The Great Gatsby《了不起的盖茨比》导读,英文
合集下载
相关主题
- 1、下载文档前请自行甄别文档内容的完整性，平台不提供额外的编辑、内容补充、找答案等附加服务。
- 2、"仅部分预览"的文档,不可在线预览部分如存在完整性等问题,可反馈申请退款(可完整预览的文档不适用该条件!)。
- 3、如文档侵犯您的权益，请联系客服反馈,我们会尽快为您处理(人工客服工作时间：9:00-18:30)。
The 1920s is the history of the United States ,which is a short but special period and was known as “ the hustle and bustle of the age ”（喧嚣时代）. It refers to the10 years, which from the first World War in 1919 to the debacle of the economy before the 1929.
a Jewish friend and mentor of Gatsby's, described as a gambler who fixed the World Series.Wolfshiem appears only twice in the novel, the second time refusing to attend Gatsby's funeral.
Plots
Nick moved to West Egg. One day, he visited his cousin---Daisy, and went to New York with Daisy's husband Tom and his mistress Mrs. Wilson. There they had a party and Nick was drunk completely.
a millionaire who lives on East Egg, and Daisy's husband. And he had an affair with Myrtle Wilson.
人物
Jordan Baker
George B. Wilson
Myrtle Wilson
Meyer Wolfshiem
Daisy and Gatsby were lovers 5 years ago. They met again and loved each others as well. They had affaris and Gatsby didn't hold the party anymore.
Plots
cousin and the wife of
Tom Buchanan.Daisy
once had a romantic
relationship
with
Gatsby, before she
married Tom.
He is Gatsby's nextdoor neighbor and a bond salesman. He also serves as the first-person narrator of the novel.
Author----Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
His first literary effort, a detective story,
was published in a school newspaper when he was 13.
Novels such as The Great Gatsby and
became creditor nation. ⑤ The government implemented the 百度文库laissez faire” economic policy（自由放任) to free
market. This created the miracle of the “Coolidge boom times“(柯立芝繁荣时代）.
② The hedonism, Spencer's theory of evolution and James's pragmatism philosophy became popular in U.S,
③ Traditional puritanical morality（传统清教徒观念） and the "industrious and thrifty" results thoughts of religious belief gradually replaced by hedonism, which chase personal wealth, enjoy the material life.
become upstart in these gambling industry ;
The domestic economic situation is excellent
① wealth has become a judge of a person's success or not, people began to blindly make money;
Background
① The rapid expansion of transport, mining, construction ;
reasons
② Electrical appliances and automobile manufacturing industry rise sharply;
③ Automobile, electrical equipment, household appliances ,processed food began to enter
homes;
④ Estate transactions and stock market were particularly active ,so some speculators
On the way home, Daisy was too uneasy to drive the car, as a result, she killed Tom's mistress. Gatsby decied to protect her and he would confess the murder was him actually.
Daisy Buchanan's longtime friend with "autumnleaf yellow" hair, a firm athletic body, and an aloof attitude. She is Nick Carraway's girlfriend for most of the novel.
人物
Jay Gatsby
Daisy Buchanan
Nick Carraway
Tom Buchanan
A young, mysterious millionaire with shady business c o n n e c t i o n s and addicted to Daisy
She is Nick's second
Author----Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
He finished four novels, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night and his most famous, the celebrated classic, The Great Gatsby. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also wrote many short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with despair and age.
Tender is the Night were made into films, and in 1958 his life from 1937–1940 was dramatized in Beloved Infidel.
Background
The great Gatsby , regard the1920s New York and long Island(长岛） as the whole background. It set in the upper middle class of the modern American society and narrated surround Callaway.
a mechanic and owner of a garage. He is disliked by both his wife, Myrtle W i l s o n , a n d To m Buchanan, who describes him as "so dumb he doesn't know he's alive".
A hot summer day, Gatsby forced Daisy to tell truth to Tom. They had a quarrel at hotel. Daisy knew Gatsby was born from a poor family, so she was indecisive to leave Tom.
Background
Several factors constitute the particularity of this era:
① The United States was in the old and new historical intersection, ② The vigorous development of capitalism ③ The agricultural civilization turn into the modern society of industrialization. ④ After the World War 1, the U.S occupied the wealth of the war , the debtor countries
After Nick was waking up, he received an invitation from his neighborhood---Mr. Gatsby. He came the party and had lunch with Gatsby, knew that he wanted to see Daisy.
The Great Gatsby
By: Wendy
A
B
C
D
E
F
Author
Background
Charact ers
Plots
symboli sm
Comme nts
Author----Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the “Lost Generation" of the 1920s.
G e o r g e ' s w i f e , a n d To m Buchanan's mistress. Myrtle, who possesses a fierce vitality, is desperate to find refuge from her complacent marriage, but unfortunately this leads to her tragic ending.
a Jewish friend and mentor of Gatsby's, described as a gambler who fixed the World Series.Wolfshiem appears only twice in the novel, the second time refusing to attend Gatsby's funeral.
Plots
Nick moved to West Egg. One day, he visited his cousin---Daisy, and went to New York with Daisy's husband Tom and his mistress Mrs. Wilson. There they had a party and Nick was drunk completely.
a millionaire who lives on East Egg, and Daisy's husband. And he had an affair with Myrtle Wilson.
人物
Jordan Baker
George B. Wilson
Myrtle Wilson
Meyer Wolfshiem
Daisy and Gatsby were lovers 5 years ago. They met again and loved each others as well. They had affaris and Gatsby didn't hold the party anymore.
Plots
cousin and the wife of
Tom Buchanan.Daisy
once had a romantic
relationship
with
Gatsby, before she
married Tom.
He is Gatsby's nextdoor neighbor and a bond salesman. He also serves as the first-person narrator of the novel.
Author----Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
His first literary effort, a detective story,
was published in a school newspaper when he was 13.
Novels such as The Great Gatsby and
became creditor nation. ⑤ The government implemented the 百度文库laissez faire” economic policy（自由放任) to free
market. This created the miracle of the “Coolidge boom times“(柯立芝繁荣时代）.
② The hedonism, Spencer's theory of evolution and James's pragmatism philosophy became popular in U.S,
③ Traditional puritanical morality（传统清教徒观念） and the "industrious and thrifty" results thoughts of religious belief gradually replaced by hedonism, which chase personal wealth, enjoy the material life.
become upstart in these gambling industry ;
The domestic economic situation is excellent
① wealth has become a judge of a person's success or not, people began to blindly make money;
Background
① The rapid expansion of transport, mining, construction ;
reasons
② Electrical appliances and automobile manufacturing industry rise sharply;
③ Automobile, electrical equipment, household appliances ,processed food began to enter
homes;
④ Estate transactions and stock market were particularly active ,so some speculators
On the way home, Daisy was too uneasy to drive the car, as a result, she killed Tom's mistress. Gatsby decied to protect her and he would confess the murder was him actually.
Daisy Buchanan's longtime friend with "autumnleaf yellow" hair, a firm athletic body, and an aloof attitude. She is Nick Carraway's girlfriend for most of the novel.
人物
Jay Gatsby
Daisy Buchanan
Nick Carraway
Tom Buchanan
A young, mysterious millionaire with shady business c o n n e c t i o n s and addicted to Daisy
She is Nick's second
Author----Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
He finished four novels, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night and his most famous, the celebrated classic, The Great Gatsby. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also wrote many short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with despair and age.
Tender is the Night were made into films, and in 1958 his life from 1937–1940 was dramatized in Beloved Infidel.
Background
The great Gatsby , regard the1920s New York and long Island(长岛） as the whole background. It set in the upper middle class of the modern American society and narrated surround Callaway.
a mechanic and owner of a garage. He is disliked by both his wife, Myrtle W i l s o n , a n d To m Buchanan, who describes him as "so dumb he doesn't know he's alive".
A hot summer day, Gatsby forced Daisy to tell truth to Tom. They had a quarrel at hotel. Daisy knew Gatsby was born from a poor family, so she was indecisive to leave Tom.
Background
Several factors constitute the particularity of this era:
① The United States was in the old and new historical intersection, ② The vigorous development of capitalism ③ The agricultural civilization turn into the modern society of industrialization. ④ After the World War 1, the U.S occupied the wealth of the war , the debtor countries
After Nick was waking up, he received an invitation from his neighborhood---Mr. Gatsby. He came the party and had lunch with Gatsby, knew that he wanted to see Daisy.
The Great Gatsby
By: Wendy
A
B
C
D
E
F
Author
Background
Charact ers
Plots
symboli sm
Comme nts
Author----Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the “Lost Generation" of the 1920s.
G e o r g e ' s w i f e , a n d To m Buchanan's mistress. Myrtle, who possesses a fierce vitality, is desperate to find refuge from her complacent marriage, but unfortunately this leads to her tragic ending.