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1、The Great Gatsby,尽现美国二十年代的华丽与不安 美国Modern Library 票选20世纪最佳的100本小说第二名,The Great Gatsby,Jay Gatsby,Daisy Buchannan,Tom Buchannan,Nick,Jordan Baker,Mytle Wilson,George Wilson,(newly wealthy businessman whose only desire is to be reunited with Daisy),(the object of Gatsbys desire who represents women of

2、upper class),(Daisys husband,has old money),(lower class),(Mytles husband who runs a garage the past can be repeated; youth beauty and love can be recaptured.,A symbol for the whole American experience: The corruption of his dream by adopting materialism as its means and illusory youth and beauty as

3、 its goal is the corruption of American idealism.,The Image of Gatsby,Gatsby is a determined man who tries his best to fulfill his dream. Even in the adverse circumstance, he never gives in . Although his dream is corrupted by adopting materialist means , his dream for beauty and love is invaluable

4、among the empty-minded people in the waste land. In this sense he is great.,His perseverance in the pursuit of his dream,在残酷的现实面前,他的理想破灭了,他的努力失败了, 过去不能复活,旧梦难以重温。于是,他的爱情连同他 的灵魂和肉体一起死去。盖茨比在长岛的华宅及那儿的 笙歌达旦宴饮享乐是二十年代美国社会的一个缩影,而 重温旧梦的不切实际的一厢情愿正是盖茨比这一形象的 象征意义。,我们的人生就像一条逆流向上的船,我们奋力往前划进, 却不断地被岁月一年一年地往后冲去。,“So

5、 we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past .,Themes,The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s,a highly symbolic meditation on 1920s America as a whole the corruption of the American dream as a result of the unrestrained desire for money and pleasure The dream i

6、s ruined by the unworthiness of its object,The Hollowness of the Upper Class (the corruptive effect of wealth),The established rich possesses grace, taste, subtlety, and elegance, but lacks in heart, as the East Eggers prove themselves careless, inconsiderate bullies The newly rich is sincere and loyal, but is vulgar, gaudy, ostentatious, and lacking in social graces and taste, taking wealth as the only stan

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