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1、ThedisillusionmentofGatsby’sAmericanDreamChapterⅠIntroductiontoFitzgeraldandSummaryoftheGreatGatsby1.1IntroductiontoFitzgeraldF.ScottFitzgerald(1896-1940)enjoyedthesamereputationofthefamousAmericanwriterwithErnestHemingwayandWilliamFaulkner,inthe20thcentury.Heisbestknownforhisnovelsandshorts
2、toriesandheisgenerallyregardedastheliteraryspokesmanoftheJazzAge.Heisthemirrorofthetimesduringthe1920sinAmericansociety.FitzgeraldwasbothavictimandanonlookeroftheextravagantAmericansociety.ItwasthegoldenageofAmericannovelsduring1920sto1930s,butthistimealsoknownasthe"JazzAge.”Alsoitistocreate
3、theeraoftheAmericandream.Inwhichheindulgedatthesametime,Fitzgeraldlookson,withtheirowntasteofitlaystheuniqueperspectiveofthecoaching,withalltheseriousmoralstandards,anddescribeapost-warUnitedStates"lostgeneration"forthedestructionoftheAmericanDreamsad.Asmuchasheenjoyedthe“roaring”ofthepost-w
4、arboomyears,heforesawitsdoomandfailure.Fitzgeraldwasanewliteraryvoice,andhismasterpiecesincludeTheBeautifulandDamned,TheGreatGatsby,andTenderIstheNight,TalesoftheJazzAge,ThisSideofParadise.AndtheGreatGatsbystandssmongthegreatestofallAmericannovels.ItistheembodimentofJazzAgeinalmosteveryday.M
5、aybeforthisreason,heenjoyedgreatreputationintheworld.Toeveryone’sregret,hediedofaheartattackattheageofforty-four.Itisabiglossfortheworld.EarnestHemingwaymemorizedthat“NowthathecouldwriteTheGreatGatsby,Ibelievehecouldwriteabetterbook.”Therefore，itwasimpossibletoturnreality.1.2TheSummaryoftheG
6、reatGatsbyTheGreatGatsbyissetagainsttheendingofthewar.TheGreatGatsbyisanactoffaith,andanactofcourage.ItmainlytellsofGatsby’squixoticpassionforDaisyBuchanan.Theymeetfiveyears9beforethenovelbegins,whenDaisyisalegendaryyoungLouisvillebeautyandGatsbyapoorofficer.Theyfallinlove,butwhileGatsbyserv
7、esoverseas,Daisymarriesthebrutal,humiliating,butextremelyrichTomBuchanan.NickCaraway,thenarratorofthestory,isayoungMiderwesternerwhosellsbondsinNewYork.HelivesatWestEgg,LongIsland,whichisseparatedfromthecitybyanash-dump.HisneighborisJayGatsby,whois
