An Analysis of the Main Characters in The Great Gatsby

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1、浅析《了不起的盖茨比》中的主要人物性格AnAnalysisoftheMainCharactersinTheGreatGatsbyAbstract：TheGreatGatsbyisthefinestnovelwrittenbythefamousAmericanwriter,Fitzgerald.ItisconsideredbymanytobeoneofmodernAmericanliterature.ThenovelmirrorsthedeclineoftheAmericandreamanddeeplyrevealstheess

2、enceofit.InTheGreatGatsby,FitzgeraldselectsskillfullydifferentpeoplesuchasJayGatsby,NickCarraway,DaisyBuchananandTomBuchanantorepresenttheirdifferentstatusesinsocietyandeventuallytoreflectthecontradictionsoftheAmericanworldbytheirlives.Thisessaywillfocusontheanalyzi

3、ngthefourmaincharactersindetailanddiscussingtheirfatebycomparisonandtalkingabouttheinternalconflictoftheirpersonalitytohaveafurtherunderstandingofthecorruptionoftheAmericansocietyaftertheFirstWorldWarandthecauseoftheirdifferentpersonalityespeciallythemiseryfateofGat

4、sby.Keywords:TheGreatGatsby；maincharacters；analysisofpersonality摘要:作为美国著名作家菲茨杰拉德最成功的小说，《了不起的盖茨比》已成为现代文学史上的一部经典佳作。这部小说反映了美国梦的衰败，深刻地揭示了美国梦的实质。在小说中，菲茨杰拉德精心挑选了不同的人物，例如杰伊•盖茨比，尼克•卡罗威，黛西•布坎南和汤姆•布坎南，来代表其在社会中的不同地位，通过他们的生活来反映美国社会的矛盾。本文通过详尽分析这四个主要角色，比较讨论他们的命运，并且探讨他们性格内部的矛盾，从而来

5、揭示第一次世界大战后美国社会的衰败以及小说中人物不同性格的形成原因，特别是盖茨比的不幸命运的根源。关键词:《了不起的盖茨比》；主要人物；性格分析第15页ContentsI．ABriefIntroductiontotheAuthorandtheNovelTheGreatGatsby……………………………………………………………….1A．F.ScottFitzgerald’sliteratureachievementsintheworld……………….1B．Introductiontothenovel………………………………………

6、……………1II．CriticismontheNovelandtheAuthor.............................................2III．AnAnalysisoftheMainCharactersintheNovel..............................3A．TragicJayGatsby……………………………………………………………4B．VainandselfishDaisyBuchanan………………………………………….7C．Cruelandaggressi

7、veTomBuchanan…………………………………….9D．NeutralNickCarraway…………………………………………………….10IV．Conclusion………………………………………………………………….11WorksCited……………………………………………………………………..13第15页I.ABriefIntroductiontotheAuthorandtheNovelTheGreatGatsbyA.F.ScottFitzgerald’sliteratureachievementsintheworl

8、dBorninSaintPaul,Minnesota,in1896,FrancisScottFitzgeraldwastheonlysonofasociallyprominentandgenteellypoorfamily.Withthefinancialaidofrelat