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1、Pursuitfordreams—afterreadingTheGreatGatsbyIhaveheardofthefamousnovelTheGreatGatsbyformanyyears.However,untilrecentlyhaveIgotthetimeandmoodtoreadit.AssoonasIfinishreading,Ifindmypreviousunwarrantedassumptionofittotallywrong.ThisisastoryaboutGatsbyandhispursuitforthe‘Americandreams’.Dur
2、ingtheWorldWarOne,thepoorsoldierGatsbyfellinlovewithanupperclassgirlnamedDaisy.Butduetothewidegapbetweenthem,DaisydecidedtomarryTom,amanofherclass,insteadofGatsby.Broken-heartedGatsbythenheldtheconvictionthatmoneywasofthegreatestimportance.Hestronglybelievedinthe‘Americandreams’,whicha
3、sweallknow,advocatesthatonecanachievewhateverheorshelikesthroughcontinuousefforts.HestrivedforfiveyearstobecomeamillionaireandboughtavillanearDaisy’stoattracther.HewastooaddictedtohisfantasytorealizethatDaisywasnolongerthelovelygirlsheusedtobe.Eventually,hewaskilledbecauseofhercrime.Af
4、terreadingit,somethingreverberatesinmyheart.Ican’thelpthinkingofthethemeFitzgeraldtryingtoconvey.Onethingmaybethelonelyvoidofpeople’sspiritualworld.Iamdeeplyimpressedbychapter3,whereavividdescriptionofapartyisgiven.Therewerebeautifulgirls,drunkmen,andboisterouscrowdsthere,butnoneofthem
5、perceivedthepointlessoftheirlivesandthebarrenoftheirminds.Toseethisphenomenondeeper,thereweretwocircumstancesunderlyingit.Thefirstisthelackofdreams.Somepeople,especiallythepeopleoftheupperclass,livedanaimlesslife.Theywastedtheirtimeandmoneyandtookanindifferentattitudetowardslife.Theych
6、asedfortemporaryecstasybutlosttheiridentityineternity,namelyDaisyandTom.Thesecondisthemisleadingofdreams.SomeotherslikeGatsby,bravelypursuedtheirdreams,yetgoingtoadivergedwayunconsciously.Theymightmixuptheconceptofaricherlifeandahappierlife,viewingahighersocialstateandapeacefulfulfille
7、dlifeasequality.Unfortunately,whentheywerebusychasingtheirdreams,everythingchangedwithtime.Whentheywereanxiousabouttheto-gets,theyignoredwhattheyhadalreadyhadandlostthealerttotheconstantchanges.Theexcellentuseofsymbolizationillustratesthisideaperfectly.Theimageryof‘greenlight’isthemo
