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1、Abouttheauthor:VladimirScottFitzgerald(1896-1940)isoneofthefamousAmericanwritersof"thelostgeneration".AndheisalsooneofthegreatestnovelistsinAmericanliterature.In1925heachievedsplendidartisticsuccesswithhismasterpieceTheGreatGatsby.Aboutthebackdrop:ThetimewhenTheGreatG
2、atsbycameoutwasaspecialperiodintheAmericahistory,whichwasaftertheFirstWorldWar(1918)andbeforetheEconomicDepression(1929).Atthattime,hedonismispopularamongpeopleandtheUSenteredanunprecedentedperiodofprosperity.Thesocalled“JazzAge”inAmericanhistory,whichisacruel,selfish
3、,showysocietyandfeaturedwithsex,drug,wine.Aboutthenovel:Thenovelconsistsoffiveparts:theintroductionandthesecondpartaredevotedtoadiscussionofthehistoricalbackgroundoftheAmericanDream,whichisfollowedbythepresentationoftheauthor’sexperiencesandreflectionsthatcontributeto
4、thenovel’stheme.ThethirdpartdescribesthefailingofGatsby,centeringonhisspiritualandmoraldisintegrationandthewitheringofhisdream.Theforthpartisaspecialstudyofothertwomaincharactersinthenovel——DaisyandTom,whoarebothhypocritical,brutalandcorruptthatleadtoGatsby’sdeath.The
5、lastpartcomestotheconclusionwhichsummarizesthewholepaperandrevealstheinevitabilityofGatsby’stragedy.TheStoryinthisnovelwasnarratedbyastander-bycalledNickCaraway.Intheyearof1922,ayoungmanfromYaleUniversityrentedaroomatwestegginNewYorkwhilehiscousinDaisywaslivedatEastEg
6、gjustacrossthebay.AmysteriousmanofgreatpossessionsnamedJayGatsbylivedathisneighborhood.Gatsbylivedaluxuriouslife,andeveryweekendhewouldholdagrandparty.FewguestsactuallyknewGatsby.TheywenttherewithoutinvitationsandGatsbynevershowedup.PeoplewerecuriousaboutGatsby’slife.
7、Actually,GatsbywasborninapoorfarmfamilyintheMiddleWest.ItwasduringtheFirstWorldWarthathemetDaisywhowasbornupperclassandfellinlovewithher,keepinghispoororiginback.However,fewyearslaterwhenGatsbycamebackfromthebattlefieldhefoundDaisyhadalreadymarriedtoTomwhocamefromaric
8、hfamilyinChicago,andGatsbybelievedthatitwasbecauseofmoneythatDaisybetrayedtheirtruelove.Gatsbyinthisnovelisatragiccharacterw
