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1、TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButtonAbouttheanthorFrancisScottKeyFitzgerald(September24,1896–December21,1940)wasanAmericanauthorofnovelsandshortstories,whoseworksaretheparadigmwritingsoftheJassAge.HeiswidelyregardedasoneofthegreatestAmericanwritersofthe20thcentury.Fitzgeraldisconsidered
2、amemberofthe“LostGeneration”（迷惘的一代）ofthe1920s.Healsowrotemanyshortstoriesthattreatthemesofyouthandpromisealongwithdespairandage.ThisSideofParadise(天堂的这一边1920)TheBeautifulandDamned(美女和被诅咒的人1922)TheGreatGatsby(了不起的盖茨比1925)TenderIstheNight(夜色温柔1934)TheLastTycoon（未完成）（最后一个大亨1941）Mainc
3、haracterBenjaminButtonDaisyAmanwhohaveabackforwardlife.ThestorybeganwithaclockrunningbackforwardinhonorofthesoldiersdiedintheworldwarOne.Italsogavebenjaminthebackforwardlife.Newbornbenjamin-hadanoldappreanceandorgans,sohisfatherabandonedhim,andakind-heartblackwomankepthimluckly.He
4、wentthroughhischildhoodintheHomefortheAged.therehefeltthathewasthesameasotheragedpeople.Hewas11,it’sthefirsttimebenjaminmeetDaisywhochangedhislifeforeverSeveralyearslater,heworkasasailorandoncefoughtfortheWorldWarⅡ.AftertheWorldWarⅡ,benjaminbacktohome,hemeetDaisy,shewasstillbeauti
5、fulinhiseyes.Nowsheisanoutstandingdancer.Butdaisyhasalreadygotalover,soBenjaminleaveagain.WithoutDaisy,hespentquiteaunconventionallifeforatime.TheymetagainduetothecaraccidentofDaisywhichmakehercannotanymore.Inthattime,theywerealmostthesameage.Theywerefinallytogether.Theyweresoullo
6、vers.Thentheyhaveadaughter.Benjaminwasafraidofgettingyoungwithhisdaughternearby,sohechosetoleave.Whenheseemedtobeabout17,he’sactually57,hecameback,andhisdaughterwasalready12.hesawhisdaughterasastranger.Thenoneday,Benjaminwasfoundedbythepolice.Heforgeteverything.SoDaisycametolookaf
7、terhim.In2002,theyputupanewclockinthattrainstation.Attheendofhislife,BenjaminwasholdinDaisy’sarmsandstaredhersteadily.Whenyouarenotgettingolder,butmoreandmoreyoung,itwillgothroughallthepeopleyoulovethanyoudie.Wearedoomedtoloseourlovedone,orelsehowcantheyknowforusissoimportant?This
8、isalsothesignificanceoflosingit.F
