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1、OntheMaleCharactersinTheGreatGatsbyOnTheMaleCharactersinTheGreatGatsbyAcknowledgementsMydeepestgratitudegoesfirstandforemosttomysupervisor,Ms***,whosebriefinstructionsguidedmythesisalongtherightdirection,whoseexperiencedsuggestionspreventedmefrommakingthepossiblemistakesthatanewhand
2、waslikelytomake,whoreadthroughmythesisandcorrecteditwithtolerance.Second,IwouldliketoexpressmyheartfeltgratitudetoProfessorNieWei,wholedmeintotheworldofAmericanLiterature.IamalsogreatlyindebtedtoalltheprofessorsandteachersattheDepartmentofEnglishfortheircreativeandpatientteachingdur
3、ingthefouryearsofmystudies,whicharehelpfulnotonlyformystudieshere,butalsoformyfuturecareer.Last,mythankswouldgotomybelovedfamilyfortheirlovingconsiderationsandgreatconfidenceinmeallthroughtheseyears.Ialsoowemysinceregratitudetomyfriendsandmyfellowclassmateswhogavemetheirhelpandtimei
4、nlisteningtomeandhelpingmeworkoutmyproblemsduringthedifficultcourseofthethesis.IIOntheMaleCharactersinTheGreatGatsbyAbstractFrancisScottFitzgerald(1896-1940)isafamousAmericanwriterinthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury.Heisregardedasthespokesmanfor“theLostGeneration”inAmericanliteratur
5、e.In1925,hepublishedhismasterpieceTheGreatGatsby.TheGreatGatsbyhascloserrelationshipwiththeAmericanexperiencesthanhisotherworksdo.ItisahighlysymbolicmeditationonthedisintegrationoftheAmericanDreaminaneraofunprecedentedprosperityandmaterialexcess.Thispaperfocusesitsattentiononthemale
6、charactersinTheGreatGatsby.Thefirstpartanalyzesthethreemalecharacters’AmericanDreams.ThetragicheroGatsby,thedramaticnarratorNickandtheuglyupper-classTom,allbearstrongaspirationoftheirownlife.However,thedifferencebetweenidealsandrealityleadtotheunavoidabledestructionoftheirAmericanDr
7、eam.ThesecondpartstudiestheirrelationswithDaisy.ThethirdpartdeeplyexploresFitzgerald’sself-reflectionuponthemalecharacters.Ononehand,FitzgeraldshowsarunningthemeofhowtheAmericanDreamaffectsallofthecharactersinTheGreatGatsby,especiallythemajormalecharacters—Gatsby,NickandTom.Ontheoth
8、erhand,accordingtoF
