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1、ChapterⅠIntroductiontoFitzgeraldandSummaryoftheGreatGatsby1.1IntroductiontoFitzgeraldF.ScottFitzgerald(1896-1940)enjoyedthesamereputationofthefamousAmericanwriterwithErnestHemingwayandWilliamFaulkner,inthe20thcentury.Heisbestknownforhisnovelsandshortstoriesandheisgenerallyregardedastheliterar
2、yspokesmanoftheJazzAge.Heisthemirrorofthetimesduringthe1920sinAmericansociety.FitzgeraldwasbothavictimandanonlookeroftheextravagantAmericansociety.ItwasthegoldenageofAmericannovelsduring1920sto1930s,butthistimealsoknownasthe"JazzAge.”AlsoitistocreatetheeraoftheAmericandream.Inwhichheindulgeda
3、tthesametime,Fitzgeraldlookson,withtheirowntasteofitlaystheuniqueperspectiveofthecoaching,withalltheseriousmoralstandards,anddescribeapost-warUnitedStates"lostgeneration"forthedestructionoftheAmericanDreamsad.Asmuchasheenjoyedthe“roaring”ofthepost-warboomyears,heforesawitsdoomandfailure.Fitzg
4、eraldwasanewliteraryvoice,andhismasterpiecesincludeTheBeautifulandDamned,TheGreatGatsby,andTenderIstheNight,TalesoftheJazzAge,ThisSideofParadise.AndtheGreatGatsbystandssmongthegreatestofallAmericannovels.ItistheembodimentofJazzAgeinalmosteveryday.Maybeforthisreason,heenjoyedgreatreputationint
5、heworld.Toeveryone’sregret,hediedofaheartattackattheageofforty-four.Itisabiglossfortheworld.EarnestHemingwaymemorizedthat“NowthathecouldwriteTheGreatGatsby,Ibelievehecouldwriteabetterbook.”Therefore，itwasimpossibletoturnreality.1.2TheSummaryoftheGreatGatsbyTheGreatGatsbyissetagainsttheendingo
6、fthewar.TheGreatGatsbyisanactoffaith,andanactofcourage.ItmainlytellsofGatsby’squixoticpassionforDaisyBuchanan.Theymeetfiveyearsbeforethenovelbegins,whenDaisyisalegendaryyoungLouisvillebeautyandGatsbyapoorofficer.Theyfallinlove,butwhileGatsbyservesoverseas,Daisymarriesthebrutal,humiliating,but
7、extremelyrichTomBuchanan.NickCaraway,thenarratorofthestory,isayoung9MiderwesternerwhosellsbondsinNewYork.HelivesatWestEgg,LongIsland,whichisseparatedfromthecitybyanash-dump.HisneighborisJayGatsby,whoisamysteriousman,whosemansionandfabulousent
