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1、TheGreatGatsbyandtheAmericanDream蓋茨比及其美國(guó)夢(mèng)摘要《了不起的蓋茨比》是菲茨杰拉德的一部名著,通過(guò)對(duì)蓋茨比的悲劇的描寫(xiě)再現(xiàn)了美國(guó)20世紀(jì)20年代“迷惘一代”的美國(guó)夢(mèng)的必然破滅。作品深刻反映了社會(huì)現(xiàn)實(shí),揭示了美國(guó)社會(huì)浮華背后的精神危機(jī),揭露了生活在美國(guó)爵士時(shí)代的不同階層在金錢(qián)面前的不同表現(xiàn)和美國(guó)夢(mèng)的必然破滅。主人公杰伊?蓋茨比是美國(guó)夢(mèng)的犧牲品,他的一生充滿了悲劇性的色彩,他的夢(mèng)想的破滅正是美國(guó)二十世紀(jì)前半期的寫(xiě)照,他的這種夢(mèng)想也是美國(guó)人當(dāng)時(shí)心態(tài)的反映。蓋茨比的執(zhí)著追求歸于毀滅,有著其深刻的社會(huì)原
2、因:扭曲變質(zhì)了的美國(guó)夢(mèng)、美國(guó)社會(huì)的道德和價(jià)值觀念的淪喪和墮落。本文首先闡述了美國(guó)夢(mèng)的定義及演變,然后簡(jiǎn)介作者和作品的背景。第三部分細(xì)講蓋茨比的財(cái)富夢(mèng)和愛(ài)情夢(mèng)。最后認(rèn)為美國(guó)夢(mèng)的破滅是必然的及其給世人的啟迪。關(guān)鍵詞:《了不起的蓋茨比》;美國(guó)夢(mèng);財(cái)富夢(mèng);愛(ài)情夢(mèng)AbstractTheGreatGatsbyisoneofFitzgerald’smasterpieces.TheauthorvividlypresentsthedoomedfailureoftheLostGenerationinthe1920sbydescribingthet
3、ragedyofGatsby.Thenovelreflectsthesocialreality,displaysspiritualcrisisbehindthevanity,andrevealshowthedifferentstratainAmerica’sJazzAgeregardedmoneyandthebankruptcyoftheAmericandream.JayGatsbyisthevictimofAmericandreamandhislifeisfulloftragedy.Thewreckageofhisdream
4、isjustthereflectionofAmericanlifeinthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury.Gatsby’sdreamalsoreflectsthestateofmindofAmericansatthattime.ThereareseveralreasonsforGatsby’sfailure(fromhispursuitofthedreamtothedestructionofhislife):thecorruptedAmericandream,theruinedmoralandv
5、aluesinAmerica.ThepaperfirstlytellsthedefinitionandderivationoftheAmericandream.Thenitgivesabriefintroductionofthebackgroundoftheauthorandthework.ThethirdpartistheanalysisofGatsby’sfortunedreamandlovedream.Finally,theauthorpointsouttheinevitabledisillusionoftheAmeri
6、candreamandpresentstheenlightenmentsofthenovel.Keywords:TheGreatGatsby;Americandream;FortuneDream;LoveDreamContents1Introduction12theAmericanDream22.1TheDefinition22.2TheDevelopment33TheBackgroundofF.ScottFitzgeraldandtheGreatGatsby33.1TheSocialBackground33.2TheWrit
7、ingBackground44GatsbyandhisAmericanDream54.1GatsbyandhisFortuneDream54.2GatsbyandhisLoveDream85Conclusion12References13Acknowledgements14TheGreatGatsbyandtheAmericanDream1Introduction Inthe1920s,F.Scott.Fitzgerald,afamousAmericanwriterwrotehismasterpiececalledTheGre
8、atGatsbywhichisknownforitsbeautifullanguage,subtletechniquesandsoon.ItalsorevealsthedisillusionoftheAmericandream—thedisparitybetweenmater