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1、TheGreatGatsby(英文读书报告) TheGreatGatsby IIntroductionofAuthor TheGreatGatsbyiswrittenbyF.ScottFitzgerald,whowasbornin1896anddiedin1940.HisfirstnovelEarthlyParadisemadeahitandherosetofame.HepublishedtheseveralnovelssuchasTenderistheNight,Paradise,TheLastGi
2、antetc.andover160shortstories,includingBenjamin’sFantasyTrip,IcePalace,WinterDream,SensibleandBacktoBabylon.Onthe81stOscarAwardsceremony,thefilmBenjaminButtongotthreeawards,whichwasadaptedfromhisshortstoryBenjamin’sFantasyTrip.TenderistheNightandTheGreatGa
3、tsbyarelistedintheTop100novelsof20centurybytheUnitedStatesAcademicCommunity.Andthelatterevenranksthesecond.In1940attheageof44hediedoffrustration.Afterhisdeath,someofhisinterestingwritingswereputtogetherintoacollectionentitledTheCrack-Up.TheGreatGatsbyiscon
4、sideredFitzgerald’smasterpiece.Howeverin1925noonepredictedtheeminenceofthenovelinthenewcentury—notevenFitzgeraldhimself.ThestoryofTheGreatGatsbyisagoodillustration. IIIntroductionofPlot ThenovelwastoldthestoryofGatsbybythenarratorNick.Nickistiredofhishom
5、etown’lifesothathemovestoNewYorkfromtheMidwestofAmerica.Herentsasmallhouseinthesuburbthathappensto benexttotheGatsby’smansion.Fiveyearsago,GatsbyfallsinlovewithawealthygirlnamedDaisy,butheistoopoortomarryher.WhentheFirstWorldWarbrokeout,Gatsbyhadtodevoteh
6、imselftothearmy.ThenDaisyismarriedtoarichyoungmanTomBuchanan.Determinedtowinbackhislostlove,Gatsbyhasengagedhimselfinbootleggingandother“shady”activitiestomakeafortuneforthepastfiveyears.HebuyamansionjustoppositetotheDaisy’shousewithariverlyinginbetween.Ga
7、tsbyholdsdazzlingpartieseveryweekendhopingonedaythemarriedDaisywillcome.WiththehelpofNick,thecousinofDaisy,GatsbymeettheDaisyagainsincefiveyearsago.Butnowtheladyinfrontofhimisnolongerwhatsheusedtobe.Shehasbecomeavain,selfishandvulgarwoman.Althoughheknowsit
8、,hestillclingstotheillusionaboutDaisy.Oneday,DaisydrivesGatsby’scarafterdrinkingandcausesanaccidentthatkillsTom’smistress.DaisyplotswithTomtoshifttheblameonGatsby.FinallyGatsbywasshotbythevictim’shusband.Only
