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1、AnalysisandtheSocialSignificanceofTheGreatGatsbyIntroductionF.ScottFitzgerald(1896-1940),afamousAmericanwriter.HeisoftenacclaimedthespokesmanofJazzAge.HeissocentraltotheAmericanthatitwouldbedifficulttopicturethattimefullyifhehadnotexisted.Partofhiscentralrolehastodowiththestylewithwhic
2、hherespondedtohisexperience,whichmadehimseecertainaspectsofthelifeofthetwentiesmoreclearlyanddeeperthanhiscontemporaries.Inhisnovels,Fitzgeraldunfoldsbeforeusthefashion,theluxury,thedeceitandtheemptinessofsociallifeof1920s.Oneofthedistinguishingfeaturesofhisworks,liketheotherswritersin
3、hisage,isparallelbetweenhischaractersandhisownexperiences.Writtenon1925,TheGreatGatsbyisoneofthegreatestliterarydocumentsofthisperiod,whichwinsmanyfavorablepraises.Anditisalsocentraltotheliteratureofthetwenties,anditisthemainstreamofAmericanrealismasitemergedafterWorldWarI.Fitzgerald’s
4、greatnessliesinthefactthathefoundintuitivelyinhispersonalexperiencetheembodimentofthenationandcreatedamythoutofAmericanlife.ThestoryofTheGreatGatsbyisagoodillustration.GatsbyisayoungguyfromtheMidwest.HefallsinlovewithDaisy,awealthygirl,butistoopoortomarryher.Thegirlisthenmarriedtoarich
5、man,TomBuchanan.Determinedtowinbackhislostlove,Gatsbyengageshimselfinbootleggingandother“shady”activities,thusearningenoughmoneytobuyamagnificenthouse.Thenhespreadsdazzlingpartieseveryweekend,hopingonedaytheBuchananswillcome.TheyfinallycomeandGatsbymeetsDaisyagain.Butthewomanbeforehimi
6、snotquitetheidealoverofhisdreamandtheycanneverrepeatthepast.ThenDaisykillsawoman(Tom’smistress)inanaccidentandplotswithTomtoshifttheblameonGatsby.Finally,GatsbywasshotandtheBuchanansescape.第19页共19页TheGreatGatsbycaughtsuperblythespiritofadecade,andwasclassifiedasabookabouttheRoaringTwen
7、ties.Itisoneofthosenovelsthatrichlyevokethetextureoftheirtimeandbecomeliteraryclassics;theybecomeasupplementaryorevensubstituteofhistory.Gatsbyandthenovelinwhichheliveshavebecomefirmlyfixedinthepopularculture,inacademicevaluationofliteraryachievement.Nowpeoplekeepreadingit.Eversincei
