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1、从<<了不起的盖茨比>>中看美国梦的破灭TheCollapseofTheAmericanDreamRepresentedinTheGreatGatsbyAbstractAmericanDreamexistedineveryAmerican’sheart,butitwasintangible.AmericanpeoplewereproudoftheirAmericandreamsandAmericanmysteriesfromonegenerationtoanothergeneration,thereforetherewerealargen
2、umberofworksinAmericanliterature’shistorydescribingAmericanDream.F.Scott.FitzgeraldisfamousAmericanwriterofTheLostGenerationwhoisalsothespokesmanof“JazzAge’’.Hismasterpiece,TheGreatGatsby,fullyrevealedtherealizationandthecollapseofAmericanDreamin1920s.Thereareseveralreaso
3、nstoexplainthecollapseofAmericanDream:withtheunprecedentedeconomicalprosperityafterWWI,influencedbytheAmericanDream,numerouspeopleswarmedintotheurbanarea.Thevariousstagesofsocietyarerunningformoneyandachievingtheirpurposesbydifferentways,manyAmericanpeoplestuckintoconfuse
4、d,helpless,idle,confusedmentalstate.TheoverfanaticsofmaterialismwasvibratingtherootoftraditionalconceptofAmericanDream,Therefore,thepursuitofultra-highenjoymentofthematerial,corruptionofindividualmoralandsocialreasonssuchasWorldWarIthrowingtheyoungmenintoanageofalienation
5、,dissentienteconomicbloomaffectingthepromisingmenandcorruptionofsocialmoral,eventuallyledtoGatsby’sdreamsandthesacredAmericanDreamineveryAmericanheartshattered.ThispaperwouldbrieflyanalyzethedevelopmentAmericandream,onthisbasis,peoplewouldperceivethethemeoftheAmericandrea
6、minthemajorworksofFitzgerald,moreover,italsowouldanalyzetherootwhichcausestheAmericandreamshattered.15Keywords:AmericanDream;GayGatsby;collapse;root15AcknowledgementsThecompletionofthisthesisisduetothecontributionandeffortsofseveralpeopletowhomIoweagreatdealofgratitudeand
7、appreciation．Firstofall，1wouldliketoexpressmyheartfeltthankstoProfessorYinQipingandProfessorTanHuijuan，whohavebeengivingmeinvaluableinstructionandencouragementthroughoutthewholeprocess．Theysqueezedtimeoutofpressingschedulestoprovidemewithenlighteningsuggestionsandtimelyhe
8、lpwithgreatpatience．Withouttheirguidanceandsupport，itscompletionwouldbeimpossible．Ishouldalsoexp
