The Great Gatsby

1、3 Now lets learn the storyPlot Overview Gatsby is a poor youthfall in love with Daisy, a wealthy girl no moneyDaisy married to a rich man bootlegging（非法制造私酒）（非法制造私酒）, “shady” activitiesenough money, dazzling partiesalluring Daisy meet again, not quite the ideal love of his dreama sense of loss Daisy

2、 kills a woman in an accidentshift the blame to GatsbyGatsby is shoot and Buchanans escape. Jay Gatsby Tom BuchananDaisy Buchanan The Wilsons Nick Character Analysis Nick Carraway The dramatic narrator. Nick is suited to narrating The Great Gatsby because of his temperament. He is tolerant, open-min

3、ded, quiet, and a good listener, and, as a result, others tend to talk to him and tell him their secrets. As a result of his relationship to these two characters, Nick is the perfect choice to narrate the novel, which functions as a personal memoir of his experiences with Gatsby in the summer of 192

4、2.Nick Carraway Carraways limited omniscience (全知，无限全知，无限的知识）的知识）determine the fact that he deals out information in such a manner that he seems to withhold it first, thus creating a superb effect of mystery and suspense. At last, the whole secret is unraveled and past and present mingle to bring th

5、e tragic drama to pathetic, significant finish. NickTom, Daisy and friendsWilsonsGatsby富有富有 傲慢傲慢 清高清高 狂妄狂妄星期六晚邮报星期六晚邮报缺乏知性缺乏知性粗俗粗俗闲谈闲谈疯狂疯狂 默默无闻默默无闻不为人知的悲痛不为人知的悲痛Three groups of people socially Three groups of people socially distinct from one another in behavior, distinct from one another in behavio

6、r, language and everything else.language and everything else. Nick generally assumes a secondary role throughout the novel, preferring to describe and comment on events rather than dominate the action. Often, however, he functions as Fitzgeralds voice.Insofar as Nick plays a role inside the narrativ

7、e, he evidences a strongly mixed reaction to life on the East Coast, one that creates a powerful internal conflict that he does not resolve until the end of the book. On the one hand, Nick is attracted to the fast-paced, fun-driven lifestyle of New York. On the other hand, he finds that lifestyle gr

8、otesque and damaging.Nick realizes that the fast life of revelry(狂欢狂欢) on the East Coast is a cover for the terrifying moral emptiness.Symbols 1 The Green Light 2 The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg 3 The East Egg and West Egg1 The Green Light “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic极度兴奋的极度兴

9、奋的 future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but thats no mattertomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning” “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” 盖茨比信奉这盏绿灯，这个一年年在我们盖茨比信奉这盏绿灯，这个一年年在我们眼前渐渐远

10、去的极乐的未来。它从前逃脱眼前渐渐远去的极乐的未来。它从前逃脱了我们的追求，不过那没关系了我们的追求，不过那没关系明天我明天我们跑得更快一点，把胳臂伸得更远一们跑得更快一点，把胳臂伸得更远一点点总有一天总有一天 于是我们奋力向前划，逆流向上的小于是我们奋力向前划，逆流向上的小舟，不停地倒退，进入过去。舟，不停地倒退，进入过去。 1 The Green Light The green light is only a green light at the end of Daisys dock , but to Gatsby it becomes the embodiment 体现;化身 of hi

11、s dream for the future, and it beckons to him in the night like a vision of the fulfillment of his desires. “a pair of fading, bespectacled带眼镜的带眼镜的 eyes painted on an old advertising billboard over the valley of ashes. ”2 The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg“blue and gigantic-their retinas视网膜视网膜 are o

12、ne yard high. They look out of no face, but from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a non-existentnose. an oculist set them there to fatten his practice.”2 The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg The eyes could mean anything to any observer, but they tend to make observers feel as thoug

13、h they are the ones being scrutinized. skru:tinaiz 仔细检查仔细检查, 细看细看3 East Egg & West EggnWest Egg is like Gatsby, full of garish耀眼的 extravagance, symbolizing the emergence of the new rich alongside the established aristocracy ristkrsi贵族 of the 1920s. nEast Egg is like the Buchanans, wealthy, posse

14、ssing high social status, and powerful, symbolizing the old upper class that continued to dominate the American social landscape.The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s The unrestrained desire for money and pleasure surpassed more noble goals. When World War I ended in 1918, the generation of

15、 young Americans who had fought the war became intensely disillusioned, as the brutal carnage that they had just faced made the Victorian social morality of early-twentieth-century America seem like stuffy, empty hypocrisy(伪善）伪善）. East Egg represents the established aristocracy, West Egg the self-ma

16、de rich A person from any social background could, potentially, make a fortune, but the American aristocracy scorned the newly rich industrialists and speculators. The various social climbers and ambitious speculators who attend Gatsbys parties evidence the greedy scramble for wealth. Just as Americ

17、ans have given America meaning through their dreams for their own lives, Gatsby instills Daisy with a kind of idealized perfection that she neither deserves nor possesses. American dream in the 1920s is ruined by the unworthiness of its objectmoney and pleasure. Do you think Gatsby deserves to be ca

18、lled “the great”? It is complicated to say Gatsby deserves to be “great” or not. For one thing, Gatsbys capacity to dream makes him “great” . Gatsby was ambitious, hardworking, generous and passionate. He was so extremely loyal to his love Daisy that he could do anything to get Daisy back: he did sh

19、ady business to earn money and social position; he threw luxurious parties just to draw Daisys attention; he could take the blame for a death that he did not cause. Gatsby never gave up his idealistic dream while striving for material joy. Gatsby kept on making efforts to balance the both sides. In

20、this respect, he is great. For another thing, Gatsby never realized that Daisy wasnt the girl he loved anymore. He is not so wise and he can not see the people clearly. Gatsby was so innocent that he staked everything on his dreams, not realizing that his dreams are unworthy of him. In this respect,

21、 He wasnt sober enough to be great. The schedule is a reflection of Gatsbys determination and ambition. It reveals that he is hard on himself in pursuit of his goalto be an upper-class man. On one hand, we can know that he is persistent in pursuing his American Dream- to attain wealth and happiness through his struggle. On the other hand, he is too idealistic and naive.What does Gatsbys Schedu