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1、文檔來源為 :從網(wǎng)絡(luò)收集整理.word 版本可編輯.歡迎下載支持abstractf. scott fitzgerald is one of americans greatest writer of the 20 th century,the spokesman of the “jazzage” . “thgereat gatsby ” isthe book truely reflecting the social life of american jazz age.the novel through the“ i ” nickkaluowei as narrative people to te

2、ll the story of the hero gates for the realization of his dream to show the dedication and his dream failed.in this novel ,the pursuit of the american dream and burst got a very good interpretation.the paper from the author fitzgerald and novel “ thegreat gatsby ” ,the formation and development of t

3、he american dream and gatsbys american dream being defeated to explore,exposing the social status of american jazz age and its hidden behind the social crisis to lert to the world.critics have always been holding different attitudes towards the debate that whether fitzgerald criticized american drea

4、m in the great gatsbykey words :fitzgerald , the great gatsby,american dream,gatsby,burst introduction“the great gatsby “is ranked second in the modern library's list of the 100 best novels of the 20 th century . everyone has the different criteria on it. the book describes the gates who came fr

5、om a poor family how to through hardships and did anything to grab wealth ,ultimately from a pauper into peoples minds “ great ” thoef wealthy .but how hard to pursue because of poverty before the loss of first love.finally not only loss the first love but alsocatch the story of his soul.reprouduce

6、the social form of the jazz age of the20th century in the united states revealing the temptation of the “ american dream” and burst .for readers with a full view of the rich in philosophy and“ themost moving american tragedy ” .the american dream shattered revealsthe spirtual crisis behind prosperou

7、s society which caused the worlds wake up call .一、 fitgerald and“ the great gatsby ”frabcis.scott fitzgrerald is american literature,cultural history of theoutstanding people as the spokeperson of the“ jazz age ” .the name offitzgerald and the ” jazz agfoerm” ed the inseparable relationship .he put

8、the life experience of himself and his wife alexandre jorda as its materialcrea ted ” thegreat gatsby ” showingthe glary of that era and moral values behind the decay.fitzgerald said people will think of a post-war experience of the young generation the pursuit of dreams and their diaillusionment.1.

9、1 the legendary life of f .scott fitzgeraldf. scott fitzgerald(1896 1940)american short story writer and novelist famous for his depiction of the jazzage (the 1920s)same, his most brilliant novel being “the greatgatsby ” (1925).his private life for lifein both american and france letter,became almos

10、t as celebrated as his novels .1francis . scott fitzgerald was born on septemeber 24, 1896 in the american midwest the city of st .paulin minnesota.at the age of 13 showed literary talent bank, then accepted education at princeton university.after the out-break of the first world war,he dropped out

11、of school to join the army corps. he met beauty of the age of 18 wealthy girl alexandra jorda seric at the end of 1918.both sexual gratification and to enter into marriageable. after the war , fitzgerald went tonew york seeking the development ,because of his low status and low income cannot satisfy

12、 his fiancee,met with the engagement being dismissed .until the march 1920 ” this side of paradise ” published, the 24 year-old fitzgerald become famous overnight ,the economy rich .alexandra zelda came back in his arms, the two lightning get married ,these make him feel the joy of success.fitzgeral

13、d has money , reputation and the beautiful young wife enthusiastically join the ranks of pleasure.to meet this extremely profligate life of luxury,he had to write a lot of writing to earn money. “tender is the night ” and“ tales of the jazz age ” published in succession enhanced his literary positio

14、n.in 1924,the whole family of fitzgerald moved to franceto seek a quiet environment for writing.in the meantime,he completed his master“ the greatgatsby ” with great success.perennial profligacy makes fitzgerald economic in trouble,but he still lived the life of debauchery.be compelled in 1926 ,he m

15、oved back to the united states for hollywood to make a living writing movie scripts.after that few works to come out of. the worst came to the worst,his wife suffered from mental illness ,he had to work harder to make money.he drown his sorrows in wine and declining health,eventually physical 文檔來源為：

16、從網(wǎng)絡(luò)收集整理.word版本可編輯.歡迎下載支持.and mental exhaustion fitzgerald died in hollywood due to heart disease as young as 44 ,leaving an unfinished novel. pursue his life trajectory we will find that this is also a process for the persiste nt pursuit of the “american drearnf ,his failure is also an american drea

17、m burst process.1.2 "the great gatsby ”“the great gatsby“ is a touching to “american dream“ realization and disillusioned tragedy.the novel tells the tragic story of a poor child was born in the u. s midwest underclass,gatsby unrequited wealthy miss daisy finally killed. in the novel,fitzgerald

18、 himself and his wief alexandra zelda's life through the art of refining fit it in. daisy prototype is basically the body of alexandra jorda,gatsby and nick exist the writers shadow.gatsby's life reflects the writer's life experience: are born in the bottom of society,affected aspire to

19、be people of high society,met his love during the first world war,broke up because of poverty and strive for love join together to get the love all, finally dream was shattered. gatsby died in his own fantasy world wide web, the writer lived in the pursuit of his own american dream,but the extravaga

20、nt life debt before die didn't get his own literary position is a loser. it follows that writer is also the american dream folloer, interest in the life of debauchery obsessed with the trend of jazz age,however he as nick is addicted to luxury life for life at the same time s, but also sit on th

21、e sidelines keep a sober mind to an objective perspective to examine judge all of this.二、the formation and development of the american dreamamerican dream has always been one of the most popular motifs in american literature. as a spirit came into being as america was founded, american dream became

22、stronger and stronger in american people ' s mind. it seemed american people can get what they wstrby work. this kind of spirit encourages american people generation by generation and prompts america to become the most developed country and own the most wealth in this world. the american dream i

23、s a kind of believe that as long as the land of equal opportunity in the united states,through their efforts to struggle for, anyone can get the material success and spiritual success will come ideal. the american dream contains several elements: the untied states provided everyone the chance of suc

24、cess;success depends on their own efforts rather than family background extraction; everyone is equal to; freedom for all.2.1 the formation of the american dreamthe american dream in the history of the united states has a long time, after the people as early as columbus discovered the american conti

25、nent began pursuit of the american dream.the original american dream is the puritans immigration to the freedom of religious belief ,against the political repression desir and dreams . so tens of thousands european puritans sailed across the ocean came to this (huangwurenyan )deserted american conti

26、nent making movement. the original american dream is built up in this barren wasteland.2.2 the development of the american dreamwith the influx of numbers of immigrants ,the american nation formation, especially the 1848 california“goldeadshg 'to a massivewestward movement which played a great h

27、ole in the development of the western united states.americans are in the face the test of nature which gradually formed the character of self-reliance ,self-improvement and self-esteem.the american dream thus obtained the further developmental. civilians want to be successful in the european contine

28、nt of the feudal system that is wishful thinking, but in the united states started from scrath with people everywhere.it is believed that the land of the united states this equality of opportunity,freedom of religion,as long as hard working, honesty,temperance,idealistic anyone can succeed. this dre

29、am is beautiful,noble and very charismatic.2.3 the crisis of the american dreamafter the frist world war one, the united states entered the “golden age" .unprecedentedprosperityin.america ' s capitalisteconomy,industrialization continuous development and large cities have emerge, the americ

30、an dream concrete transformed into the desire for money and the pursuit of people ' snoral concepts and values began to collapse.people of the material is desperate to make them believe that only money make them achieve happiness.people are against prohibitionto promote sexual liberation and ind

31、ulge in feasting the longitudinal music lifeless. meanwhile,people are also aware of the poseession of money and have social status in order to achieve their dreams.so at the bottom of society people constant efforts trying to obtain wealth to realize their dreamscape. most of them treated wealth as

32、 the only standard to comment whether a person was successful or not. but the pursuit of wealth and ideal cannot be balanced, the broken dream is the necessary ending of the american dream. result of the rapid development of american industry,the material wealth accumulated quickly,but this bustling

33、 behind the spirit of social crisic can not be ignore, the collapse of the american dream has become a necessity.fitzgerald review 20s the american society had said:"the history of the the unitedstates entered the history of most of the music and the most brilliant erastunning gamble at high st

34、akes, repulsive morals, the old american is the prohibition of struggling. ”三.the disillusienment analogous of gatsby ' s american dream.“ he (gatsby) stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious wayinvoluntarily i glanced seaward and distinguished nothing expect a single green ligh

35、t on, minute and faraway ,that might have been the end of a dock.that green light was where daisy lived .that light is the symbol of gatsby's great dream his love for daisy and attempt to make that love real. so the great gatsby dedicated himself to winning daisy back. however,the great gatsby f

36、ailed actor. which renson lead to his failure? i think the disllusionment of gatsby 's american dream due to the nature of gatsby,daisy's moral and social environment of the jazz age.3.1 gatsby's naturegatsby's old name was gates born in an ordinary peasant family in the world7-year-

37、old met millionaire cody to and traveled around the world to be, changed its name to jay gatsby.he gradually abandoned his childhood to rely on the personal struggle to succeed beliefs focused his mind on the acquisition of wealth and foe it by any means.gatsby colluded with meyer welf sam who heade

38、d by underworld rapidly amassed a large fortune by smuggle alcohol and other illegal trading post, then lived in an extravagant life for life. gatsby is the typical representative that succeed in the process of pursuing for american dream. although gatsby makes money by illegal methods, his still ha

39、s many merits in his characteristics. he is positive for his life and strong for his faith. he believed money is omnipotent and money can be more than anything else ,can change history book, change reality that money can buy everything he needed including love and happiness.he did not realize that e

40、ven if he has more wealth was regarded as “inferiorby hereditary upstarts .but he treated the wealthy miss daisy when know in the army to show his sweetheart who is willing to make the self-sacrifice knight spirit lamp. he put his body and mind to the daisy -his ideal embodiment ,even though he felt

41、 daisy is not as perfect as he imagined一her voice is full of money/' / clinginwith the money/' . all her sentiments hasbecome into cold money.when he still persistent pursuit and with all sorts of his immigration to beautify and absolve her reverence. when his daisy killed ingot, he still ad

42、here to the goddess of his dreams ,took all responsibility for the traffic accident without avoidable.he is looking forward to that actually never calling in until death. he didn't recognize the distance between the ideal and reality condition. he lived in an his ideal wprld can't distinguis

43、h between what is reality condition, what is the ideal solution. this is the main reason why gatsby's dream cannot come true. finally gatsby died his "american dream ” in his faith shattered.3.2 the character of the daisydaisy is a beautiful rich girl because poor gatsby can not give her ea

44、sy life forlife, she married the children of the rich tom buchanan who both had moneyand status,the couple livved in a rich but empty life for life.when she saw turninto live a luxury life monopoly gates plus compared to her husband mistressgatsby has been in love with her, so gatsby and daisy regni

45、ted .when tomand gatsby ,the finally showdown came to light gatsby rely on the 川egal tradein access to wealth. ,daisy for fear of between the two: i' did love himonce ,but i loved you too ."the distraught daisy on the way home killed h erhusband's mistress myrtle wilson ,unaware of her

46、identity. gatsby remained silent to decide to assume all responsibilities to protect daisy . tom toldmyrtle's husband wilson it was gatsby who killed his wife .wilson murderedgatsby and then committed suicide. although daisy loved gatsby but she loved tom 's stong position and the millions o

47、f family property,in gatsby 's death actually vote with her feet of clay, afraid to admit to anyone that she is the real perpetrator.from the above , we know the real daisy. she is beautiful and charming manners, but also fickle,shallow, hypothetical, with pleasure as the ultimate goal in life.s

48、he is careless person who smashes thing up and then retreats behind her money. tom and daisythey smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. . .

49、. " with the help of nick the author criticized tom and daisy strictly,pointing out that they destroy gatsby's dream.3.3 the jazz age of the society environment.in 1920s, america society came into the stage of monopoly capitalism.the american society developed in a rapid speed, and economy

50、was unprecedentedly prosperous. as american enjoyed the wealth, they became greed and epicurean. money was the only goal which can be achieved by any means. however, the wealth brought void into people' smind. so 1920s was a time of gastronomy, a time without any belief, a time for lost generati

51、on, and a time of tragedies. "thegreat gatsby” creative background is 20 to 30s after the first word war. after first word war, the impact of many people due to the torture of war suffering began to accept 文檔來源為 :從網(wǎng)絡(luò)收集整理.word 版本可編輯.歡迎下載支持the epicurean philosophy. rapid economic development in t

52、he united states, people for the pursuit of money is even crazier. this periods of young people experience unprecedented prosperity, but a general feeling of confusion and loss of the times people put aside traditional moral standards, concept of values and believed in hedonism and indulge in sensual pleasures and dissipation. the destiny of the conservation, old values that they played while flashing and luxurious at morpheme is in vogue. rich material and spiritual emptiness makes the young generation start against traditional flashy spiritualcrisis loo