The Great Gatsby and The Collapse of American Dream

Abstract  Francis Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most prominent American novelists of the 20th century and his masterpiece The Great Gatsby is listed among the most famous 20th-century American novels considering of its literature merits。 The novel mainly tells a tragic story of Jay Gatsby, a man who originally was humble and poor,but finally became extremely wealthy through illegal business means。 He has devoted all his life into realizing his dream, to pursue his first love Daisy Buchanan, a woman ,who is full of charm but shallow, selfish and aspire money。 Truth is that under the general corruptive social circumstance of Jazzy Age, the only answer to Gatsby’s dream was impossibility and distinction。 The novel portrayed a vivid picture of the 1920s’ America, such a roaring time that the economy was unprecedented flourishing on the one hand and the spiritual aspect was a astonishing desolation on the other。 The humanities’ corruption and destruction, due to their uncontrolled pursuit of material success and complete ignorance of spiritual improvement, caused a confused state of that age。 This thesis tries to combing The Great Gatsby and the American Dream to reprove that Jay Gatsby’s tragedy is ascribed to the harsh reality of American society during the Jazz Age and re-emphasis the inevitability of the collapse of American Dream。 From the literature world back to the modern greedy society, The Great Gatsby still has a strong practical significance, to give people a warning that money are not equal to happiness , to call back the traditional American moral value。89793

  Key words: American Dream; Fitzgerald; Jazz Age

《了不起的盖茨比》和美国梦的崩塌

摘  要 弗朗斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德是二十世纪美国杰出的小说家，他的杰作《了不起的盖茨比》极具文学价值，被列为二十世纪美国最著名的小说之一。小说主要讲述了一个关于杰·盖茨比的悲剧故事。出身卑微而贫穷但最终因非法经营而大发横财的盖茨比，倾其一生去实现他的梦想——追求他的初恋情人黛西·布坎南，一个外相迷人但肤浅自私的镀金女人。事实上在爵士时代普遍堕落腐败的社会情况下，对于盖茨比梦想的唯一答案是不可能和幻灭。该小说形象地刻画了二十世纪的美国，一个一方面经济达到了空前的繁荣而另一方面精神领域却是极度荒芜的喧嚣时代。因对物质成功的极度追求和对精神进步的完全无视导致人性的堕落和毁坏，造成了那时整个时代的迷茫。该论文将《了不起的盖茨比》与美国梦相联系，通过对小说人物的剖析和对美国梦的深度研究，重证杰·盖茨比的悲剧是爵士时代美国社会的严酷无情所致,更加强调美国梦幻灭的必然性。从文学世界回到贪婪的现代社会，《了不起的盖茨比》仍然具有强大的现实意义，警告世人金钱不等于幸福，重唤传统美国道德观念。源Q于W优E尔A论S文R网wwW.yOueRw.com 原文+QQ75201,8766

毕业论文关键词：菲茨杰拉德；美国梦；幻灭

Contents

Abstract 。。。I

摘  要。。。。。。。。II

Chapter 1 Introduction 。。1

         1。1 Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby。 。1

         1。2 The Meaning of this Topic3

Chapter 2 The Development of American来自优Y尔L论W文Q网wWw.YouERw.com 加QQ7520~18766 Dream。。。。4

2。1 The origin。。。。。。 4

         2。2 The development。。。。4

         2。3 The collapse。。。5