了不起的蓋茨比The great Gatsby英文

1、The Great Gatsby,馬春香,戚煜,王亞麗,王怡,吳凱莉,謝靜,Jay Gatsby,The title,character and protagonist of the,novel, Gatsby is a fabulously,wealthy young man living in a,Gothic mansion in West Egg,He is famous for the lavish,parties he throws every,Saturday night, but no one,knows where he comes from,what he does, or

2、 how he made,his fortune. Gatsby was working,for a millionaire made him,dedicate his life to the,achievement of wealth. When,he met Daisy,he fell in love with,her. Nick views Gatsby as a,deeply flawed man, dishonest,and vulgar, whose extraordinary,optimism and power to,transform his dreams into real

3、ity,make him “great” nonetheless,From the novel, we can,find that he looked,Daisy as the,embodiment of beauty,purity and nobility and,he thought that being,together with her is like,the being at wonderland,which represented all,the beautiful things,Jay Gatsby was a son of shiftless and,unsuccessful

4、farm people in the middle west of,USA. When he joined the army, he met Daisy, a,beautiful woman from the upper class, and fell,in love with her. Then, he took apart in the war,and five years later when he came back from,the Europe, Daisy had got married with a rich,boy Tom,Gatsby,could give,up every

5、thing to,pursue his ideal,love,and,began,his pursuing for,forbidden fruit: a,love to woman,who had a,husband,Gatsby tried,his best to gain,a chance to,meet Daisy,and get,everything well,prepared to,greet Daisy,From Daisys words we know that she liked,everything Gatsby prepared very much,However,He f

6、elt quite nervous and,retreated at the significant moment,After that Gatsby went on holding parties,to attract Daisy,DAISY: Is all this made,entirely from your,imagination,GATSBY: No. you,see ,you were there all,along in every idea in,every decision. Of,course ,if anything is not,to your liking, Ill

7、 change,it,However, his,thoughts were too,idealistic, simple and naive,Like anyone else in that,period, as a reality mortal,Daisy wanted not only the,life of spirit and love,but also the stability,of material life and,superiority and,immobility of social,status,So when she found Gatsbys money came f

8、rom illegal,way, she wavered because she thought that although Gatsby,had a great deal of money, he was only a upstart; being,together with him may hurt her social status and when she,had to choose one between Gatsby, a man who loved her so,much and would devote his whole emotion and energy to her,a

9、nd Tom, a man who betrayed her but had a stable social,status, she choose the latter. Because she was a typical,bourgeois woman who love money and value power with,which only Tom could provide and she need more about the,material comforts and superiority of social status. Even after,the accident happened when Gatsby would like to be,responsible to Daisys mistake, Daisy frankly sat face to face,with Tom and would sacrifice him anytime and then escape,