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1、TheAmericanDreamin“TheGreatGatsby”I.IntroductionIn1925,TheGreatGatsbywaspublishedandhailedasanartisticandmaterialsuccessforitsyoungauthor,F.ScottFitzgerald.ItisconsideredavastlymorematureandartisticallymasterfultreatmentofFitzgerald'sthemesthanhisearlierfic
2、tion.WhenIfirstknowthisbookinoneofAmericanliteratureclasses,Ibecomeinterestedinit.Thisbookmainlytoldusasastorythatthehero-JayGatsbyfellinlovewithgirlcalledDaisyinordertogainacceptanceintothesophisticated,moneyworldofthewomenheloves,hetriedallmeanstogetmoney
3、.Fitzgerald’sdominantthemeintheGreatGatsbyfocusesonthecorruptionoftheAmericanDreamhadtheassumptionthateachpersoncouldsucceedinhislifeifhecantryallmeanstogetmoney,andalsoifgettingenoughmoney,thenhecanlivehappily.ThisnovelexaminedtheresultsoftheJazzagegenerat
4、ion’sadherencetofalsematerialvalues.Inmypaper,IillustratetheAmericanDreamwhichrevealedthroughthelifeofthemaincharacters.Throughlearningthisbook,Ifirmthecorrectconceptionofwealth,especiallyintoday’schina,thedevelopmentofmarketeconomyandmodernizationconstruct
5、ionmisleadssomepeople’sattitudetowardsmoney,Ihopemypapercanmakepeopleknowfurtherthatwealthisnotthenameofhappiness.II.AmericanDreamandTheGreatGatsbyA.TheconnotationoftheAmericanDreamTheAmericanDream,aroseintheColonialperiodanddevelopedinthenineteenthcentury,
6、hadtheassumptionthateachpersoncouldsucceedinhislifeifhecantryallmeanstogetmoney,andalsoifgettingenoughmoney,thenhecanlivehappily.TheGreatGatsbyisanovelaboutwhathappenedtotheAmericandreaminthe1920s.Inthisperiod,everybodyhadthedreamtochangetheirownlife,butwha
7、tapitythatalltheirdreams,forexample,toachievefame,success,glamour,andexcitement,hadbeencrushedbythevulgarpursuitofwealthastheresult.ThisbookisaprimaryexampleofAmericanculture.Whowishtosucceedineverythingwedo,andgetcaughtupinalifewithlittlesubstance;itbecome
8、splain,likethewhitedressesDaisylikestowear.Welookfaraheadwithoutseeingwhatshouldbecherished.TheGreatGatsbyhasfullydemonstratedtheeffectsofthe"AmericanDream,"anddriveshometherealitythatlifeisnotsomethin
