《了不起的盖茨比》英文读后感

1、The disillusion of the American dream- The Great Gatsby book review The Great Gatsby is the representative work of American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald. It is a true reflection of 1920s. The book is a classical novel and has profound meaning of the essence of the American dreams illusory. The wr

2、iter showed the American social after the World War I in the book. It uncovers the money worship and hedonism in the Jazz Age and peoples selfishness and indifference in that time. What the novel describes is a tragic story about the disillusion of the American dream.The story happened after the Wor

3、ld War I. A young business man named Nick Carraway rent a house in the Long Island. In the opposite house there lives his cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom Buchanan. In the villa next lives Jay Gatsby. Gatsby holds big party every weekend in his villa but there is few people has seen his fac

4、e. After a while Nick knows that when Gatsby was a soldier, he fell in love with Daisy. However, Daisy finally married with a rich man Tom Buchanan. When the war is ended, Gatsby began to do illegal business and become a millionaire in high society. In order to draw Daisys attention, he bought a big

5、 house in opposite to Daisys and often holds big party. Gatsby and Daisy meet again in the help of Nick. When this is known by Tom, he is burst into anger and they have a quarrel. With extremely nervous, Daisy drives the car and killed Toms mistress Myrtle accidentally. However, Tom suggests Myrtles

6、 husband Wilson that it is Gatsby who killed her wife. In extreme anger Wilson shoot Gatsby and suicide. In the end of the book, when Nick held a funeral for Gatsby, none of his old friends join. Nick is disappointed to the dark high society of New York so he leave the city and go back to his home i

7、n the American Midwest.The theme of the novel is to present the tragedy of the American dreams disillusion by showing the story of Gatsbys pursuing of dream. The so-called American dream means that in America everyone is equality of opportunity. People can realize their dream and achieve success jus

8、t by themselves struggle. The American dream has always been an ideal that people are convinced of and pursue of. It is a kind of spiritual strength that promote America to developing and flourishing quickly. After the World War I, America has entered into an unprecedented era of prosperity and the

9、American dream becoming a crazy worship to money. The wind of money worship prevailing. So the American dream has been deteriorated as the social develop.In this novel, the short life of Gatsby has go through the process of dream from start to burst. It symbolize the rise and burst of the American d

10、ream at the same time. One side of his American Dream is the dream of money. He realize this dream by illegal business which made him from a poor boy to a millionaire. However, the other side of his dream is the dream of love and it make him into a sad ending. In fact, his loving dream is another fo

11、rm of his money dream. At first when he fell in love with Daisy, he was attracted by her material life. He yearns for not so much Daisys love as Daisys high society life. Daisy is the combination of love and money which hes longing for. She is the represent of a beautiful life. However, in real life, Daisy is far from what Gatsby imagine. She is a selfish, shallow and timid girl and all she wants is money and high society life. Finally Gatsbys dream broken and it also symbolize the broken of the American dream. The essence of the tragedy of Gatsby is the tragedy of Ameri