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1、TheFailureoftheAmericanDream—AnalysisofTheGreatGatsbyAbstractJayGatsbyisthevictimofAmericandreamandhislifeisfulloftragedy,rangingfromhisdreamandhispursuitofthedreamtothewreckageofhisdream.HisexperienceisjustthereflectionofAmericanlifeinthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury.Thewrongideasandcruel
2、realitydestroyhim,andmakehisdreamshatterevenhislife.Keywords:theAmericandream;Gatsby’sdream;failureofthedrea摘要主人公杰伊·蓋茨比是美國夢的犧牲品,他的一生充滿了悲劇性的色彩,首先是他的夢想,其次是夢想的追逐,最終是夢想的破滅。這種經(jīng)歷正是美國二十世紀前半期的寫照,他的這種夢想也是美國當時心態(tài)的反映。錯誤的觀念和殘酷的現(xiàn)實使他一敗涂地,最后他失去了所有的夢想甚至自己的生命,這不能不說是當時的社會觀念美國夢造成的悲劇。關鍵詞：美國夢；蓋茨比的夢；夢的破滅ContentsA
3、CKNOWLEDGEMENTSIIIABSTRACTIV摘要IV1.INTRODUCTION11.1Abriefintroductiontotheauthor11.2AbriefintroductiontothebackgroundofTheGreatGatsby11.3Abriefintroductiontothestructureofthepaper22.LITERATUREREVIEW32.1ThepreviousstudiesofTheGreatGatsbyatabroad32.2ThepreviousstudiesofTheGreatGatsbyathome32.3
4、Commentsontheliteraturereviewandtheresearchquestion43.DISCUSSIONSANDANALYSIS53.1AnalysisofGatsby’stragedy53.2TheAmericanDreamandGatsby’sdream53.2.1AnanalysisofGatsby’sfirstdream63.2.2AnanalysisofGatsby’sseconddream73.3ThefailureofGatsby’sdream74.CONCLUSION9REFERENCES101.Introduction1.1Abrie
5、fintroductiontotheauthorF.Scott.Fitzgerald(1896-1940),isoneofthemostAmericanoutstandingwritersinthe20thcentury.Heisbestknownforhisnovelsandshortstories,whichvividlydescribeshowtoloseoneselftoachievetheultimateidealofdisillusionintheprocessofchasingdreamforthepost-warAmericanyoungergeneratio
6、n.Moreover,theworksofFitzgeraldgiveusanaccuratepictureoftheAmericantwenties:theprosperityofeconomyandthemoralabsenceBecauseofhisnovels,FitzgeraldismainlyrememberedasthespokesmanandlaureateoftheJazzAgeandoffeveredyouth.Butitwasonlyafterhisdeaththatpeopleaccepthimasaseriousandambitiousnovelis
7、t.“Fitzgerald’slifefollowsaclearpattern:adream,anachievementandafailure.HislifeexhibitsthefailureoftheAmericanDream.”(GaoHui,2008).FitzgeraldwasborninSt.PaulMinnesotaonSeptember24,1896.Thesonofafailedwickerfurnituresalesman(EdwardFitzgerald)andanIrishimm
