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1、Money,Love,andAspirationin TheGreatGatsbybyRogerLewisOnecharacteristicofpopularAmericanfictionistheimplicitseparationofloveandmoney.Possessionofonedoesnotleadtopossessionoftheother.IftheprotagonistsofHoratioAlger’sbooksbecomerichandwinthegirl,suchwinningisanadjuncttotheirsuddensolvency,

2、notaconsequenceofit.Algerwantshisaudiencetobelieve,perhaps,thatcommonsenseandmoraldeterminationsecuretheloveofaworthypartner;butthatthesequalitiesofcommonsenseandmoraldeterminationarethepropertyofthosewhomuststruggleformoneyisanassumption-notanissueAlgerwantstoexplore.Asaresult,itisimpo

3、ssibletoimaginewhathappenstoRaggedDick,FrankFowler,oranyofthehundredsofHoratioAlgerheroesaftertheirfirstsuccess.TheseparationofloveandmoneycharacterizesseriousAmericanfictiontoo.TheguiltthatseemstolurkbehindthesourceofLambertStrether’swealth(thefirminWoollett“madesomething”)underscoresb

4、othhisand,Isuspect,hiscreator’sdistastefortaintingthefineremotionswithanythingsocrassascommercialism.IftheindependenceandenergythatconstituteStrether’saswellashisearlierprototype’s,ChristopherNewman’s,mostappealingfacetscomefromcontactwiththestrugglesofbusiness,thenovelpreferstotreatthi

5、smatterasbackground.TheinamoratasofStretherandNewmanarefascinatingmorefortheirrichnessofbackgroundandtheirexquisitenessoftastethanforthefortunethatsustainsthesequalities.WhatIhavesaidsofarseemstometoholdespeciallytrueforAmericanfictionbeforeWorldWarI.Thelaissez-fairedemocraticidealthatA

6、mericahasalwaysbelieveditbelievedistheproductofanagewhenindividualeffortcounted,whenamancouldrisebyhisownefforts,andwhen—ifhisaffairswerenotsucceeding—hecouldatleastescapebysigningupforawhalingvoyageorlightingoutfortheterritoryaheadoftherest.Whenthesystemfailed,itwasthefaultofrapscallio

7、nsandcrooks;thevisionitselfremainedanidealandthestandardfromwhichcriticismsandjudgmentscouldbemade.WorldWarIshatteredthisvision.ItendedonceandforallthefaithinindividualeffortthathadbeenerodingsincetheIndustrialRevolutionandhadpersisted—sometimesnaivelyandsometimesdefensively—in