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1、TheFailureoftheAmericanDream—AnalysisofTheGreatGatsbyAbstractJayGatsbyisthevictimofAmericandreamandhislifeisfulloftragedy,rangingfromhisdreamandhispursuitofthedreamtothewreckageofhisdream.HisexperienceisjustthereflectionofAmericanlifeinthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury.Thewrongideasandc
2、ruelrealitydestroyhim,andmakehisdreamshatterevenhislife.Keywords:theAmericandream;Gatsby’sdream;failureofthedrea摘要主人公杰伊·盖茨比是美国梦的牺牲品,他的一生充满了悲剧性的色彩,首先是他的梦想,其次是梦想的追逐,最终是梦想的破灭。这种经历正是美国二十世纪前半期的写照,他的这种梦想也是美国当时心态的反映。错误的观念和残酷的现实使他一败涂地,最后他失去了所有的梦想甚至自己的生命,这不能不说是当时的社会观念美国梦造成的悲剧。关键词:美国梦;盖茨比的梦;梦的破灭C
3、ontentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTSIIIABSTRACTIV摘要IV1.INTRODUCTION11.1Abriefintroductiontotheauthor11.2AbriefintroductiontothebackgroundofTheGreatGatsby11.3Abriefintroductiontothestructureofthepaper22.LITERATUREREVIEW32.1ThepreviousstudiesofTheGreatGatsbyatabroad32.2ThepreviousstudiesofTheGreatGats
4、byathome32.3Commentsontheliteraturereviewandtheresearchquestion43.DISCUSSIONSANDANALYSIS53.1AnalysisofGatsby’stragedy53.2TheAmericanDreamandGatsby’sdream53.2.1AnanalysisofGatsby’sfirstdream63.2.2AnanalysisofGatsby’sseconddream73.3ThefailureofGatsby’sdream74.CONCLUSION9REFERENCES101.Intr
5、oduction1.1AbriefintroductiontotheauthorF.Scott.Fitzgerald(1896-1940),isoneofthemostAmericanoutstandingwritersinthe20thcentury.Heisbestknownforhisnovelsandshortstories,whichvividlydescribeshowtoloseoneselftoachievetheultimateidealofdisillusionintheprocessofchasingdreamforthepost-warAmer
6、icanyoungergeneration.Moreover,theworksofFitzgeraldgiveusanaccuratepictureoftheAmericantwenties:theprosperityofeconomyandthemoralabsenceBecauseofhisnovels,FitzgeraldismainlyrememberedasthespokesmanandlaureateoftheJazzAgeandoffeveredyouth.Butitwasonlyafterhisdeaththatpeopleaccepthimasase
7、riousandambitiousnovelist.“Fitzgerald’slifefollowsaclearpattern:adream,anachievementandafailure.HislifeexhibitsthefailureoftheAmericanDream.”(GaoHui,2008).FitzgeraldwasborninSt.PaulMinnesotaonSeptember24,1896.Thesonofafailedwickerfurnituresalesman(EdwardFitzgerald)andanIrishimm
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