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1、TheGreatGatsbyContents•Background•PlotOverview•Majorcharacters•Analysisofthemovie•FamousaphorisminthemovieBackgroundBackgrounda:authorTheGreatGatsbyisanovelwritedbytheAmericanauthorFrancisScottFitzgerald.FirstpublishedonApril10,1925,itissetonLongIsland’sNorthShoreand

2、inNewYorkCityduringthesummerof1992andit’sacritique（批评；评论文章）oftheAmericandream.Whatshouldweknowabouttheauthor?FrancisScottFitzgerald:Aspokesmanofthe“JazzAge”FrancisScottFitzgeraldwasborninSt.PaulMinnesotaonSeptember24,1886,theonlysonofanunsuccessfulupperclass（上流）fath

3、erandanenergeticmotherofanIrishbackground.Hisfamilywassociallyprominentandgenteel.Hismotherhadasmallfortunefromhisgrandfatherinthebusiness.ThatbroughtFitzgeraldsometalentstoliveinamoney-oriented（拜金的）society,andeventuallygavehimhisexpensiveeducationfirstlyinafashionab

4、leCatholicpreparatoryschoolinNewJerseyandthenatPrincetonUniversityin1913.In1925,hewrotehisbestnovelTheGreatGatsbywhichdealtsymbolically（象征地；符号地）withthefrustration（挫折）anddespair（绝望；令人绝望的人或事）resultingfromthefailureoftheAmericandream.Itisastoryaboutanidealist（空想家，理想主义者；

5、唯心主义者）whotriestorecapture（夺回；拿回；再体验；政府征收再经历）hislostlovebutinvainandit’sdestroyedbytheinfluenceofthewealthypeoplearoundhimfinally.TheFitzgeraldstayedinEuropefortwoandahalfyears.ItissaidthatFitzgeraldandhiswifeZelda’supsanddownsoflifeishisinspirationofcreating"thegreat

6、Gatsby".据说菲茨杰拉德和妻子泽尔达的人生际遇是他创作《了不起的盖茨比》的灵感来源MajorNovels(Heisaproductiveauthor)1920：ThisSideofParadise《人间天堂》1922：TheBeautifulandtheDamned《美丽的和可诅咒的》1925：TheGreatGatsby《了不起的盖茨比》1934：TenderistheNight《夜色温柔》1941：ThelastTycoon《最后的大亨》Backgroundb:JazzAge(1919--1929)TheJazzA

7、geisthenicknameinAmericaofthedecade（十年）ofthe1920’s,beginningfrom1919totheCrashattheCrashatendof1929.Itreferstothe“Twenties”ofthiscentury.Thesetenyearswere,forAmericans,atimeofcarefree（无忧无虑的；不负责的）prosperity,isolated(v.使孤立；使绝缘)fromtheworld’sproblem,bewildering（vt.使迷惑，使

8、不知所措）greatsocialchange,andafeverish（adj.发热的；极度兴奋的）pursuitofpleasure.TheseweretheyearswhentheFirstWorldWarwasjustover,whennewinventi