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1、ByF.ScottFitzgerald2012/2/17SummerIntroductionofF.ScottFitzgeraldF.ScottFitzgeraldF•司各特•菲茨杰拉德（1896-1940）wasborninSt.Paul(圣保罗),Minnesota(明尼苏达州),in1896,attendedPrincetonUniversity,andpublishedhisfirstnovel,ThisSideofParadise,in1920.Thatsameyearhegotmarried,andthecoupledividedtheirtimeamongNe
2、wYork,Paris,andtheRiviera(里维埃拉),becomingapartoftheAmericanexpatriate(流放)circlethatincludedGertrudeStein(格特鲁德·斯坦因),ErnestHemingway,andJohnDosPassos(约翰·多斯·帕索斯).Fitzgeraldwasamajornewliteraryvoice,andhismasterpieces(杰作)includeTheBeautifulandDamned(美丽与诅咒),TheGreatGatsby(了不起的盖茨比),andTenderIsthe
3、Night(夜色温柔).Hediedofaheartattackin1940attheageofforty—fourwhileworkingonTheLoveoftheLastTycoon(最后一个巨头).CharacterintroductionBenjaminButton:maincharacter,amanwhohaveabackforwardlife.RogerButtons:Benjamin’sparentsHildegardeMoncrief:Benjamin’swifeRoscoeButton:Benjamin’sson“TheCuriousCaseofBen
4、jaminButton”isashortstorybyF.ScottFitzgeraldaboutamanwhoagesinreverse:Heisbornafeeble(微弱的)70-year-oldandbecomesyoungerastheyearsprogress.Thisfaithfulgraphic-noveladaptationchroniclesBenjaminButton‘smanyadventures:Hefallsinlovewithawomanwhoagesnormally(thiscausescomplications),startsafamily
5、,andestablishesasuccessfulbusiness.Inhislateryears,heattendsHarvard(哈佛)asastudentandplaysontheirfootballteam.Bythetimeheisanoldman,BenjaminButtonresembles(像)anewbornbaby.Andthenherememberednothing.Throughthenoonsandnightshebreathedandoverhimthereweresoftmumblingsandmurmuringsthathescarcely
6、heard,andfaintlydifferentiatedsmells,andlightanddarkness.ExpandingAndtheiralsoamovie“TheCuriousCaseofBenjaminButton”adaptedfromthisbook.ThemoviewasdirectedbyDavidFincher(大卫·芬奇).Inthemovie,thedirectorchangedalotofthebook.Headdedthepartofanti-war,theinsideworldofaunusualman——allthepeoplearou
7、ndhimisgettingolderandleavehimalone.Personally,Ipreferthemovie.TheCuriousCaseOFBENJIEMINBUTTONbyBradPittandCateBlanchettThestorybeganwithaclockrunningbackforwardinhonorofthesoldiersdiedintheWorldWarOne.ItalsogaveBenjaminthebackforwardlife.NewbornBenjamin—hadan
