didn't even go to his funeral.Ⅳ. Characters IntroductionNickNick is a member of the upper class, but his values are traditional. But in reality, Nick lives in a time and a class that rejects the traditional notions of selfishness and the supremacy of pleasure.Nick is a constant reminder of where he wants to go, but he can't help drifting.In the works, Nick is not only a participant in the story, but also an observer and narrator of the story.GatsbyDuring World War I he was a young officer who fell in love with Daisy, a lovely girl, but later separated from her.After the war, he made his fortune as an illegal liquor dealer and threw lavish parties to attract the girl he loved. He was sincere, pure and kind in his dealings with others. But he died in the end because of his faithful but unrequited love. DaisyShe is a naive and lovely girl, but infatuated with the luxurious life, lost in the worship of money in the 20th century. She regarded Gatsby's love for her as a kind of capital and pleasure and selfishly caused his death in the end. Ⅴ. ThemeThe American Dream has been the ideal and pursuit of the American nation since its inception. But Gatsby's death foreshadowed the disillusionment of the American dream in the 1920s.If a dream, there is only the pursuit of material and the desire to become a "big man", but lack of why have what should survive after wealth and have such problem with human ultimate meaning of thinking, such a dream, after all, is a mirage, also must be short-sighted and not composing the dream.It's a warning for American people in the 20th: What is the American dream? And what does the American Dream consist of? This is probably a fundamental question about the meaning of human existence, including that the dream of material pursuit is a dream with no future, a dream that will eventually be disillusioned.No society can only rely on a high level of material life to maintain the meaning and interest of people's life for a long time. What people want to live is the spiritual life, and only the spiritual life is the space for infinite and rich development. Ⅵ. Artistic FeaturesThird-perspectiveIn the Great Gatsby, author Fitzgerald chose Nick as the narrator, telling the story of love between Gatsby and Daisy tirelessly with the identity and tone of "only the pursued and pursued, the busy and the bored". SynecdocheGatsby in the framework of narratology is a great narrative of the American past, which seems to be an elegiac narration of Gatsby's and Daisy's personal story, but in fact is an anxious narration of a grand history of America. SymbolismGatsby is a symbol of the American dream in the 1920s with its rampant opportunism and hedonism. His death presages the shattering of the distorted American dream at this period of time.MetaphorThis is often a source of laughter in the fiction. For instance, “At once his figure blended with the concrete of the walls” vividly depicts Wilson's dusty, lifeless walk to the office.PersonificationPersonification is used a lot in the fiction. “Every light left her as reluctantly as children leave a pleasant street at dusk” depicts the light of the setting sun left Miss Baker, which creates a lovely and pleasant atmosphere. ImaginesThe images are varied and colorful, which echoes the luxury of the 1920s in America. It shows the emptiness, decadence and filth of the twenties. Ⅶ. InfluenceThe Great Gatsby is his best novel, which captures the themes of contemporary social life keenly and symbolically reveals the irony and sadness under the legend of the American Dream.——Oxford Dictionary of American Literature"The Great Gatsby" was the first step in American fiction since Henry James, because Fitzgerald wrote about the grandeur, hustle, giddiness and frivolity that were all the rage.——EliotBy the time Fitzgerald was at the height of his creative power, he had turned his knowledge of society into words (he was both its critic and its victim) and produced at least one work: The Great Gatsby.——E.L. DoctorowⅧ. Personal ReflectionThrough this book, we can see how a lonely man constantly decorates his dream and fights with reality, and hears the sound of broken dreams. Why broken? Because money can not be the destination of a dream. No society can only rely on a high level of material life to maintain the meaning and interest of people's life for a long time. What people want to live is the spiritual life, and only the spiritual life is the space for infinite and rich development. This is probably a fundamental question about the meaning of human existence, including that the dream of material pursuit is a dream with no future and will eventually be shattered and disillusioned. In today's society, we should take this as an example. A sound ideal should contain a harmonious and rich spiritual world. And we are to enrich our spiritual world, don not only satisfied with material conditions.。

介绍名人伟大的盖茨比 The Great Gatsby 英语作文

The Great Gatsby>The Great Gatsby Essay:The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel written by F Scott Fitzgerald. It is a novel best described as a Satire on the American ideals of the 1920s. The novel has been set up in the time of early 20th century in the American society where people least cared about each other. The societal devices of greed, betrayal, poverty, desire and satisfaction are collectively depicted by the three strata of the American society of the 1920s.F Scott Fitzgerald, through his most popular literary piece- The Great Gatsby, gives a vivid peek into the interrelations among the born rich, earned rich and the poor people of the society. The great American dream of the said time makes the readers question if materialism is power?Long and Short Essays on The Great Gatsby for Students and Kids in EnglishWe are providing a long essay on The Great Gatsbyof 500 words and a short essay of 150 words on the same topic along with ten lines about the topic to help readers.Long Essay on The Great Gatsby 500 Words in EnglishLong Essay on The Great Gatsby is usually given to classes 7, 8, 9, and 10.The Great Gatsby is a critically acclaimed classic American novel. The author of the book is F Scott Fitzgerald. This is the author’s most popular book that has the honour of many elite references in societal strata. The other works of F Scott Fitzgerald include the romantic egotist, this side of paradise, the beautiful and damned, tender is the night and the love of the last tycoon.The Great Gatsby is set up in the 1920s. The ambience created by the story is set up in America of the post-war economic evolution. The story is in the form of a narration. The narrator is Nick Carraway, who has returned from his long stay in the East. He is a born, rich character who inherited wealth from his ancestors.Jay Gatsby is Nick’s neighbour. Nick watches the lavish parities Jay Gatsby hosts every evening but attends one of the party after Jay invited him. The lavish parties at Mr Gatsby’s place depict how carefree the American liveswere in the time that led them to attend strange parties with strange people. The fact that Mr Gatsby hosts parties every evening tells us the tale of an American Dream.Mr Gatsby has an unforgettable past that decays his will to live irrespective of his wealth and luxuries. This character building by the author tells us how materialism can never dominate desire.The other important characters of the story are Tom Buchanan and Daisy Buchanan. They are related to Nick Carraway and very mysteriously acquainted with Mr Gatsby. It is with the help ofthese characters that the author brings the vivid picture of the American society in the 1920s.You can now access more Essay Writing on this topicMany readers have critically acclaimed the Great Gatsby but absorbingly praised by more of them. It is called as the best American novel that showcases America in its raw and naked form. This is why the title of an American dream is synonymously is used as a theme for the story.The reason for it being called an American dream is that it shows the perfect picture of thesociety of America where wealth was every soul only dreams and materialistic possesions attracted elite attention. The story is very simple if you might incept but highly impactful with the reason of true possessions of life.The Great Gatsby has been adapted into cinema many times because of its extraordinary interpretation. The most recent adaptation was in 2013, with Baz Luhrmann and Leonardo Decaprio as the directors and screenplay writers. Leonardo was also the lead in the movie as the character of Jay Gatsby.With a higher value of literary significance, The Great Gatsby is widely read by generations of book lovers. It is also taught in higher studies to grasp the literary significance it holds. It is a book one must read to have realizations of the real values of life.The book has an impactful ending where the readers can witness how the past curbs the future and how the future is nothing but a result of past aspirations.Short Essay on The Great Gatsby 150 Words in EnglishShort Essay on The Great Gatsby is usually given to classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.The Great Gatsby is a highly acclaimed, sometimes referred to as the Best American novel of all times. The story is a vivid peek into the agreeable society of America in the 1920s. The magic of power, wealth, desire, betrayal and discontentment, all teams up to present the ideals of materialism that rules the society but fails to bestow gratification. This clear depiction of the societal stratification is anticipated by the three classes of American society- the rich, the poor and the earned rich.The three classes, in the novel, have interrelated themselves by contentious association. The get-together events among the classes and within the classes are an interpretation of the things that make up the nonchalant American life in the early 20th Century.The story has Jay Gatsby as the protagonist, and Nick Carraway, Daisy Buchanan as the other important characters who shape up the story and their actions proceed to the pithy climax of the story.10 Lines on The Great Gatsby Essay in English1. The Great Gatsby is often termed to as the finest work of fiction by any American writer that surpasses the literary artistry.2. The Great Gatsby is a highly acclaimed classic that satire upon the American lives depends on the class in the 1920s.3. The Great Gatsby is written by F Scott Fitzgerald.4. The protagonist and the narrator of the story are Nick Carraway.5. Nick caraway’s proportional evolution from the initiation to the end turns out to be worthwhile in the context of the story.6. The story mostly revolves around Jay Gatsby.7. Jay Gatsby is a self-made man who has earned enough money to host lavish parties every night.8. The otherimportant characters are Tom Buchanan and Daisy Buchanan. 9. The societal stratification of the said time is perhaps the central theme of the story. 10. The other themes include the conflict between power, wealth, betrayal, desire, carelessness and discontentment, that pack up the complete meaning of The Great Gatsby.FAQ’s on The Great Gatsby EssayQuestion 1.When is the story of The Great Gatsby set up?Answer:The Great Gatsby is set up in the early 1920s, post-war economic growth era. The venue of the story is a nonchalant American society.Question 2.Does The Great Gatsby have a prequel and a sequel?Answer:No. The Great Gatsby does not have any prequel or sequel. The story is limited to one volume and is certainly the most factiously impactful American story.Question 3.What happens to Jay Gatsby in the end?Answer:The story revolves around Jay Gatsby and his lavish guff parties. The story proceeds to give us a vivid picture of what jay Gatsby is and what he wants. His character leads to an abrupt end of Gatsby but a very meaning end of the story.Question 4.What should be the literary level for me to read The Great Gatsby?Answer:You do not need to have a literary standard to read The Great Gatsby. It’s a fine novel in easy words which can be read and understood by anyone.。

英美文学名词解释

1.Oedipus complex(恋母情结)In psychoanalysis, a subconscious sexual desire in a child, especially a male child, for the parent of the opposite sex, usually accompanied by hostility to the parent of the same sex.2.stream-of-consciousness（意识流）It presents unspoken materials directly from the psyche of the characters, or makes the characters tell their own inner thoughts in monologues the realm of life with which stream-of-consciousness novel is concerned is mental and spiritual experience, such as sensations, memories, imaginations, conceptions, intuitions, feelings and the process of association .3.Modernism (现代主义)4.Narration(记叙)The narrator is different than expected. Not first person- no “I”. So it must be third person, but third-person narrators are supposed to be reliable; they give us the truth; they don’t tend to talk about moocows and hairy faces in childish ways; they don’t tend to evolve as the protagonist grows and develops adding literary sophistication each chapter.5.Transcendentalism(超验主义)The transcendentalism stressed the importance of intuition and subjective experience in communication with God. They rejected religious dogma and texts in favor of mysticism and scientific naturalism.6.Image (意象)The words that trigger our imagination to recall or to recombine memory of mental pictures. The imagists used precise, clearly presented images in their work. They also used common, everyday speech and aimed for conciseness, concrete imagery ,and the creation of new rhythrns.7.The Southern Renaissance(南方文艺复兴)In the 20th cent. , southern lit. became not only distinguished but very diverse, yet it has often laid stress on regionalism.The Southern Renaissance is featured in its unique feeling of guilt, failure and poverty as well.●Southern Myths● a. Chevalier heritage(骑士精神的传承)● b. Agrarian virtue（土地的价值）● c. Plantation aristocracy （种植园主）● d. Lost cause （注定要失败的势力）● e. White supremacy （白人至上）● f. Purity of womanhood （女人的纯洁）8.Gothic Fiction（哥特主义）Prominent features of gothic fiction include terror (both psychological and physical), mystery, the supernatural, ghosts, dilapidated houses and Gothic architecture, castles, darkness, death, decay, madness (especially mad women), secrets, hereditary curses, persecuted maidens, very old servants, dusty chambers, locked rooms, claustrophobic conditions9.The Iceberg Theory（冰山理论）The Iceberg Theory is a writing theory stated by American writer Ernest Hemingway as follows: "If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit things that will have a feeling of those things as strongly as though the writer had stated them. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water. A good writer does not need to reveal every detail of a character or action.” This statement throws light on the symbolic implications of art.10.American Dream（美国梦）American Dream refers to the dream of material success. In which one, regardless of social status, acquires wealth and gains success by working hard and good luck. In literature, the theme of American Dream recurs in The Great Gatsby comes from the west to the east with the dream of material success. The novel tells the shattering of American Dream rather than its success. American Dream in which there may be sweet love，lots of money，and a high position.11.Jazz Age (爵士时代)12.Sonnet（商籁诗）A sonnet is a form of a poem that originated in Europe, mainly Italy, consisting of 14 lines. It was Thomas Wyatt who introduced the sonnet into English in the early 16th century, Shakespearean sonnet contains three quatrains and a rhyming couplet and each line has ten syllables.。

英语专业毕业论文《了不起的盖茨比》

分类号单位代码学号 00907066密级本科毕业论文院系名称外国语学院专业名称英语语言文学年级 2009级学生姓名李林源指导老师常慧2013年4月20日中文摘要美国著名作家菲兹杰拉德被称为“美国梦的代言人”，在他的小说中，我们难以区分是他的生活如一部小说，还是他的小说就是他的一段真实的生活的写照，因为他已完全融入其中。

尤其是其代表作《了不起的盖茨比》，文中主人公盖茨比是为追求美国梦而最终牺牲了自己的典例，他渴望以自己的信念和勇气来获取物质以及爱情上的收获，然而由于他的梦想是一种对虚幻的渴望，而不是建立在现实的基础之上的追求，最终导致了他美国梦的破灭，本论文通过对美国梦和小说创作历史背景的研究向我们阐述了这一梦想破灭的各种原因，从而展现作品中体现的社会意义。

关键词：美国梦；了不起的盖茨比；破灭；原因ABSTRACTF. Scott Fitzgerald is the literary spokesman of the “American Dream”. His novels include many aspects of his unique experiences in that period. It is not easy to distinguish his novels with his real life, because his works have already involved himself physically and mentally. Especially in his masterpiece The Great Gatsby, the hero reveals a typical example of those who were eager to achieve the American Dream but finally sacrificed themselves. Although Gatsby dreams of achieving material wealth and love through his courage and hard work, all kinds of external and internal factors lead to the disillusionment of his hope. Through the analysis of American Dream and the historical background of the novel, this thesis elaborates a vivid picture of the reasons leading to the disillusionment of American Dream in order to show the social significance of this work.Key words: American dream; The Great Gatsby; disillusionment; reasonTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION (1)Chapter Ⅰ BACKGROUND INFORMATION (2)1.1 Fitzgerald and His Literary Works (2)1.2 Lost Generation and the Jazz Age (2)1.3 The Main Plot of the Novel (3)1.4 American Dream (4)Chapter ⅡTHE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF Gatsby’s AMERICAN DREAM (5)2.1 The Esta blishment of Gatsby’s American Dream (5)2.1.1 Gatsby’s Dream of Wealth (6)2.1.2 Gatsby’s Dream of High Social Position (6)2.1.3 Gatsby’s Dream of Love (7)2.2 The Disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream (7)Chapter ⅢTHE REASONS FOR THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF Gatsby’s AMERICAN DREAM (9)3.1 Hypocritical Interpersonal Relationship (9)3.2 The Worship of Money (10)3.3 Unrealistic Dream of High Social Position (11)3.4 The Wrong Understanding of Love (12)CONCLUSION (13)Bibliography (14)Notes (14)An Analysis of American Dream in The Great Gatsby: From the Establishment to theDisillusionmentINTRODUCTIONThe thesis is a brief longitudinal study of American Dream in the novel The Great Gatsby. This thesis analyzes the establishment of Gatsby’s American Dream and the reasons leading to his American Dream’s disillusionment. Through this thesis, we can have a dialectical view of the reasons why Gatsby can not realize his American Dream. The main body of the thesis is made up of three parts. The first part is a general introduction to the great author Fitzgerald, his novel The Great Gatsby and its writing background. In order to trace back to the reasons that result in the disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream, the second part reviews the establishment and the disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream. The third part focuses on analyzing the reasons for his American Dream’s disillusionment. In the end, the thesis comes to a conclusion that the disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream is unavoidable.Chapter Ⅰ BACKGROUND INFORMATION1.1 Fitzgerald and His Literary WorksFitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 and St. Paul Minnesota was his hometown. While he was a student in Princeton University, the young man developed his hobby and skill in writing. When the First World War broke out, he became a soldier. In a training camp in Alabama, he met and fell in love with Zelda Sayre. This woman finally married Fitzgerald and became the model for most of the beautiful female characters in his novels.This Side of Paradise, the Beautiful and Damned, Tender is the Night and The Great Gatsby were his four well-known novels. The last one The Great Gatsby, which established Fitzgerald’s significant position in American modern literature, is often viewed as a mirror of American society in the 1920s.In 1925, Fitzgerald published his most famous novel The Great Gatsby. The novel reflected the selfishness and bossy of American vested interest groups represented by Tom and pointed out that Gatsby’s tragedy is caused by his fantasy of life and his lack of comprehension of theuppertendom’s essence.1.2 Lost Generation and the Jazz AgeFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald was one of the greatest writers in the twentieth century, and his works reflected the Jazz Age. He is regarded as a member of the Lost Generation in the 1920s.Lost Generation is a term used to refer to the generation appeared after World War I. The term was popularized by Ernest Hemingway who used it for his novel The Sun Also Rises. Lost Generation were characterized by being pessimistic about the society and losing confidence for the future. Influenced by the First World War, they could not tolerate and accept the cruel reality. They lived a hopeless and degenerate life.The Jazz Age refers to the period starting from the end of World War I to the beginning of the Great Depression during which jazz became popular. In this period, the traditional puritan moral standards collapsed and hedonism was very popular. Fitzgerald once said that this is an age full of miracles, arts, luxury and irony. And due to this, Fitzgerald was titled as the representative of the Jazz Age.1.3 The Main Plot of the NovelThe Great Gatsby is a very profound and moving novel, and the main plot of the story is as following. A young man named Nick Caraway comes to New York City in the spring of 1922. He is involved in the life of his new neighbor Jay Gatsby who lives at Long Island. Gatsby is a very rich man and regularly holds parties visited by hundreds of people.Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy is his lover before the First World War. Although at that time he is very poor, Gatsby still loves her. Gatsby tries to persuade Daisy to break up with her present husband Tom. On the contrary, Tom reveals that Gatsby earns money by bootlegging. Daisy gets soimpetuous that she drives Gatsby's car and accidentally kills Myrtle Wilson who is Tom's mistress.Tom intentionally tells Myrtle's husband Wilson that Gatsby hits Myrtle when driving his car. Gatsby keeps silent to protect Daisy. At last, Wilson kills Gatsby and then commits suicide. Nick prepares a funeral for Gatsby. Although he wants to make a decent funeral, nobody wants to attend the funeral except Gatsby's father and one former guest. Nick goes back to his Midwest hometown, reflecting on Gatsby's dream and the cynical nature of the past.1.4 American DreamIn order to escape from the political persecution and seek freedom on a new continent, some Englanders started their voyage to the North America. In 1620, 35 Puritans and 67 Non-Puritans drifted to North America in a famous ship called May Flower. Before they landed, 41 travelers signed a treaty—Mayflower Compact.It was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony and the oldest historical document recording those people immigrating towards the North America. The Compact not only regulated equality and justice but also implied the struggling spirit of the Puritans. Even though American Dream has different definitions in different times, yet under political persecution these Anglo-Saxons hoped to create new life with political equality. This is the beginning of American Dream.Different people have different understandings of American Dream and the ways to achieve their American Dream are also various. The definition of American Dream can be introduced in broad sense and narrow sense respectively. For the former one, American Dream means the equality, freedom and democracy on the land of the United States. The latter one means that everyone in America who works hard and never gives up can achieve his or her dream and live a better life in this piece of land. That is to say, people should make efforts to realize their dreams rather than depend on the help from others.James Truslow Adams was the first person who put forward the term American Dream in his book The Epic of America written in 1931. “It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.” ①This ideology is based on the principle that one should be responsible for oneself, and hold every opportunity to gain success by courage and hard work.Chapter Ⅱ THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE DISILLUSIONMENT OFGatsby’s AMERICAN DREAM2.1 The Establishment of Gatsby’s American DreamAs for the American Dream, it is a belief that a better life could be achieved through hard work and strives. “There are several factors lying in the American Dream: equal chances for each person; success is obtained by efforts, not the social background and extraction; everyone is equal; and everyone has his own rights to pursue success.”②There is no doubt that everyone living on that land actually has an American Dream and is eager to achieve it. “E veryone can work their way up from the rags to riches just like Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the US. In other words, American culture focuses on values of individuals, opportunity, pursuing of democracy and freedom, the promotion of deportation and competition and the need of realism and practicality.”③After the Industrial Revolution, American Dream can be realized by commercial activities. Most of individual possessions in the United States were brought by those successful businessmen and these merchants used some capital to build up corporations. Compared with agriculture, Americans preferred business, because engaging in business was a quicker way to make individuals gain wealth. And Gatsby is one of those Americans that pursue American Dream by engaging in the field of business. Obtaining wealth, social position and love are his three goals.2.1.1 Gatsby’s Dream of WealthBecoming wealthy is the most basic element in Gatsby’s American Dream. Gatsby’s dream of wealth reflects the gold rush in the new continent America.Born with a humble family background, Gatsby is a young person who has ambitions and dreams. In order to realize his personal ideals, he changes his original name Gatz into Gatsby that has the meaning “the son of god” and Gatsby's ambition can be seen here clearly.Gatsby is a practical, active and perseverant person. We can see from his schedule that he is an ambitious youth who does things in a planned and orderly way. His plan to realize his dream is arranged very well and he takes getting rich dream as the first step. He believes that if there is a material base, he can live a wealthy life of high social status.Therefore, in order to make the dream of wealth come true, Gatsby is willing to suffer and bear pains. He even runs risks to commit smuggling. In the end, he can hold grand banquets in his blue garden, the guests generally laughing and chatting.2.1.2 Gatsby’s Dream of High Social PositionWith enough money and wealth, the next dream of Gatsby is to become a member of the upper class in the society. And the method he uses is constantly holding a large banquet to show off his wealth and to get acquainted with characters belonging to the upper social class at the same time.Gatsby hopes that the society can accept him, and therefore feel at ease when enjoying everything that the upper classes enjoy. This kind of idea can also be considered as a microcosm of American Dream, because from the beginning of the establishment of the American society, equal opportunity and people’s subjective initiative were advocated.However, the upper classes still look down upon those who have a humble background such as Gatsby. A lot of new upstarts like these people are only smuggling guys. It is easy for us to see that Gatsby, through every struggle, can not be accepted by the society either from his appearance or from his inner world.2.1.3 Gatsby’s Dream of LoveGatsby's first two dreams are the basis of the third one. The realization of his dreams of wealth and high social position is only to makepreparation for winning back his love that is once lost because of poor economic conditions and low position.Gatsby regards Daisy as the embodiment of beauty, kindness and truth that he pursues. In this case, getting married with Daisy and living together with her forever is an important goal in his life and also one of the motive forces of his struggle. However, his pursuit is doomed to be in vain, because Daisy is just superficially beautiful but empty inside. She is a shallow and selfish girl of the bourgeoisie. All day long, the ultimate goal of her life is to seek money and enjoy pleasure.Gatsby can sacrifice his own life in order to protect her, but Daisy refuses to pay any cost for Gatsby. This is the fundamental difference between the two characters. It is also doomed that Gatsby’s dream of love cannot be realized.2.2 The Disillusionment of Gatsby’s American DreamIn this novel the protagonist Gatsby is single-minded in love, ambitious and strong-willed in career, and persistent in the pursue of dreams. The establishment of his dreams is a good beginning, but during the process of achieving the dreams he gradually takes the wrong way. He is a typical victim of the Jazz Age. All of his three dreams fail to be realized.First of all, all of his wealth that he gains through hardships is gone with the loss of his life. The original values of American Dream such as hard work, thrift and moderation are weaker and weaker, and they are replaced by money worship. The real world is an empty shell, and everyone is fond of the immediate pleasure. Gatsby cannot escape from the fashion of luxury. He spends all his money on meaningless things and gets nothing valuable. In other words, he loses his dream of wealth.Secondly, he dies without the acceptance by the upper class. He does not get his ideal social position and his death has little influence on others. Gatsby is a very idealistic person. This kind of people often seem naive or run counter to the reality,because they are not aware of their own condition correctly and the psychology of upper class clearly. He does not know the real attitude of others towards himself. People are always living in certain social groups. When one’s behavior is not consistent with the social mainstream, he or she will be sacrificed. Gatsby belongs to this type. He just pretends to be a person with high social position through such superficial methods as squandering money and making contact with decent people. However, he is no more than a speculator in essence. His behavior and his essence do not match.Thirdly, his dream of love is disillusioned before he has any chance to get Daisy’s sympathy. All the time, Daisy, the perfect girl in the mind of Gatsby, is his unrealistic dream. Deeply attracting Gatsby, she seems pure, beautiful and innocent. Gatsby’s love for Daisy is selfless, and he always wants to protect his beloved person. Even though his own life is threatened, he is willing to sacrifice for her in the end. On the contrary, Daisy's love is selfish, because it is based on material benefits and her own interests. Daisy and Gatsby’s values of love are not balanced. Although after Gatsby becomes wealthy, with Nick’s help, he could be able to meet his lover, his dream to stay with her together for a lifetime fails to be realized. When he tells Nick that “of course the past can be repeated” (Fitzgerald.F.S, 2009: 133) or that “Tom’s love for Da isy was just personal” (Fitzgerald.F.S, 2009:182), he may be just finding some excuses for his inability to recapture his former lover Daisy.His dreams are distant and unreal, and no one can touch it. The disillusionment of Gatsby's dreams is closely associated with the society he lives in, his characteristics, and his lover Daisy's personality.Chapter Ⅲ THE REASONS FOR THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF Gatsby’sAMERICAN DREAMThe Great Gatsby is a well-known novel in the history of American literature. Many scholars both home and abroad have analyzed and commented on this work from different perspectives. And the reasons leading to the disillusionment of Gatsby’s dream has always been a hot topic to discuss. Different people have different ideas. In general, those reasons can be divided into external reasons and internal ones, which depend on each other. Both the two kinds of reasons play an important role in Gatsby’s tragedy. Gatsby’s struggle for the realization of his dreams can not avoid the influence of social environment, and his personality is also one of the important reasons leading his dream to fail.3.1 Hypocritical Interpersonal RelationshipThis is the most important external reason leading to the final disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream.In the 1920s, most people wanted to enter the upper classes and pursue material enjoyment. They were very cynical to seek superficial enjoyment and greedy for material wealth. During that period, treasure and collapsed moral standards made the pursuit of freedom and happiness gradually impossible.The society was so cruel that a person like Gatsby could not break up the bondage. There was little sympathy in the relationship among people. And there was no doubt that people were indifferent and ruthless. The relationship among people was based on money and real love did not exist. If you did not have money, nobody would pay much attention to you.A friend indeed is a friend in need. It means that a true friend is someone who can share both happiness and sorrow together with you. However, Gatsby has no real friends, he only has friends who can share happiness together, but can not tolerate pains together. When Gatsby is rich, everyone comes to his party and curries favor with him. However, when he dies, few people attend his funeral.In the capitalist society, the relationship among people just depends on money and people do not care about one another. There are no permanent friends or enemies. There are only permanent interests. In order to make benefits, people take advantage of others.The hypocritical interpersonal relationship can also be reflected in the relationship of classes in American society where class prejudice is a very critical problem.The contradiction between upper classes and lower classes is the reason why Gatsby can not realize his dream of social position. The vested interest groups who have already stabilized their social position and gained a lot of economic benefits will not allow any poor person without high social background to share wealth and pleasure with them.Although he makes an effort to obtain a good position in the society, he still does not belong to the upper classes. He opens his mind to everyone, but others do not open to him. The old aristocrat Tom hates the new speculator Gatsby, so Tom oppresses Gatsby. In other words, there is a contradiction between Tom and Gatsby, because they are not only love rivals but also belong to different classes.Although the visitors to his parties are strangers, he is still friendly to them. Meanwhile, his guests attend the parties just for fun and wealth. They are not real friends. He is just a victim of that period. His death is a great tragedy of the age. And nobody cares about him.3.2 The Worship of MoneyThis is the internal reason why Gatsby’s dream of wealth fails.Gatsby represents those who have a wrong idea of the relationship between money and love. The novel reflects the social reality vividly. They think money talks. However, not everything can be obtained by money. The best things in life do not cost money.The most important point for realizing the dream of wealth is that one should increase income and decrease expenditure, but Gatsby earns money and consumes wealth in an irrational way.In order to win back his lost love eagerly, becoming wealthy is the most important and necessary thing for Gatsby. However, he uses a wrong way to get money. A large amount of fortune cannot be obtained honestly and legally. Gatsby earns a large amount of money by selling illegal alcohol and trading in stolen securities.After getting the money, he lives an extravagant life. He wastes a lot of wealth just to pursue fashions and high-quality material life. First of all, he gets a large house and an expensive car. Secondly, he holds parties day and night every weekend at home. He becomes famous around New York. The parties are nearly incredibly luxurious. “It looks like World Fair” (Fitzgerald.F.S, 2009: 50) He makes “friends” with famous people and makes himself elegant and noble. In general, he squanders his money.3.3 Unrealistic Dream of High Social PositionThe impossibility of realization of Gatsby’s dreams is the underlying cause resulting in the failure of Gatsby. Since Gatsby has an unrealistic idea about himself and the society he lives in, this is also the general internal reason why he can not realize his dream of high social position.Gatsby’s dream is to become a member of upper classes, but it is far away from him. Firstly, the love between Gatsby and Daisy has become the past, and there is a gap between them. It is impossible to return to the past, because all the things have changed. Secondly, Tom is his biggest enemy, because he has less money than Tom does. Tom is more ambitious than Gatsby according to their personalities. Thirdly, when Gatsby has the necessary condition to obtain a decent social position, the other people do not really accept him.In general, his unpractical dream is based on fantasy instead of reality. In the 1920s, American Dream was materialized. The inner essence of American Dream was changed. Becoming materially rich and pursuing the former spiritual principles of American Dream became a dilemma for the lower classes. He must admit the fact, because the postwar world in which he lives is meaningless and almost wholly loveless.3.4 The Wrong Understanding of LoveThe internal reason why Gatsby’s dream of love fails is that he has a wrong understanding of love itself. As it is known to all, we can not buy love by money.But Gatsby thinks he can not get Daisy’s love only because of money.Gatsby has no vigilance and trusts everyone. When he knows Daisy’s gown has been torn, he gives her a new one. He pursues his dream bravely, but he is too innocent to understand his dreamwhich is impossible to realize. He is so loyal to Daisy and loves her all the time. However, he never knows what his dream is on earth and he does not know Daisy clearly.At the very beginning, Gatsby tells a lie to Daisy. He hopes to make her believe that he can let her live a happy life. Gatsby does everything he can to make his life and possession perfect only for winning back the love between Daisy and him. In his opinion, to be rich is the easiest way. However, it can derail one’s conscience into corruption. The way would deteriorate the true meaning of life and love. Gatsby loses sight of it, so it is unavoidable for him to corrupt.CONCLUSIONAfter collecting information and completing this thesis, we can understand better the beginning, development and disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream. Now we can not only feel empathetic with Gatsby’s intricate and tragic life, but also see the inhumanity and cruelty of the society during that period.Through this novel, Fitzgerald shows the collapse and disillusionment of American Dream in the 1920s. Here, heroes and heroines including Gatsby, Daisy and Tom together serve as metaphors by Fitzgerald to reveal the deviation of American Dream in the 1920s. This thesis generalizes the reasons why Gatsby fails in the pursuing of his dream. Due to all kinds of factors, the disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream is unavoidable.All in all, this novel The Great Gatsby can be absolutely termed as the masterpiece of Fitzgerald, and it actually strengthens the famous and talented American author Fitzgerald’s honor. It takes up an important position in the history of American literature even in the whole world literature.BibliographyBurnham, T. A Re-Examination of The Great Gatsby. College English, 1952. Fitzgerald, F.Scott. The Great Gatsby. Penguin Classics, 1994.Malcolm, Cowley. What is the Meaning of the Jazz Age. New York University Press, 1986Miller, James E. F. Scott Fitzgerald: His Art and Technique. New York University Press, 1964.James Truslow Adams, The Epic of America. New York University Press, 1931 Wang Qiong. The Narrative Technique in “The Great Gatsby” from the Point View of Narration. Journal of Huzhou Teachers College, 1996.Wu Dingbai. An Outline of American Literature. Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 1998.Yang Qishen. Selected Readings in American Literature, Volume 2. Shanghai Translation Press, 1987.Zhao Hongwei. The Definition of American Dream. Shanghai Language Education Press, 1998.陈胜利, 英美文化中含“国家名”的复合词解析, 盐城师范学院学报：人文社会科学版,2010葛靓, Doom of American Dream in Great Gatsby.《文学界(理论版)》 2012.杨慧群, 菲兹杰拉德的小说了不起的盖茨比浅析.江苏广播电视大学学报, 2002.赵红石, Characters’ Lives in The Great Gatsby.《科技信息》2010.Notes（素材和资料部分来自网络，供参考。

the great gatsby经典语录英语

the great gatsby经典语录英语"The Great Gatsby" is a timeless classic that has captivated readers for generations. F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece is filled with memorable quotes that capture the essence of the Roaring Twenties and the complexities of human relationships. Here are some of the most iconic quotes from "The Great Gatsby":1. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." This famous closing line of the novel reflects the theme of nostalgia and the impossibility of truly escaping one's past.2. "I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." Daisy Buchanan's cynical view of the role of women in society highlights the superficiality of the Jazz Age.3. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter – tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther..." Gatsby's unwavering belief in the possibility of reinventing himself and achieving the American Dream is encapsulated in this quote.4. "They're a rotten crowd... You're worth the whole damn bunch put together." Nick Carraway's realization of Gatsby's moral superiority over the shallow socialites of West Egg underscores the novel's themes of materialism and moral decay.5. "I love her and that's the beginning and end of everything." Gatsby's undying love for Daisy drives him to pursue his wealth and social status, ultimately leading to his downfall.6. "I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library." This humorous quote from Nick Carraway reveals his disillusionment with the excess and shallowness of the Jazz Age.7. "Her voice is full of money." This description of Daisy's voice by Gatsby reflects his infatuation with her wealth and status, as well as her allure as a symbol of the American Dream.8. "Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" Gatsby's belief in the power of reinvention and his relentless pursuit of Daisy highlight the novel's theme of the impossibility of recapturing the past.9. "I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life." Nick Carraway'sambiguous feelings towards the world of wealth and privilege in which he finds himself immersed are captured in this quote.10. "You can't repeat the past." Nick's realization of the futility of trying to relive the past underscores the novel's theme of the inevitability of change and the transience of human desires.These quotes from "The Great Gatsby" are just a few of the many memorable lines that have solidified the novel's place as a literary classic. Through the eloquence and depth of its language, Fitzgerald's masterpiece continues to resonate with readers of all ages and backgrounds, making it a timeless work of art.。

first-person narration著名例子

first-person narration著名例子1. "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger: This iconic novel follows the stream-of-consciousness narration of Holden Caulfield, a young teenager who is grappling with adolescence, identity, and societal norms.2. "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee: The story is told through the eyes of Scout Finch, a young girl growing up in a racially divided Southern town, as she navigates through moral complexities and learns about prejudice and compassion.3. "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald: The story is narrated by Nick Carraway, a young man who moves to New York City and becomes entangled in the world of the enigmatic millionaire Jay Gatsby, providing a insightful perspective on wealth, love, and the American Dream.4. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury: The protagonist, Guy Montag, tells the story as it unfolds, providing a firsthand account of a dystopian future where books are banned and burned, and the power of knowledge is suppressed.5. "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden: The narrative is presented as the memoir of the protagonist, Sayuri, a young girl who becomes ageisha in Kyoto, Japan, and offers an intimate and personal account of her experiences, sacrifices, and triumphs.6. "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker: The story is told through the letters and diary entries of Celie, an African-American woman living in the rural South, as she reflects on her life of abuse, racism, and eventual liberation.7. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky: The novel is written in the form of letters from the main character, Charlie, to an anonymous recipient, chronicling his coming-of-age journey, struggles with mental health, and quest for self-discovery.8. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn: The narrative alternates between the perspectives of the husband, Nick, and wife, Amy, providing contrasting accounts of their deteriorating marriage and the events surrounding Amy's disappearance.9. "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak: Death serves as the narrator of this novel, observing and commenting on the main character, Liesel Meminger, a young girl in Nazi Germany who steals books and develops a love for reading and storytelling.10. "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath: The semi-autobiographical novel is narrated by Esther Greenwood, a young woman grappling with mental illness and societal pressures, as she descends into a deep depression and finds herself in a mental institution.。

盖茨比人物分析详解

Study Questions1.Discuss Gatsby’s character as Nick perceives him throughout the novel. What makes Gatsby “great”?In one sense, the title of the novel is ironic; the title characteris neither “great” nor named Gatsby. He is a criminal whose real name is James Gatz, and the life he has created for himself is an illusion. By the same token, the title of the novel refers to the theatrical skill with which Gatsby makes this illusion seem real: the moniker “the Great Gatsby” suggests the sort of vaudeville billing that would have been given to an acrobat, an escape artist, or a magician.Nick is particularly taken with Gatsby and considers him a great figure. He sees both the extraordinary quality of hope that Gatsby possesses and his idealistic dream of loving Daisy in a perfect world. Though Nick recognizes Gatsby’s flaws the first time he meets him,he cannot help but ad mire Gatsby’s brilliant smile, his romantic idealization of Daisy, and his yearning for the future. The private Gatsby who stretches his arms out toward the green light on Daisy’s dock seems somehow more real than the vulgar, social Gatsby who wears a pink suit to his party and calls everyone “old sport.” Nick alone among the novel’s characters recognizes that Gatsby’s love forDaisy has less to do with Daisy’s inner qualities than withGatsby’s own. That is, Gatsby makes Daisy his dream because hisheart demands a dream, not because Daisy truly deserves the passion that Gatsby feels for her. Further, Gatsby impresses Nick with his power to make his dreams come true—as a child he dreamed of wealth and luxury, and he has attained them, albeit through criminal means. As a man, he dreams of Daisy, and for a while he wins her, too. In a world without a moral center, in which attempting to fulfill one’s dreams is like rowing a boat against the current, Gatsby’s power to dream lifts him above the meaningless and amoral pleasure-seeking of New York society. In Nick’s view, Gatsby’s capacity to dream makes him “great” despite his flaws and eventual undoing.2.What is Nick like as a narrator? Is he a reliable storyteller, ordoes his version of events seem suspect? How do his qualities as a character affect his narration?Nick’s description of himself in the opening chapter holds true throughout the novel: he is tolerant and slow to judge, someone with whom people feel comfortable sharing their secrets. His willingnessto describe himself and the contours of his thoughts even when they are inconsistent or incomplete—his conflicted feelings about Gatsby, for instance, or the long musing at the end of the novel—makes him seem trustworthy and thoughtful. His position in relation to theother characters gives him a perfect vantage point from which to tell the story—he is Daisy’s cousin, Tom’s old college friend, and Gatsby’s neighbor, and all three trust and rely on him. Though Nick participates in this story and its events certainly affect him, The Great Gatsby is not really his story in the sense of being about him. However, it is his story in the sense that it is of crucialimportance to him: he defines himself in the process of writing it. Indeed, he struggles with the s tory’s meaning even as he tells it. Though Nick professes to admire Gatsby’s passion as a lover and a dreamer, Nick’s own actions in his relationship with Jordan Baker cast an ironic pall over his admiration: with Jordan, Nick is guarded, cautious, and skeptical. Overall, Nick suggests that Gatsby is an exception to his usual ways of understanding and judging the world, and that his attraction to Gatsby creates a conflict within himself.3.What are some of The Great Gatsby’s most important symbols? Whatdoes the novel have to say about the role of symbols in life?Apart from geographic locations, the two most important symbols inthe novel are the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock and theeyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg. The first is a perfect example of the manner in which characters in The Great Gatsby infuse symbols with meaning—the green light is only a green light, but to Gatsby it becomes the embodiment of his dream for the future, and it beckons to him in the night like a vision of the fulfillment of his desires. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg work in the same fashion, althoughtheir meaning is less fixed. Until George Wilson decides that theyare the eyes of God, representing a moral imperative on which he must act, the eyes are simply an unsettling, unexplained image, as they stare down over the valley of ashes. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg thus emphasize the lack of a fixed relationship between symbols and what they symbolize: the eyes could mean anything to any observer, but they tend to make observers feel as though they are the ones being scrutinized. They seem to stare down at the world blankly, without the need for meaning that drives the human characters of the novel.In general, symbols in the novel are intimately connected to dreams: Gatsby’s dream of Daisy causes him to associate her image with everything he values, just as he associates the green light with his dream for the future. In reading and interpreting The Great Gatsby,it is at least as important to consider how characters think about symbols as it is to consider the qualities of the symbols themselves.4.How does the geography of the novel dictate its themes and characters? What role does setting play in The Great Gatsby?Each of the four important geographical locations in the novel—West Egg, East Egg, the valley of ashes, and New York City—corresponds to a particular theme or type of character encountered in the story. West Egg is like Gatsby, full of garish extravagance, symbolizing the emergence of the new rich alongside the established aristocracy ofthe 1920s. East Egg is like the Buchanans, wealthy, possessing high social status, and powerful, symbolizing the old upper class that continued to dominate the American social landscape. The valley of ashes is like George Wilson, desolate, desperate, and utterly without hope, symbolizing the moral decay of American society hidden by the glittering surface of upper-class extravagance. New York City is simply chaos, an abundant swell of variety and life, associated with the “quality of distortion” that Nick perceives in the East.Setting is extremely important to The Great Gatsby, as it reinforces the themes and character traits that drive the novel’s critical events. Even the weather matches the flow of the plot. Gatsby’s reunion with Daisy begins in a ferocious thunderstorm and reaches its happiest moment just as the sun comes out. Tom’s confrontation with Gatsby occurs on the hottest day of the summer. Finally, Gatsby’s death occurs just as autumn creeps into the air. The specificity of the settings in The Great Gatsby contributes greatly to the creationof distinct zones in which the conflicting values of various characters are forced to confront each other.Suggested Essay Topics1. In what sense is The Great Gatsby an autobiographical novel? Does Fitzgerald write more of himself into the character of Nick or the character of Gatsby, or are the author’s qualities found in both characters?2. How does Gatsby represent the American dream? What does the novel have to say about the condition of the American dream in the 1920s? In what ways do the themes of dreams, wealth, and time relate to each other in the novel’s exploration of the idea of America?3. Compare and contrast Gatsby and Tom. How are they alike? How are they different? Given the extremely negative light in which Tom is portrayed throughout the novel, why might Daisy choose to remain with him instead of leaving him for Gatsby?Analysis of Major Characters→Themes, Motifs & SymbolsJay 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 studyingat 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. Gatsby’s reputation precedes him—Gatsby himself does not appear in a speaking role until Chapter 3.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 6 and receives definitive proof of his criminal dealings in Chap ter 7). 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 quality 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 hisquality 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 personaof 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 hisdreams 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 America n 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, whereas 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, theflashy 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 observe 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 1, he is tolerant,open-minded, quiet, and a good listener, and, as a result, otherstend 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 Fitzgerald’s voice, as in his extended meditation on time and the American dream at the end of Chapter 9.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 thatlifestyle grotesque and damaging. This inner conflict is symbolized throughout the book by Nick’s romantic affair with Jordan Baker. Heis 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 2. 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 coverfor 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 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 7, 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 introduce d in Chapter 7. In Fitzgerald’s conception of America in the 1920s, Daisy represents the amoral values of the aristocratic East Egg set.。

美国文学毕业论文选题

美国文学毕业论文选题：1.从《最后的莫西干人》看殖民者对印第安人的压迫The Oppression of the Indians by the Colonists in The Last of the Mohicans2.浅析《智血》中的女性哥特色彩On Female Gothic Flavor of Wise Blood3.论《竞选州长》的写作技巧The Writing Skills of Running for Governor4.浅析《心是孤独的猎手》的孤独主题The Theme of Loneliness in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter5.论《奥吉∙马奇历险记》的反传统风格On the Unconventional Style of The Adventures of Augie March6.浅析《螺丝在拧紧》中的哥特成分An Analysis of the Gothic Elements in The Turn of the Screw7.季诺碧亚和普里西拉的原型分析Archetypes of Zenobia and Priscilla8.《推销员之死》中的“美国梦”分析American Dreams in Death of a Salesman9.论《榆树下的欲望》中《圣经》场景的投影和颠覆A Projection and Overturn of Biblical Scene in Desire Under the Elms10.浅析《夜访吸血鬼》中的吸血鬼形象Analysis of the Vampire in Interview with the Vampire11.《冷山》的主题思想分析The Themes of Cold Mountain12.浅析《野性的呼唤》中个人英雄主义On the Individualism of The Call of the Wild13.两个关于幽灵的故事——对《厄舍古屋的倒塌》和《蝴蝶梦》的比较研究Two Stories Of Specter：The Contrast Analysis of the Fall of the House of Ursher and Rebecca14.霍尔顿悲剧成因分析Analysis on the Causes of Holden’s Tragedy15.浅析《野性的呼唤》中的自然主义The Brief Analysis of Naturalism in The Call of the Wild16.从《老人与海》看海明威作品中的硬汉形象—桑提亚哥On the Image of a Tough Guy in The Old Man and the Sea—Santiago17.试析《S.》中厄普代克对女权运动的态度On Updike’s Attitude towards Feminism in S.18.《飘》中女主角斯嘉丽的性格分析An Analysis of the Characters of Scarlett in Gone with the wind19.从变态心理学的视角分析电影《沉默的羔羊》An Analysis of the Silence of the Lambs—From the Perspective of Abnormal Psychology 20.《紫颜色》中艾伯特人物分析An Character Analysis of Albert in The Color Purpl21.浅析弗罗斯特的诗歌特色On the Features of Robert Frost’s Poetry22.论海明威作品《太阳照样升起》中的女性形象On the Images of Women in Hemingway`s The Sun Also Rises23.美国自然文学在斯蒂芬•克莱恩的作品中体现American Naturalism Reflected in Stephen Crane’s Works24.浅谈海明威的作品《太阳照常升起》中“迷惘的一代”‘The Lost Generation’ in Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises25.《小妇人》中四姐妹的人物塑造On the Characterization of the Four Sisters in Little Woman26.美国黑人文化身份的困境：评托妮•莫里森的《柏油娃》The Dilemma of Black American Cultural Identity: on Toni Morrison’s Tar Boy27.《看不见的人》的爵士乐风格Jazz Style in Invisible Man28.论《一个干净明亮的地方》的写作技巧On the Techniques of A Clean,Well-Lighted Place29.托妮•莫里森笔下的微笑意象The Smile Image in Toni Morison’s Writing30.成长的艰辛—《麦田里的守望者》的主题分析Difficulties in Growing Up: A Thematic Analysis of The Catcher in the Rye31.《小镇畸人》中的怪人形象The Image of Grotesques in Winesburg, Ohio32.《赫索格》的艺术表现手法Techniques of Artistic Expression in Herzog33.浅谈纳博科夫的《洛丽塔》中的病态心理On Insanity in Lolita by Nabokov34.《汤姆叔叔的小屋》中女性意识力量The Female Consciousness in Uncle Tom's Cabin35.论《愤怒的葡萄》中体现的《圣经》元素On the Elements of the Bible in the Grapes of Wrath36.书信体叙述模式在《紫色》中的运用The Epistolary Narration in The Color Purple37.托尼莫里森作品中人物名字的意义The Meaning of Names in Toni Morisson's Novels38.论小说《在路上》中垮掉的一代A Survey on the Beat Generation from On the Road39.论《永别了,武器》中的悲剧策略Analysis on the Tragic Strategy of A Farewell to Arms The Tragic Spirit in Death of a Salesman40.孤独与失落的守望—析《麦田里的守望者》Waiting in Perplexity and Degradation ——Analysis of The Catcher in The Rye41.论海明威《一个干净明亮的地方》中的虚无主义The Analysis on Nihilism in Hemingway’s Short Story A Clean, Well-lighted Place42.试析《哈克贝利•费恩历险记》中的人性刻画On the Humanity Reflected in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn43.唐人街文化分析——以水仙花与朱路易作品为例Analysis of Chinatown Culture—Taking the Works of Sui Sin Far and Louis Chu as the Example44.意象派诗歌中东方审美因素的分析On the Analysis of Oriental Aesthetic Elements in the Imagist Poetry45.《这个杀手不太冷》的主人公性格分析Character Analysis of “LEON”46.论马丁•伊登和杰伊•盖茨比的比较研究A Comparative Study between Martin Eden and Jay Gatesby47.浅析《鸡蛋的胜利》中运用象征手法表现美国梦On the American Dream Expressed by Symbolism by The Triumph of the Egg48.从《教父》看两代人不同的家庭观The Discrepancy of Family Values between Two Generations in The Godfather49.《推销员之死》中的矛盾与冲突Conflict and Contradiction— On Death of a Salesman50.论霍桑作品中的象征手法----以《年轻人古德曼•布朗》为例On the Symbolism in Hawthorne's Works---taking Young Goodman Brown as a example 51.浅谈《厄舍古屋的倒塌》的叙事视角On the Narrative Point of View in The Fall of the House of Usher52.论《厄舍古屋倒塌》中的哥特元素On Gothic Elements in “The Fall of the House of Usher”53.解析《第二十二条军规》中的黑色幽默On the Black Humor in Catch-2254.论《所罗门之歌》的主题55.论《推销员之死》的悲剧观56.从休斯到莫里森浅析美国黑人文学的嬗变57.浅析爱伦•坡的侦探小说58.浅析《汤姆叔叔的小屋》主人公性格59.《嚎叫》——垮掉的一代的预言60.从愤怒的葡萄中看美国大萧条61.杰克伦敦的自然主义——通过作品《野性的呼唤》和《白牙》分析其自然主义倾向62.《哈克贝利•费恩历险记》的写作特点分析63.《愤怒的葡萄》中《圣经》的象征意义64.海勒斯与卡米拉的爱情对比分析65.浅析王熙凤与斯嘉丽的异同66.从生态女权主义角度来解读托妮•莫里森的《宠儿》67.《最蓝的眼睛》中非裔美国人的自我憎恨68.“心之罪”与“魂之恶”——比较研究《红字》与《厄榭尔府的倒塌》69.杰克•伦敦的《野性的呼唤》中的自然主义元素70.论简爱中的女性意识71.汤姆.索亚，哈克.贝丽芬和马克吐温的时代观72.海明威的女性意识73.论嘉莉妹妹成功的原因74.从《喧哗与骚动》中凯莉的悲剧看女性的社会地位75.透视《宠儿》中美国黑人女性的悲剧与成长76.浅析《心是孤独的猎手》中人物异化的生存状态77.论小男孩在《老人与海》中的作用78.浅析《论自助》中人生自主的源泉79.浅析马克•吐温小说的地方色彩主义特点On the Characteristics of Dickinson’s Poems80.哈克贝利•费恩的性格分析An Analysis of the Characteristics of Huckleberry Finn81.浅析《欲望号街车》的主题An Analysis of the Theme of A Streetcar Named Desire82.狄金森诗歌的特点之浅析On the Characteristics of Dickinson’s Poems83.浅析狄金森诗歌中的死亡主题On the Death Theme of Dickinson’s Poems84.从凯蒂的悲剧中看20世纪初女性的社会地位From Caddy’s Tragedy to View Women’s Social Status in the Early 20th Century 85.《乱世佳人》对21世纪女性的启示An Analysis of the Inspiration of Gone with the Wind to the 21st Century Women 86.解读《献给艾米丽的一朵玫瑰》中的悲剧元素On Tragic Elements in A Rose for Emily87.浅析《麦田里的守望者》中霍顿的性格特点An Analysis of Holden’s Characteristics in The Catcher in the Rye88.斯嘉丽：“旧”时代的“新”女性Scarlett O’Hara, A “New” Woman In “Old” Period89.“无形”困境——对《看不见的人》的主题分析“Invisible Plight” ---- An Analysis of the theme of Invisible Man90.情感与理智——浅析《飘》中的婚姻观Emotion and Intellect---- An Analysis of View of Marriage in Gone with the Wind 91.浅析《欲望号街车》中布兰奇的悲剧根源On the Origin of Blanche’s Tragedy in A Streetcar Named Desire92.论对《哈克贝利•费恩历险记》的种族主义误读On Racist Misperception of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn93.从《喜福会》透视中美文化冲突与融合On the Cultural Conflicts and Blending Embodied in The Joy Luck Club94.浅析惠特曼的写作技巧A Brief Analysis of the Writing Techniques of Whitman95.对《宠儿》中叙事方法的分析An Analysis of the Narrative Tactics in Beloved96.浅析《赫索格》中的犹太情结A Brief Analysis of the Jewish Complex in Herzog97.抗争与守望：论《小镇畸人》中的畸形人物Struggle and Watch: A Study of the Grotesques in Winesburg, Ohio98.浅析《嘉莉妹妹》中的自然主义特征A Brief Analysis of Naturalistic Features in Sister Carrie99.浅析《看不见的人》中黑人的被漠视境遇An Analysis of Blacks’ Invisible Situation in Invisible Man100.浅析欧•亨利短篇小说的结尾艺术与人文关怀A Brief Analysis of the Twist Ending and the Humanity Cares in O. Henry’s Short Stories 101.浅析《看不见的人》中的布鲁斯神韵An Analysis on the Spirit of the Blues in Invisible Man102.哈克贝利•费恩的性格分析An Analysis of the Characteristics of Huckleberry Finn103.伊迪斯•华顿《纯真年代》中的女性意识Feminine Consciousness in Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence104.《嘉莉妹妹》中的早期自然主义Dreiser’s Early Naturalism in Sister Carrie105.论《夜色温柔》中美国梦的破灭On the Collapse of American Dream in Tender is the Night106.艾米莉•狄更森诗歌之主题研究On the Themes of Emily Dickinson’s Poems107.对《推销员之死》对话的语用分析A Pragmatic Analysis of the Dialogues in Death of a Salesman108.《红字》中的象征意义The Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter109.浅析《美国悲剧》中罗贝塔的悲剧性On the Tragedy of Roberta in An American Tragedy110.论《洛丽塔》中的彼岸世界On the “Otherworld” of Lolita111.通过《飘》看女人的觉醒Gone with the Wind and the Awakening of Women112.浅析托尼•莫里森《宠儿》中的魔幻现实主义的应用Magic Realism in Tony Morrison’s Beloved113.《看不见的人》中的社会问题分析Analysis of Social Problems in Invisible Man114.论《秀拉》中女性的自我寻找Self-realization of the Females in Sula115.浅析《了不起的盖茨比》比中颜色的象征意义The Symbolic Meaning of Color Words in The Great Gatsby116.从《嘉莉妹妹》看女性价值观变迁Changes of Female’s Values in Sister Carrie117.浅析多斯• 帕索斯在“美国”三部曲中的写作手法Techniques Employed in U.S.A by John Dos Passos118.爱伦•坡小说中的恐怖因素Horror Elements in Edgar Allen Poe’s Fiction119.浅析《我有一个梦想》的修辞手法与主题表现An Analysis of Rhetoric Method and Theme of I Have a Dream120.浅析《芒果街上的小屋》中的女性形象Analysis on the Female Images in The House on Mango Street121.浅析欧•亨利的黑色幽默On O. Henry’s Black Humor122.欧•亨利短篇小说中的反衬艺术The Art of Making Contrasts in O• Henry's Short Stories123.论《了不起的盖茨比》中的美国梦On the American Dream in The Great Gatsby124.圣经对美国小说的影响The Influence of Bible in American Novel125.《白鲸》的生态解读Ecological Analysis of Moby-Dick126.论《汤姆•索亚历险记》的魅力所在The Charms of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer127.《老人与海》的象征主义Symbolism in The Old Man and the Sea128.《汤姆叔叔的小屋》主要人物性格分析Analysis of the Protagonists’ Character in Uncle Tom’s Cabin129.基督教在《汤姆叔叔的小屋》中的体现Christianity in Uncle Tom's Cabin130.论T.S.艾略特《荒原》中的宗教思想A Discussion of the Religious Ideas in The Waste Land of T. S. Eliot131.论《推销员之死》的悲剧精神The Tragic Spirit in Death of a Salesman132.《秘密花园》现代主义主题分析On the Modernist Themes in The Secret Garden133.简析艾伦•金斯堡《嚎叫》中的“垮掉的一代”Brief Analysis of the Beat Generation in Allen Ginsberg’s Howl134.“嘉莉妹妹”—西方女性的缩影Sister Carrie—the Miniature of Western Women135.伊迪丝•华顿的《纯真年代》中的女性意识Feminine Consciousness in Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence136.解析《红字》中A的象征意义On the Symbolic Meaning of A in The Scarlet Letter137.《小妇人》—一曲新女性的赞歌Little Women, a Celebration of New Women138.梭罗的《瓦尔登湖》中蕴含的深层生态学思想Deep Ecological Thoughts Contained in Thoreau’s Walden139.从《喧哗与骚动》中浅析20世纪初女性的社会地位Analysis of Women’s Social Position in Early 20th Century from The Sound and the Fury 140.浅析海明威的《一个干净明亮的地方》A Brief Discussion of Hemingway’s A Clean and Well-lighted Place141.论《美国悲剧》中萝贝塔的悲剧性The Tragedy of Roberta in American Tragedy142.马克•吐温短篇小说的幽默与讽刺Humor and Irony in Mark Twain’s Short Story143.论马克•吐温小说的讽刺144.浅析马克吐温的《败坏了哈得莱堡的人》中的讽刺艺术145.论《觉醒》的主题和特点146.透过《嘉莉妹妹》看世纪之交的美国消费文化147.从女性主义视角解读《紫色》148.论《麦田里的守望者》中读者对艺术真实的认同与重建149.《宠儿》中黑人女性的社会地位150.浅析艾米莉•狄金森的爱情诗151.《白鲸》所反映出的生活态度152.浅析《嘉莉妹妹》中的新女性形象153.论《土生子》中的种族主义154.《喜福会》中母爱主题的阐释155.从庞德的作品品读意象派风格156.从超验主义重新解读《小妇人》157.评莫里森《最蓝的眼睛》的艺术特色158.论《老人与海》的悲剧色彩159.小男孩在《老人与海》中的作用160.浅谈尼采思想对杰克•伦敦及其小说《马丁• 伊登》的影响161.论《白象似的群山》中海明威独特的写作风格162.对海明威短篇小说艺术特色的研究163.从《嘉莉妹妹》看美国梦的幻灭。

《了不起的盖茨比》的叙事风格

- 244-校园英语 / 文艺研究《了不起的盖茨比》的叙事风格暨南大学/李洁The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald manifests the various themes of the American Dream and moral values by using the special narrative style. In this essay, I will argue that the first-person narrative style employed in 'The Great Gatsby' strengthens the narrator's idolization of Jay Gatsby, is central to the individual's perspective which is portrayed by Nick Carraway of the American Dream and its disillusionment, and is a useful device to build up suspense and irony.The first-person narrative is a narrative style that modernist works of literature typically employ to highlight subjective experiences, Nick is ﬂawed, following the emergence of Freudian psychoanalytical theories in the early twentieth century. The use of 'I', a first person pronoun, is indicative of the first-person narrative technique that lends a limited perspective to the story about its eponymous protagonist and lay the full text of an subjective tone. It also makes Nick an unreliable narrator, as his perspective is only one perspective and cannot be completely trusted as it is biased. “For Nick sometimes sees only part of a meaning that a scene carries, sometimes shifts ground perplexingly, and sometimes even strains ‘judgments ’ out of inconclusive evidence.”(Cartwright,1984) “Nick suspends disbelief and enters Gatsby ’s world, accepting his terms of discourse.”(Hochman, 2010) “And it was from Cord that he inherited money.”(p.97) Nick glossed over Gatsby's shady dealings as a businessman. That ’s why Nick is unrealible.This kind of first-person limited perspective can be Dialect and foreign language are widely used as most useful means of induced laughter in China's comedy. In the US sitcom. English variants and foreign languages are frequently used by writers as means of speech-induced laughter. Sometimes there are several actors who are native speaker inadvertently or deliberately mimic the use of English variants of the phenomenon. In addition, some dialogue in comedy scenes will also appear to be mixed language. We will take Joey ’s stage show as an example.Example:Joey: (On stage in an Austrian accent) Vell, Eva, we ’ve done some excellent vork here, and I vould have to say, your pwoblem is qviiite clear.乔伊：伊娃，我们有不凑的进展——version 1(我们有不错的进展)——version 2老俗说，你的困老很清此(老实说，你的困扰很清楚)If we choose to translate it into version two, the sentences won ’t be funny at all. In most cases, to translate the original scene ’s varieties of accents to another language will inevitably lose a certain artistic features of the original. How the Chinese audience feel it depends on their familiarity in source language pronunciation and intonation as well as the recognition of the person ’s status. In this case Joey has to change into the Austrian accent. Voice-level variation with physical performance will certainly make the audience laugh. The version 1 successfully conveys the message, but it requires some time. So it ’s better to combine version 1 with 2, and audience will laugh in a second.ConclusionTo achieve good translation of humor by wordplay, we should follow the principle of translation: remaining the original purpose of sources and meanwhile creating the humor effect in Chinese translation version. This paper mainly concerns the wordplay in sitcom and the relative translation devices anddiscusses the limitation and how to deal with it. The purpose of translation is to decrease the distance between the original text and the target language. The paper uses Friends as a medium, and applies Nida ’s Equivalence Theory to wordplay translation. It is proved that an excellent sitcom translator should transfer the message of the source text and the humorous effect expressed in the source language at the same time. It is necessary for a subtitle translator to choose translation strategies flexibly and try to enhance the acceptability of the translated version, and should try the best to reach the “maximal purpose ” as Nida put: to produce approximately the same impact on the target language receptor as what the original does upon the original receptor.References:[1]Gottlieb,Henrik.Traductio:essays on punning and translation: You got the Picture?——On the Polysemiotics of Subtitling Wordplay[C].Manchester:St.Jerome,1997.[2]Nida,Eugene nguage,Culture,and Translating[M].Shanghai:Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press,1993.[3]Schroter,Torsten.Quantity and Quality in Screen Translation[J]. Perspectives:Studies in Translatology.2003,11(2):105-124.[4]Schroter,Torsten.Of Holy Goats and the NYPD:A study of Language-based Screen Humour in Translation:Claims,Changes and Challenges in Translation Studies[C].by Gyde Hansen, Kirsten Malmkjar and Daniel Gile.Amsterdam:John Benjamins Publishing Company,2004.[5]欧阳利锋.如何翻译幽默[J].广州外语外贸大学学报.2002(3): 49-54.[6]张南峰.Delabastita 的双关语翻译理论在英汉翻译中的应用[J].中国翻译.2003(1):30-36.[7]张南峰.艾克西拉的文化专有项翻译策略评价[J].中国翻译.2004a(1):18-23.校园英语 / 文艺研究helpful to combine the content with form perfectly and give us a fresh feeling. By what Nick saw, heard and thought, the novel signifies the luxurious, decadent and indulgent lifestyle at that time and readers have more intuitive feelings about the disillusionment theme of the American Dream. “I began to like New York”(p.57)“That’s my Middle West.”(p.167) We can see Nick's optimism at the start, which changes to a deep pessimism for the American Dream. He finds out that it is a lie and that society is destroyed by it. 'Green light' is the symbolic of the American Dream and is a illusion.“The theme of Gatsby is the withering of the American dream. The Great Gatsby is an exploration of the American dream as it exists in a corrupt period, and it is an attempt to determine that concealed boundary that divides the reality from the illusions.”(Brewley,1954)Not only is Nick the narrator, but also he is the witness of the tragedy and one of the protagonists. This narrative mode narrows the distance between the narrator and the story, “distance between the narrator's perception and the reader's perception.”(Boyle, 1969) in other words, the story based on his personal experience makes the fictionality of the story reduce to a minimum, the story showed the greatest degree of authenticity and credibility although his is unreliable narrator.There are four ways to narrate the story, one is Nick himself describes his own personal experiences with Gatsby. Nick is Gatsby’s neighbor, Daisy’s cousin and Tom’s classmate in the university. So he can get some information about Gatsby and witness some dramatic scenes, such as Gatsby’s behavior and manner of speaking, the lavish party, Gatsby’s appointment with Daisy, Gatsby’s quarrel with Tom. As a witness and a protagonist, Nick can observe Gatsby from a distance, listen to others’ gossip and speculation about the identity of the Gatsby in the party.Nick witnessed the sad scene after Gatsby’s death that form a strong and sharp contrast between the lifetime of glitz and death. It deepens the tragic effect of the novel and strengthen the theme. Nick discloses the story of Gatsby to more degree, besides Nick tells his experiences without too much modification. Nick broadly understood some details in this way. Nick was invited to join in the grand party so that he witnessed the luxury and depravity in the society, he gradually knew Gatsby’s characteristics. He was forced to visit Tom’s lover Mrytle. He was brought by Gatsby to visit friend Wolfshiem who told Nick about the sources of his wealth.The second one is others provide the information about Gatsby for Nick. Nick is not the God, he has not the omniscient perspective, he just a narrator, he cannot know about anything. In order to develop the plot, Nick gives way to the other characters, other persons’ descriptions are required to make up for gaps in the narrative process. “Nick repeatedly listens to stories, stories told by Daisy, Gatsby, Jordan, Myrtle. Presented not merely as writer and storyteller, but also as a recipient of other people’s stories.”(Hochman,2010)When the affair between Gatsby and Daisy, the sub-character Jordan Baker helped a lot. In chapter 4, “One October day in nineteen-seventeen (said Jordan Baker that afternoon, sitting up very straight on the straight chair in the tea-garden at the Plaza Hotel) I was walking along from one place to another.”(p.72) From here, the perspective has transformed to Jordan at this moment. She started to narrate the story instead of Nick. Readers get information indirectly by her and know Gatsby has connection with Daisy. Another example is about the past of the Gatsby. Nick knew nothing about the experience of Gatsby, so he only showed to the readers the rumours and gossips through the party guests and others such as Wolfshiem Gatsby himself, Jordan and Mr. Gatz. Gatsby said “I am the son of some wealthy people in the Middle West all dead now. I was brought up in America but educated at Oxford. My family all died and I came into a good deal of money.”(p.64) Wolfshiem said “He’s an oggsford man. I made the pleasure of his acquaintance just after the war. ”(p.70) Although these materials have certain limitations such as lack of reliability. However, it gave necessary complement to the narration, but also to show ambiguity in the fusion of reality and fantasy.The third one is that Nick sometimes with his own imagination made up the plot that is logical and can be combined with his narration to show the theme. The most typical example is that Wilson went to Gatsby's villa to revenge for his wife. “Now I want to go back a little and tell what happened at the garage after we left there the night before...I have an idea that Gatsby himself didn’t believe it would come, and perhaps he no longer cared.” (p.153) Nick himself did not witness some events that are no circumstantial evidences but are extremely important to the plot. He fully showed his imagination. Through his hypothesis, reasoning, organization and artistic process, it makes the event believable even if the event did not occurred. As a method of narrative, it is undoubtedly rich layering works and adds a certain artistic charm.The fourth one is Nick is not the only narrator in the story; the novel also uses a limited omniscient narrator to comment on the emotional and physical landscape, for instance in the introduction to the 'Valley of Ashes'. “This is a valley of ashes-a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque garden”(p.26)This omniscient narrator supplements Nick's narration, because it reminds the readers of the presence of God (signified to the eyes of Dr T.J. Eckleburg) watching these characters even as they abandon their belief- 245 -- 246-校园英语 / 文艺研究in Him. Characters are both nihilistic and narcissistic, serving themselves and their desires and ignorant of a high moral presence. There are many descriptions from Nick's point-of-view that disclose their reckless behaviour, constant partying, and escaping reality and thus forsaking God, such as “A suggestion that she had moved heer ball from a bad lie in the semi-final round. The thing approached the proportion of a scandal.”(p.58)Nick used flashback narrative retell the story, and then in the sequence of Nick ’s understanding of the events. In a retrospective way, Nick recalled the whole story when he went back to “the Middle West ”.Irony is a specific way to show the narrative style. First of all, the irony of the title make readers pay more attention to the theme of the moral values and the social class. The title is “the Great Gatsby ”. We can know that Gatsby ’s wrong pursuit of life caused the tragedy of his life from the novel. He died and the American Dream shattered at last. He was not a hero, but the title used “great ” show the contrasts and contradictions. People regarded the new rich represented by the fashionable Gatsby on West Egg and the old rich represented by Tom and Daisy Buchanan on East Egg in a different way. It is ironic that the wealth of the Buchanans do not bring them satisfaction and instead destroys society. Myrtle is “Tom ’s mistress.”(p.27)George and Myrtle Wilson are symbolic of the lives destroyed by the old rich. Gatsby didn ’t realize the true role played by wealth in reality. Even though he had more wealth, he was regarded as inferior upstart by the hereditary wealthy. The money he received only caused people ’s suspicions and jealousy.Secondly, the evidence of irony is that Gatsby pursued his ideal love in his whole life. Gatsby enthusiastically chased Daisy, his “golden girl ”. The reason why he was infatuated with Daisy is she had a wealthy life, good family background and social status. Daisy is an ideal symbol of wealth and desire. What Gatsby want to get actually is wealth and status. He saw Daisy as the representative of upper nobility and virtue and naively believed that pure love between himself and Daisy would bring him true happiness. But he didn ’t know both wealth and status are illusory, not real things. Daisy is superficial and no sense of responsibility. The bourgeois people such as Daisy are money-oriented, vulgar and no basic moral dignity and humanity. So he was destined to be abandoned by Daisy who represented money.Thirdlyl, the comparison between the peacefulness of the social scene and the emptiness and disillusionment of the spiritual truth (the American Dream) reveals the irony. On the one hand, there were high-rise buildings, big parties, and widespread automobile due to the rapid economic development. On the other hand, rampant bootlegger selling and crime behind the glitzcaused faith of life and ethics destruction, social corruption and moral depravity. The Valley of the Ashes and the billboard are the specific imagery of constrast. “The image here draws not only on the technology of the automobile but slso on consumer culture, on advertising.”(Tredell, 2007)Gatsby completely struggled from the bottom of society on his own, and through his hard work, he got great success in the property. It reveals the deception the the American Dream that the bourgeoisie advocated everyone has the equal opportunity whatever rich or poor. Because he didn ’t get recognition.The suspense about Gatsby ’s identity arouse reader ’s curiosity to search for Gatsby ’s inner motivation. By setting the suspense, author advanced the course of the story. By narration of Gatsby, Jordan, Nick, Wolfshiem and Gatz, we knew the true image of his identity. About the death of Gatsby, author carefully created a mysterious and exciting atmosphere, attracted great interesting of both readers and other characters in the novel, effectively control the readers enthusiasm. The build-up of suspense is evident when readers know that Gatsby did not murder Myrtle. At the end of the novel, Nick told the truth and said “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy-they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had make ”(p.170)The use of both irony and suspense is associated with the work that the reader has to do to understand the novel's theme, especially the deception of the American Dream.In my essay, I argue that the narrative style in the novel is revealed through 3 ways; the first-person narrative perspective(sometimes omniscient perspective), irony and suspense in order to reveal the themes of the American Dream and its disillusionment.References:[1]Fitzgerald F.S.(1986),The Great Gatsby.Great Britain,England: Penguine Books Ltd.[2]Brewley,M.‘Scott Fitzgerald ’s Criticism of America ’.The Sewanee Review,1954.[3]Boyle,Thomas E.‘Unreliable Narration in ‘The Great Gatsby ’.The Bulletin of the[4]Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association,V ol.23,No.1(Mar 1969),pp.21- 26.[5]Cartwright,Kent.‘Nick Carraway as an Unreliable Narrator ’.Papers on Language and Literature 20.2(Spring 1984):pp.218-232.[6]Hochman,B.‘Disembodied V oices and Narrating Bodies in The Great Gatsby ’,in Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations,2010.[7]Tredell,N.(2007),Fitzgerald ’s The Great Gatsby: A Reader ’s Guide,London,England: Continuum.。

《了不起的盖茨比》中人物与景物意象翻译——翻译美学的视角

《了不起的盖茨比》中人物与景物意象翻译——翻译美学的视角仝月春【摘要】一部优秀的文学作品(特别是小说)中的人物和景物意象都非常丰富,而成功的意象或意象群在内涵上会引人深思,因此具备极高的审美价值.如何在翻译转换中保留意象的审美功能和阅读美感,是译者必须考虑的首要问题.小说《了不起的盖茨比》中的人物和景物意象大都带有多重审美意蕴.从翻译美学角度对其中的人物意象与景物意象的翻译加以研究,利于深入探讨小说中意象翻译的审美再现问题,为意象翻译研究提供借鉴.【期刊名称】《中南林业科技大学学报（社会科学版）》【年(卷),期】2014(008)003【总页数】3页(P137-139)【关键词】意象;意象翻译;审美再现;《了不起的盖茨比》【作者】仝月春【作者单位】太原工业学院,山西太原030008【正文语种】中文【中图分类】H315小说中的意象是作者精心创作出的艺术物象。

精彩的意象或意象群蕴含着作者要在作品里传递给读者的深层意义。

在翻译此类作品时，成功再现作者创作的艺术意象是关键，因此，意象翻译的审美再现也成为文学翻译研究的一个重要方面。

从翻译美学视角解读意象翻译可为意象翻译提供新的研究角度。

翻译美学将翻译的审美客体即译本的审美构成分为形式系统和非形式系统两部分。

形式系统包括语音，词语和句、段中的审美信息。

非形式系统也称审美模糊集，由“情”、“志”、“意”和“象”构成。

非形式系统的审美信息更具抽象性，是审美表现的高级阶段，但却离不开对形式系统中的各个具体审美信息的分析解读，译者只有在明晰语音，词语和句、段中的审美信息后才能把握住意象美的整体性，在译文中再现原作的高级审美信息，即“意”与“情”。

就翻译美学角度而言，翻译审美再现的基本手段是模仿，细分为以原语为依据的模仿，以译语为依据的模仿和动态模仿三类。

具体采用何种模仿手段往往要依据原文具体形式而定，模仿手段也体现了译者个人的翻译风格。

意象在《辞海》中解释为“主观情意和外在物象相融合的心象”。

美国文学选读 The Great Gatsby 分析

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1890 - 1940)II. His masterpiece: The Great Gatsby1.The story summary:The entire story takes place in one summer in 1922.The novel describes the life and death of Jay Gatsby, as seen through the eyes of a narrator who does not share the same point of view as the fashionable people around him.The narrator learns that Gatsby became rich by breaking the law. Gatsby pretends to be a well-educated war hero, which he is not, yet the narrator portrays（描绘）him as being far more noble than the rich, cruel, stupid people among whom he and Gatsby live.Gatsby’s character is purified by a deep, unselfish love for Daisy, a beautiful, silly woman who, earlier, married a rich husband instead of Gatsby and moved into high society.Gatsby has never lost his love for her and, in an era when divorce has become easy, he tries to win her back by becoming rich himself. He does not succeed, and in the end he is killed by accident because of his determination to shield Daisy from disgrace.None of Gatsby’s upper class friends come to his funeral. The narrator is so disgusted that he leaves New York and returns to his original home.Chapter NineNick makes plans for the funeral.Gatsby's Funeral, three people show up.Nick returns to the west.Nick meets with Tom BuchananNick gets a last view of Gatsby's house.小说表面上是一个爱情故事，但实际却是对社会现状的讽刺批判。

叙事策略的英语

叙事策略的英语Narrative Strategies in EnglishStorytelling is a fundamental aspect of human experience, transcending cultural and linguistic boundaries. In the realm of English language, the art of narration holds a prominent place, with writers and authors employing a diverse array of strategies to captivate their audiences. These narrative techniques not only shape the flow of the story but also elicit emotional responses and convey deeper meanings.One of the most widely used narrative strategies in English literature is the use of first-person perspective. By adopting the voice of the protagonist or a key character, writers are able to immerse the reader in the character's thoughts, feelings, and experiences. This intimate approach allows the reader to develop a deeper connection with the narrative, fostering a sense of empathy and understanding. Notable examples of first-person narration in English literature include "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, and "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger.Another effective narrative strategy is the employment of multiple perspectives. By shifting the narrative voice between different characters, writers can provide a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the story's events and themes. This technique not only adds depth and complexity to the narrative but also challenges the reader to consider different viewpoints and interpretations. Examples of novels that utilize multiple perspectives include "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker, "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, and "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell.Closely related to the use of multiple perspectives is the strategy of unreliable narration. In this approach, the writer presents the story through the lens of a narrator whose reliability is called into question, either due to their own biases, mental state, or lack of knowledge. This narrative device can create a sense of uncertainty and ambiguity, encouraging the reader to critically examine the narrative and draw their own conclusions. Renowned examples of unreliable narration in English literature include "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James, "The Sixth Sense" by M. Night Shyamalan, and "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn.Another powerful narrative strategy in English writing is the use of flashbacks and non-linear storytelling. By disrupting the chronological order of events, writers can create a sense of mystery, suspense, and deeper emotional resonance. This technique allows forthe exploration of complex themes, the development of character backstories, and the juxtaposition of past and present. Notable examples of non-linear narratives include "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut, "Atonement" by Ian McEwan, and "Memento" by Christopher Nolan.The incorporation of symbolism and metaphor is another key narrative strategy in English literature. By using symbolic imagery and metaphorical language, writers can convey deeper meanings, evoke emotional responses, and expand the thematic scope of their work. These literary devices can add layers of complexity and nuance to the narrative, inviting the reader to engage in a more profound exploration of the text. Examples of works that masterfully utilize symbolism and metaphor include "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville.In addition to these well-established narrative strategies, contemporary English writers have also experimented with innovative approaches to storytelling. The use of stream-of-consciousness, epistolary formats, and metafictional techniques have challenged traditional narrative structures and pushed the boundaries of the English literary landscape. Works such as "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf, "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker, and "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski exemplify these innovativenarrative strategies.Ultimately, the richness and diversity of narrative strategies in English literature reflect the versatility and adaptability of the language itself. From the timeless appeal of first-person perspectives to the intricacies of unreliable narration and non-linear storytelling, English writers have consistently demonstrated their ability to captivate and challenge their readers. By employing these narrative techniques, they not only entertain but also provoke deeper contemplation, inviting the audience to engage with the complexities of the human experience.。

外国文学名著梗概作文

外国文学名著梗概作文英文回答：The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the 1920s, it tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious and wealthy man who throws extravagant parties in the hopes of winning back his lost love, Daisy Buchanan. The novel explores themes of love, wealth, and the American Dream.Gatsby is portrayed as a self-made man who has risen from poverty to wealth through illegal activities. He is obsessed with the idea of achieving the American Dream and believes that wealth and social status will bring him happiness. However, his pursuit of Daisy and his desire to be accepted by the upper class ultimately leads to his downfall.The novel is narrated by Nick Carraway, a young man who moves to New York and becomes Gatsby's neighbor. ThroughNick's eyes, we see the excesses and corruption of the Jazz Age, as well as the emptiness and shallowness of the wealthy elite. Gatsby's parties, while glamorous on the surface, are ultimately hollow and devoid of true meaning.Daisy, Gatsby's love interest, is portrayed as a shallow and materialistic woman who is torn between her love for Gatsby and her loyalty to her husband, Tom Buchanan. She represents the hollowness of the upper class and the destructive power of wealth and privilege.The Great Gatsby is a tragic tale of unfulfilled dreams and the disillusionment of the American Dream. It explores the themes of love, wealth, and the pursuit of happiness, and paints a vivid picture of the Roaring Twenties.中文回答：《了不起的盖茨比》是一部由F. Scott Fitzgerald创作的经典美国小说。

外国名著故事梗概作文600字

外国名著故事梗概作文600字英文回答：The Great Gatsby is a famous American novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story is set in the 1920s and revolves around Jay Gatsby, a wealthy and mysterious man who throws extravagant parties in his mansion. The narrator, Nick Carraway, moves to New York and becomes Gatsby's neighbor. Through Nick's eyes, we witness the opulence and decadence of the Jazz Age.Gatsby is deeply in love with Daisy Buchanan, a married woman he met years ago. He believes that if he becomes rich and successful, Daisy will leave her husband and be with him. Gatsby's parties are actually a way for him to attract Daisy's attention. However, Daisy is torn between her feelings for Gatsby and her loyalty to her husband.In the end, Gatsby's dream of being with Daisy is shattered. Daisy chooses to stay with her husband, andGatsby is left heartbroken. Tragically, Gatsby is killed by a man who believes he is responsible for his wife's death. The novel explores themes of love, wealth, and thecorruption of the American Dream.中文回答：《了不起的盖茨比》是一部由F. Scott Fitzgerald写的著名美国小说。

文学类书籍梗概作文500字

文学类书籍梗概作文500字英文回答：Title: "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald."The Great Gatsby" is a classic novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the 1920s, it tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious and wealthy man, through the eyes of Nick Carraway, the narrator. The novel explores themes of wealth, love, and the American Dream.Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, throws extravagant parties at his mansion in the hope of attracting his long-lost love, Daisy Buchanan. However, behind the glamour and opulence, Gatsby is driven by a desire to relive the past and win Daisy back from her husband, Tom Buchanan. As the story unfolds, secrets and betrayals are revealed, leading to a tragic ending.The novel also delves into the corrupt andmaterialistic nature of the American society during the Jazz Age. Fitzgerald vividly portrays the excesses and superficiality of the wealthy elite, contrasting it with the disillusionment and emptiness that lies beneath the surface.Through his masterful storytelling and poetic prose, Fitzgerald captures the essence of the Roaring Twenties and provides a critique of the American Dream. The charactersin the novel, particularly Gatsby, represent the pursuit of wealth and happiness, ultimately showing the hollowness of such aspirations.Overall, "The Great Gatsby" is a timeless literary masterpiece that explores the dark side of the American Dream and the illusions of wealth and love. It serves as a cautionary tale about the emptiness of materialism and the importance of genuine human connections.中文回答：《了不起的盖茨比》是F. Scott Fitzgerald所著的一部经典小说。

盖茨比读后感英文

盖茨比读后感英文盖茨比读后感英文篇一：This article is about the novel. For the film, TV and opera adaptations, see The Great Gatsby(disambiguation).The Great GatsbyThe 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 and obsession for the beautiful former debutante 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.Fitzgerald—inspired by the parties he had attended while visiting Long Island's north shore—began planning the novel in 1923, desiring to produce, in his words, "something new—something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned." Progress was slow, with Fitzgerald completing his first draft following a move to the French Riviera in 1924. His editor, Maxwell Perkins, felt the book was vague and persuaded the author to revise over the next winter. Fitzgerald was repeatedly ambivalent about the book's title and he considered a variety of alternatives, including titles that referenced the Roman character Trimalchio; the title he was last documented to have desired was Under the Red, White, and Blue.First published by Scribner's in April 1925, The Great Gatsby received mixed reviews and sold poorly; in its first year, the book sold only 20,000 copies. Fitzgerald died in 1940, believing himself to be a failure and his work forgotten. However, the novel experienced a revival during World War II, and became a part of American high school curricula and numerous stage and film adaptations in the following decades.Today, The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary classic and a contender for the title "Great American Novel". In 1998, the Modern Library editorial board voted it the 20th century's best American novel and second best English-language novel of the same time period.盖茨比读后感英文篇二：The novel described for the 20's through the perfect artistic form to sell "the American dream" which liquor nouveau riche Gates compared pursues vanishing, has promulgated the American society's tragedy. Gates and bids good-bye compared to and the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red love originally is the very ordinary love story. But the author makes a masterly opening move, compared to the girl which is in love treats as Gates the youth, the money and the status symbol, treats as * the method pursue wealthy material life "the American dream".Gates compares in order to pursue the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red to exhaust own sentiment and the ability and wisdom, finally ruined own life. He naivelythought that, Had the money to be able to revive an old dream, redeems the love which lost.He was what a pity wrong. He looked at mistakenly black eyebrow coloring alizarin red this vulgar superficial woman. He looked at mistakenly on the surface the debauchery but the spiritual sky empty bored society. He lives in the illusion, is gotten rid by the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red, is desolate for the society, finally has cast the tragedy which is unable to recall. The Gates ratio is the 20's models American youth. His bitter experience is precisely the happy song smiles the dance "knight the time" the portrayal.The author has designed for the novel "the dual leading character" Nick the Carrow prestige. His importance is not inferior to the leading character Gates ratio in many aspects. He not only is the story narration and commentary, also is in the novel a important personage. He both is having the very complicated relations with contradictory both sides. He is Gates compared to neighbor and friend, also isthe black eyebrow coloring alizarin red cousin, Tom's schoolmate, but also is being in love black eyebrow coloring alizarin red good friend Jordan.He acted as Gates to compare after the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red distinguishes the go-between which 5 years remet, the sympathy which also became which the Gates ratio to revive an old dream the criticism and he suffers kills. He although advances into to the Long Island luxurious residential district, but he already is not "wilderness time" which Tom represents inner world citizen, also is not worships blindly the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red which Gates compares represents to be separated from the reality the illusion world fellow traveller. He represents the American mid-west the traditional ideas and the moral criterion. He happiness illusion which loses compared to the pursue has many critical criticisms regarding Gates, regarding was fastidious the semblance but innermost feelings vulgar Tom and the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red has carried on fair whipping.After Gates compared to dies, former days guest did not make an appearance, the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red accompanied the husband to depart by far, Nick pertinent had pointed out society's false and the heartlessness, caused the reader compared to the American dream necessity which pursued to be disillusioned regarding Gates had the profound impression.盖茨比读后感英文篇三：I have heard of the famous novel The Great Gatsby for many ,until recently have I got the time and mood to read soon as I finish reading,I find my previous unwarranted assumption of it totally wrong.This is a story about Gatsby and his pursuit for the ‘American dreams’.During the World War One,the poor soldier Gatsby fell in love with an upper class girl named due to the wide gap between them,Daisy decided to marry Tom,a man of her class,instead of Gatsby then held the conviction that money was of the greatest strongly believed in the ‘American dreams’,which as we all know,advocates that one canachieve whatever he or she likes through continuous strived for five years to become a millionaire and bought a villa near Daisys to attract was too addicted to his fantasy to realize that Daisy was no longer the lovely girl she used to ,he was killed because of her crime.After reading it,something reverberates in my cant help thinking of the theme Fitzgerald trying to thing may be the lonely void of peoples spiritual am deeply impressed by chapter 3,where a vivid description of a party is were beautiful girls,drunk men,and boisterous crowds there,but none of them perceived the pointless of their lives and the barren of their see this phenomenon deeper,there were two circumstances underlying first is the lack of people,especially the people of the upper class,lived an aimless wasted their time and money and took an indifferent attitude towards chased for temporary ecstasy but lost their identity in eternity,namely Daisy and second is the misleading of others like Gatsby,bravely pursued their dreams,yet going to a diverged way might mix up the concept of a richer life and a happier life,viewinga higher social state and a peaceful fulfilled life as ,when they were busy chasing their dreams,everything changed with they were anxious about the togets,they ignored what they had already had and lost the alert to the constant excellent use of symbolization illustrates this idea imagery of ‘green light’ is the most important symble which occurred three times in the green-light’s obscure in the mist indicates the dim of Gatsby’s dreams.As far as I am concerned,this story can serve as a reminder for live a meaningful life,we should carefully choose some dreams to in the process of fulfilling our dreams,we should always be concious about what we really ,only by pursuing the proper dreams can we finally get to the deep springs of happiness.。