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1、TheGreatGatsbyThisbookisworthreadingformanytimes,themoreyoureadit,themorecourageyougetfromit.Iloveit,TheGreatGatsby!I.PlotoverviewNickCaiTaway,ayoungmanfromMinnesota,movestoNewYorkinthesummerof1922tolearnaboutthebondbusiness.HerentsahouseintheWestEggdistric
2、tofLongIsland,awealthybutunfashionableareapopulatedbythenewrich,agroupwhohavemadetheirfortunestoorecentlytohaveestablishedsocialconnectionsandwhoarepronetogarishdisplaysofwealth.Nick'snext-doorneighborinWestEggisamysteriousmannamedJayGatsby,wholivesinagigan
3、ticGothicmansionandthrowsextravagantpartieseverySaturdaynight.NickisunliketheotherinhabitantsofWestEgg—hewaseducatedatYaleandhassocialconnectionsinEastEgg,afashionableareaofLongIslandhometotheestablishedupperclass.NickdrivesouttoEastEggoneeveningfordinnerwi
4、thhiscousin,DaisyBuchanan,andherhusband,Tom,anerstwhileclassmateofNick'satYale.DaisyandTomintroduceNicktoJordanBaker,abeautiful,cynicalyoungwomanwithwhomNickbeginsaromanticrelationship・NickeventuallygarnersaninvitationtooneofGatsby'slegendaryparties.Heencou
5、ntersJordanBakerattheparty,andtheymeetGatsbyhimself,asurprisinglyyoungmanwhoaffectsanEnglishaccent,hasaremarkablesmile,andcallseveryone"oldsport.9,GatsbyaskstospeaktoJordanalone,and,throughJordan,Nicklaterlearnsmoreabouthismysteriousneighbor.GatsbytellsJord
6、anthatheknewDaisyinLouisvillein1917andisdeeplyinlovewithhecHespendsmanynightsstaringatthegreenlightattheendofherdock,acrossthebayfromhismansion.Gatsby'sextravagantlifestyleandwildpartiesaresimplyanattempttoimpressDaisy.GatsbynowwantsNicktoarrangeareunionbet
7、weenhimselfandDaisy,butheisafi'aidthatDaisywillrefusetoseehimifsheknowsthathestilllovesher.NickinvitesDaisytohaveteaathishouse,withouttellingherthatGatsbywillalsobethere.Afteraninitiallyawkwardreunion,GatsbyandDaisyreestablishtheirconnection.Theirloverekind
8、led,theybeginanaffair.Afterashorttime,Tomgrowsincreasinglysuspiciousofhiswife'srelationshipwithGatsby.AtaluncheonattheBuchanans5house,GatsbystaresatDaisywithsuchundisguisedpassionthatTomrealizesGatsbyi
