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1、TheGreatGatsbyF.ScottFitzgerald(September24,1896–December21,1940)AnAmericanauthorofnovelsandshortstories.HisworksareevocativeoftheJazzAge,atermhecoinedhimself.Heiswidelyregardedasoneofthetwentiethcentury'sgreatestwritersandamemberofthe“LostGeneration"oftheTwen
2、ties.ContextTheGreatGatsbywaswrittenintheearly1920’s–theGreatWarwasoverandtheAmericaneconomywasbooming.Fitzgerald,throughthenarratorvoice,admiredthenewrichesofthetime,butonthesametime,wasuncomfortablewiththematerialismandlackofmorality.Despitetheopennessofthee
3、ra,socialclassesstoodstrong,andtheyarethebackgroundofthenovel.Fitzgerald,whohadlosthisfirstloveduetosocialstandingdifferences,separatedGatsbyandDaisyonthesamegrounds.ContextplotThestorybeginsinthesummerof1922,whenthenarrator,NickCarraway,findshisnewneighbor,Ja
4、yGatsby,livesinaGothicmansionandisrenownedforhislavishlifestylewithparties.NickfindsoutthatGatsbyisDaisy’s(Nick’scousin)ex-boyfriendwhenheisapoorlieutenantin1917.ButDaisygetsmarriedwithTom,aupper-classman..ThenGatsbybecomesveryrichthroughrunningabootleggingope
5、ration.HebuysthemansionoppositeofDaisy’shouseandthelavishpartiesandhishouseisjusttoattractandimpressDaisy.Hehaswaitedforherfor5years!WiththehelpofNick,GatsbymeetsDaisy,andwinsheradoration.Gatsby’scarisinvolvedinanaccidentwhereMyrtle,whohasanaffairwithDaisy’shu
6、sbandisrunoverandkilled.AlthoughDaisywasdrivingthecar,Gatsbycoversforheranddecidestotaketheblame.MeanwhileTomtellsMyrtle’shusbandGeorgethatthatcarbelongedtoGatsby.ThenGeorgegoestoGatsby’shomeandkillshiminhisswimmingpool,andthenshootshimself.ThenNickcan’tfindDa
7、isy.ShegoestoEuropewithherhusband!Gatsby’sfuneralisonlyattendedbyNickandGatsby’soldfather.Finally,sickoftheEastanditsemptyvalues,NickdecidestomovebacktotheMidwest.NickCarraway(narrator) —manfromtheMidwest,aYalegraduate,aWorldWarIveteran,andaresidentofWestEgg.H
8、eisGatsby'snext-doorneighborandabondssalesman.HeisanunreliablenarratorbecauseheliesfrequentlyinthenoveltohimselfandthereaderCharacterJayGatsby(originallyJamesGatz) —ayoung,mysterio
