论《了不起的盖茨比》中美国梦的幻灭

Through Gatsby’s dream to see the disillusion of the American Dream
Abstract:The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott. Fitzgerald, is one of the most classical works that represent the American dream. This essay is going to talk about the disillusion of the American Dream through Gatsby’s money dream, social status dream and love dream. Gatsby pays all his efforts to pursue his dream. Although he achieves his money dream, he still fails in getting the social status and Daisy’s love. Gatsby’s failure of his dream symbolizes the disillusion of the American dream.
Key words: money, social position, love, the American dream, disillusion Outline:
Introduction: What is the American dream? The historical background of the 1920s(the Jazz Age). 引用王玉括，《20世纪美国小说赏析》，上海外语研究出版社，2010年，P21
Chapter1 Gatsby’s money dream
1.1 The persuasion of money
The living background of Gatsby; the reason to pursue money; the way to realize his money dream------bootleg 引用原著及Dalton Gross, Mary Jean Gross, Understanding The Great Gatsby, 中国人民大学出版社2008，P5
1.2The success of Gatsby’s money dream
Holding the lavish party to show his success 引用原著
Chapter2 Gatsby’s social status dream
2.1 The persuasion of social status
Using his money to hold the grand party to build some social relation; 引用原著
2.2The disillusion of his social status dream……………………
Tom’s comment on Gatsby; no one comes to Gatsby’s funeral 引用原著
Chapter3 Gatsby’s love dream
3.1 The persuasion of love
Through money to win Daisy back-------the party
The evidence to show that Gatsby loves Daisy very much--------Daisy is his life goal, Myrtle Wilson’s accident 引用原著
3.2The disillusion of Gatsby’s love dream
The failure to get the pure love, betrayed by Daisy-------Daisy’s reaction when Gatsby says run away with him, Daisy can not say she never loves Tom, Gatsby’s funeral 引用原著多尔顿.格罗斯，马丽琼.格罗斯《了不起的盖茨比解读》，中国人民大学出版社，P11 Conclusion: Through the analyzing of Gatsby’s three dreams------money dream, status dream and love dream, we can say that the disillusion of the American Dream is unavoidable, because Gatsby’s dream is misguided. Gatsby, who is pure, romantic and single-minded to pursue his dream, is a symbol of the American Dream. Daisy, who is a symbol of Gatsby’s
dream, turns out to be empty, worldly. This sharp contrast is doomed to Gatsby’s failure. Gatsby’s failure indicates the disillusion of the American Dream.。