The great gatsby.doc

“Theyre no good, any of them! You are better than all of them added together!”在布置阅读作业之前，早已听说过这本书的大名，却次次与之擦肩而过，未有缘一睹。这次借着写读书报告的机会，与主人公尼克一起认识盖茨比比。听到书名，便有一个疑惑，为什么说盖茨比是了不起的？他了不起在哪儿呢？这个问题伴随着我整整两个chapters，甚至更久。当我阅读这本书时，便融入进去，跟着尼克认识汤姆、黛西、乔丹等人，对于这几个人物，我感到厌恶，无论是崇尚金钱、奢侈虚伪的黛西；感情不贞、高傲粗鲁的汤姆或者是盖茨比生前那些趋炎附势、无情自私的“朋友”。相比起来盖茨比简直善良天真地令人心痛。单纯地以为能重回当年的美好爱情，为了黛西发奋致富，甚至为了保护黛西，承认自己开车撞人。文中一开始提到盖茨比家夜夜笙歌，上流人士在此尽情享乐，而盖茨比总是远远地看，他的财富只为了引起黛西的注意，换回黛西的爱，他本人的内心始终都是单纯天真的。在他死后，黛西居然可以平静地外出度假；而盖茨比的生前朋友竟然以种种借口连葬礼都不来参加，更不要说那些往日频繁参加他宴会的宾客。一些都是那么冷漠无情，人走茶凉。如此的世态炎凉让人为之心寒。为什么盖茨比伟大、了不起，不是因为他有钱，他上过牛津名牌大学，身世迷离，而是因为他有一颗纯洁善良的心，他有爱，有情有义，是个活生生有血有肉有灵魂的人，比起那些充满铜臭味，游荡在上流社会的行尸走肉来说，盖茨比实在是有如一颗明媚无暇的玉石，美好地令人心酸。在社会发展，经济繁荣的时代，保持一份纯真，拥有一份坚定的信仰追求。少一些冷漠，多一些真诚。不要被金钱，物欲蒙蔽心灵。 This is the first time that I read this book.But I had already heard about this famous book before.I am glad to take this opportunity to get to know Gatsby with the protagonist Nick. At first,I was confused about the title of this bookThe Great Gatsby.Why does the author use the word great?How does Gatsby be great?I began to read this book with these problems. There are many characters in this book,such as Daisy,Tom,Jordan and,of course,Gatsby.I am Nick.In the book,Gatsby is introduced from the perspective of Nick.Through this technique of expression,the whole story becomes more reliable. The story is about the tragedy of the person Gatsby who devoted himself to love a woman.At first Gatsby was a poor man,he loved Daisy very much but he could not marry with Daisy because of his poverty.When the war started,he joined the army.It was a long period of time before he returned from the army.Daisy had already married with the millionaire Tom.However,Gatsby didnt give up;he tried his best to become rich and hoped that Daisy would noticed him;he wanted to redeem his first love.Some day after reunion,he pushed Daisy to recognize the relationship with him and to say goodbye with Tom.Daisy hesitated because she had already been content with her pleased life and she didnt want to change anything.After quarreling,Gatsby left with Daisy first;Tom andI went after them.On their way home,Daisy ran over Toms lover.Gatsby decided to be the rap to protect Daisy.Tom abetted the lovers husband to kill Gatsby,but he didnt know the murder was Daisy!What a poor Gatsby! During the process of reading,I knew more and more about Gatsby.In the beginning of the story,it mentioned that Gatsby held big parties in his elite housing every night.The guests came from everywhere,every field and,even more,they have no idea about each other or about Gatsby.Gatsby is always warm and kind to his guests,but to some degree,he was incompatible with those upper class.In the first part of the story,the author introduced all the characters to readers and described them in details.While in the second part of the story,I started to realize why Gatsby be incompatible with the highest social class and why the author regarded him as a great man. According to the book,Gatsby did his best to love Daisy,to protect his love,even sacrificed himself to achieve his dream of love.!At last,my heart ached unbearably,I want to cry,for Gatsbys innocence and simpleness.Compared with Daisy,Tom or the other people else,Gatsby was too simple and good that he could not bring himself into the high class. From my view of point,he was a great man not because of his being well-educated in Oxford University,not for his wealth but because that Gatsby had a pure and kind heart;he loved other people and was human,having affection and faith.Indeed,he could be called as a great human!I respect his pursuit of Platonic love.At that time,people were all blinded by greed,only Gatsby insisted his pursuit of love with a halcyon heart.That is worthy of us learning. Besides,I do not like Daisy and Tom at all.Daisy was a woman of vanity who was extremely selfish,worldly and hypocritical.Whats more,her husbandTom who left me a deep impression of insolence and rudeness was adulterous.Neither of them was a good guy.Not only this couple,but also Gatsbys old friends as well as the guests.Before Gatsbys death,every night the elite housing is full of guests,like a sleepless metropolis.People regarded being invited to the party as a honour.But after the accident,they even didnt want to attend his funeral.How indifferent they were!His friends did the same thing!None of them was good.Just like the words that Nick said to Gatsby:Theyre no good, any of them! You are better than all of them added together!In this sentence,the author expressed the strong emotions of indignation and dissatisfaction.Finally,only two people attended Gatsbys funeral:Nick and Gatsbys father.The past friends and guests did not appear;Tom and Daisy,to Nicks surprise,traveled to someplace at ease!It was a funeral which was full of feeling of forlorn.Gatsbys death just like a ripple of wind on water,having no effect on other people,even no one would like to remember him.That made me feel bitterly disappointed. Yes,all the characters,except Gatsby,were lost in the money and fame.From them,I cant smell anything of warmth or anything of human. They reminded me of the social class in China.With the development of science and technology,peoples living standards have improved a lot.Thus,people are content with the life of pleasure and advocate money and interests.They value sincere friendship less than money.I am on the side of the author and would like to condemn the highest society people like Daisy and Tom.For those people like Gatsby,I feel sincerely sympthy. Living a luxury and dissipation life,people become dull,callous,impersonal and inward emp