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1、AnExplorationonGatsby’sTragedy1.IntroductionF.ScottFitzgerald,asafamousAmericanwriter,hasbeenregardedasoneofthepioneersofAmericanmodernliterature.HisnovelshowsvividlythesociallifeofAmericanupperclassinthe1920’s,expressingtheideologythatisspecifictoa“LostGeneration”.Ofallhisworks,TheGreat
2、Gatsbyhasbeenregardedbymanycriticsasthebestone.Intheendofthebook,poorJayGatsbydiedmiserablyinhismagnificentswimmingpool.Thismiserablescenehasbecomeanunforgettableoneintheliterarycircleoftheworld.TheGreatGatsbychieflydescribesthelifeanddeathofJayGatsby,asseenthroughtheeyesofanarrator,Nick
3、,whodoesnotsharethesamepointofviewasthefashionablepeoplearoundhim.JayGatsbyisapooryouthfromtheMidwest.HefallsinlovewithDaisy,awealthygirl,butistoopoortomarryher.Thegirlisthenmarriedtoarichyoungman,TomBuchanan.Determinedtowinhislostloveback,Gatsbyengageshimselfinbootleggingandotherillegal
4、business,thusearningenoughmoneytobuyamagnificentmansion,whichisnotfarfromthatofDaisy.ThenthereheholdsdazzlingpartieseveryweekendinthehopeofalluringtheBuchananstocome.TheyfinallycomeandGatsbymeetsDaisyagain,onlytofindthewomanbeforehimisnotquitetheidealloveofhisdreams.Asenseoflossanddisill
5、usionmentovercomeshim.ThenDaisykillsthesecretloverofTominanaccident,andplotswithTomtoshifttheblameonGatsby.SoGatsbyisshotbuttheBuchanansescape.Justasthebookputsit,Gatsbyis“brokenuplikeglassagainstTom’shardmalice”[1].AlltheseareseenthroughNick’seyes.Withthehelpofthenarrator,thewritershows
6、anevilworldaswellastheinnocenceofGatsby.Gatsby’stragedyleavesusendlessthinking—life,society?Gatsbyjuststandsbeforeusasalifelikecharacter,condemningalltheunfairtreatmentshehasreceived.EverythinginGatsby’slifehasmadeajointefforttobringabouthismisery.Inthispaper,theauthorwilltrytoexploretho
7、roughlythecauseswhichleadtohistragedy.2.AFalseLoveThelovebetweenGatsbyandDaisyis,nodoubt,afalseone.Theloveis,bynomeans,apure,selflessandhappyone,butatragedywhichconsistsofhypocrisyandlust.Forbothofthem,theloveisjustliketheirstakeintheirgamblingparty.Itisjustthefanaticalpu