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1、 The Disillusion of American Dream Reflected in The Great GatsbyThe Disillusion of American Dream Reflectedin The Great Gatsby摘 要： 了不起的盖茨比以独特的艺术手法及深刻的社会背景轰动了当时的整个美国，代表着菲茨杰拉得文学的最高成就，集中反映了二十世纪二十年代的美国梦及其幻灭的过程, 给我们展现了美国西部大开发时代的社会面貌，也反映了作者对美国梦的深刻理解。小说通过栩栩如生的个性鲜明的人物，及大量的象征手法的应用来烘托小说的背景。菲茨杰拉得通过对盖茨比一生对梦想的追求
2、来反映了当时的青年一代对美国梦的信仰。本文通过对小说中人物个性的分析，艺术手法的再现来阐述当代的美国梦及其幻灭的过程，再现了美国二十世纪二十年代的社会背景及给如今的我们留下的深刻反思。关键词：美国梦的幻灭； 了不起的盖茨比； 象征手法； 人物性格Abstract: The Great Gatsby caused a sensation of the whole America, depending on the unique artistry, deep social meditation. It is the masterpiece of Fitzgerald. The novel refl
3、ects the disillusion of the 1920s American dream；it reflects a vivid social background of the development of western land of America; and also reflects the deep thinking of the American dream. The novel uses the vivid characters and their unique personality to support the theme of the novel: the pro
4、cess of the decline of the American dream, at the same time to reflect the social background of the 1920s to us again. Additionally, a lot of symbols cover the whole novel to support this masterpiece again. Fitzgerald portrays the youths faith in American dream as the “great” Gatsbys whole life. And
5、 this thesis mainly analysis the vivid characters, symbols to elaborate the American dream and the process of the disillusion of it and also reflects the social background of the 1920s. At the same time, a deep meditation left all of us to keep in our minds. Key words: Disillusion of the American dr
6、eam; The Great Gatsby; symbols; personalityContentsAbstract.1Key words.1I. Introduction.21.1 Introduction to Fitzgerald21.2 Description of the Novel.3II. Literature Reviews.52.1 Analysis the Main Characters in The Great Gatsby.5 2.1.1Jay Gatsby.52.1.2 Daisy.62.1.3 Nick.72.2 Artistic SkillsSymbols.72
7、.2.1 The Green Light.72.2.2 The Valley of Ashes82.2.3 The Eyes of Doctor T.J Eckleburg.82.2.4 Geography.8III. The Decline of the American Dream.93.1 The Disillusion of the American Dream.93.2 The Reasons of the Tragedy.11 IV. Conclusion134.1 Theme Analysis.13 4.2 A Mirror of America in the 1920s.15R
8、eferences.17I. Introduction 1.1 Introduction to FitzgeraldJust as many people thought that America would become hope of the world, so F. Scott. Fitzgerald and other young people were very enthusiastic and exited about this new world they were living in but lived to realize eventually that, instead o
9、f success, it was a disaster. For Fitzgerald, who lived in the midst of the “roaring twenties ”and it was part of it all-driving fast cars, drinking hard whisky, and taking an immense delight in it, America was ,he was perceptive enough to understand, “a moon that never rose”. As much as he enjoyed
10、the “roaring of the post-war boom rears, he foresaw its doom”.Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on september24, 1896. He was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. Tough an intelligent child, he did poorly in school and was sent to a New Jersey boarding school in 1911. Despite being a mediocre student t
11、here, he menaced to enroll at Princeton in 1913. Academic troubles and apathy plagued him throughout his time at college, and he never graduated, instead enlisting in the army in 1917, as World War I neared its end.One of the major events during 15 months of service was his meeting Zelda Sayre. Zeld
12、a was the daughter of a judge in Montgomery, Alabama, a beautiful girl who told Fitzgerald that she liked him well enough but was too expensive for him. After his discharge from the army early in 1919, it became apparent that he had no means of supporting this woman with such great financial and soc
13、ial expectations he had no way of making a fortune by writing advertisements in New York. Zelda soon broke their engagement, in June, and Fitzgerald went back to his fathers home to rewrite his hovel. Six months later he surfaced again in Montgomery, this time triumphant with the news that his novel
14、 had been accepted. Zelda agreed to marry him when the morel was published. This Side of Paradise is not really very good because it was written by so young a man, but is historically interesting. It became immensely popular for the simple reason that it caught the tone of the age. Essentially autobiographical, the book describes Fitzgeralds sense of failure with his academic performance and the frustration of his dreams at Princeton.Out of his voluminous writings in the early twenties came two collections.
