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1、. . . 从了不起的盖茨比看美国梦的破灭摘要：弗朗西斯司各特菲茨杰拉尔德是美国“ 爵士时代” 的代言人， 他在其代表作了不起的盖茨比中以细腻的笔触表现了二十世纪二十年代美国的风貌， 用主人公盖茨比的悲剧人生隐喻了“ 美国梦” 的虚幻及其不可企及性， 揭示了“ 美国梦”破灭的必然规律。论文从作者和小说人物分析着手，通过对了不起的盖茨比的写作背景，作者自身的经历、故事的主要容、小说主人公盖茨比之梦的破灭等多方面的分析和解剖,深刻地揭示了“美国梦”的发展与破灭。本文第一部分简要介绍了菲茨杰拉尔德和他的小说了不起的盖茨比, 以及小说的社会和文化背景；第二部分介绍美国梦，包括它的定义，起源和涵；第三部
2、分分析美国梦及其破灭的原因；最后一部分我总结了一下这本小说，并提出了自己的观点。关键词：了不起的盖茨比 美国梦 破灭 爵士时代. . Analysis of the disillusion of American dream from The Great Gatsby Abstract: Francis Scott Fitzgerald, a spokesman of the Jazz Age in the United States.In his masterpiece,The Great Gatsby”, he uses delicate brush strokes to show the
3、 style of American in the 1920s. Hero Gatsbys tragic life, as a metaphor for the illusory and entertainment of the American Dream, reveals the inexorable law of the disillusion of American dream.The paper begins with the analysis of the author and characters of the novel, which profoundly reveals th
4、e development and disillusion of “The American Dream” by analyzing and anatomizing writing background of The Great Gatsby”, the authors own experience, the main content of the story, novel leading character Gatsbys shattered dream and other aspects.The first part of this paper briefly introduces the
5、 Fitzgerald and his novel The Great Gatsby, and the social and cultural background of the novel; the second part introduces the American dream, including its definition, origin and connotation; the third part analyzes “the American dream” and its bursting reasons; At last, I summarize this novel and
6、 present my own point of view on the issue.Key words: the great Gatsby, the American dream, disillusion, Jazz ageCONTENTS摘要IAbstract. IIChapter One Introduction11.1 Introduction of Scott Fitzgerald and his novel The Great Gatsby.11.1.1 Introduction of Scott Fitzgerald11.2.2 Introduction of the novel
7、 The Great Gatsby1 1.2 Introduction of social and cultural background of the novel. .2Chapter Two Introduction of American Dream32.1 The definition of American dream32.2 The origin of American dream4 2.2.1 The traditional American dream.4 2.2.2 The American dream in 20th century.4 2.3 The connotatio
8、n of American dream in different historical background.5 2.3.1 The American dream from 18th to 19th century.5 2.3.2 The American dream after Industrialization.6 2.3.3 The American dream in 21st century.6 2.4 The different interpretation to American dream.7Chapter Three Analysis of the disillusion of
9、 American dream and its bursting reason. .83.1 The disillusion of love83.2 The disillusion of wealth.9 3.3 The disillusion of status.9 3.4 The bursting reason of American dream.10 3.4.1 From the point of view of the hero.10 3.4.2 From the point of view of the whole society and age.11Chapter Four Con
10、clusion.13References14Acknowledgements15Chapter One Introduction1.1 Introduction of Scott Fitzgerald and his novel The Great Gatsby1.1.1 Introduction of Scott FitzgeraldFitzgerald was born in1896 into a St .Paul middle class family .His father was gentlemanly but unsuccessful in business .Scott had
11、an expensive education first in private schools ,and then at Princeton ,where he became part of the intellectual set ,the Triangle Club ,which included ,among others ,Edmund Wilson. He began to write for the shows of the club, became editor of a university magazine, and was developing a reputation .He felt that he was heading for the upper class life in which he would play a leading part as a writer. Then he had to leave Princeton ,probably partly because of his academic record that had suffered from his illness and from too heavy an extra-curriculu
